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Tropic Sprockets: The Rule of Jenny Pen
The most eerie and fearsome aspect in the film is Jenny Pen herself and the absent and glowing sockets that speak for her eyes.
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Front Row at the Movies: The Rule of Jenny Pen
The film is being compared to “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” – two old-timers going at each other tooth and nail. No spoilers here. But as the movie’s tagline says, “We all get what’s coming in the end.”
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Tropic Sprockets: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
The latest from director Rungano Nyoni is a dark comedy centering on the toxicity of the patriarchy. It is rightly acidic but never crass, pointed, and impactful, with just the right amount of gallows humor.
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Front Row at the Movies: The Alto Knights
Are you a fan of Robert De Niro? If so, this is the movie for you, for you get not just one, but two Robert De Niros.
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Tropic Sprockets: There’s Still Tomorrow
Using the neo-realist black and white style of Roberto Rossellini to great effect, actor Paola Cortellesi directs “There’s Still Tomorrow,” an engaging and emotive indictment of male patriarchy during the Italian 1940s.
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Tropic Sprockets: Black Bag
This is a deeper and more satisfying kind of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” film—a riveting 93 minutes that curiously enthralls and expands far beyond its minimalist storyline to reveal a dark heart.
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Front Row at the Movies: Black Bag
“Black Bag” is as cool as the blade of a stiletto pricking against your neck.
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Tropic Sprockets: Universal Language
This absurdist melancholic comedy with its own odd symbols and imagery is remarkable for being the most curious and most unusual film this year.
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Front Row at the Movies: Mickey 17
Bong Joon-ho has done science fiction before, the wintry picture “Snowpiercer.” His films often have an element of black comedy and social commentary, and "Mickey 17” is no exception.
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Tropic Sprockets: Seven Veils
Atom Egoyan ("The Sweet Hereafter") directs his interpretation of Oscar Wilde’s Salome, which retains its sumptuous visual charge and makes a fine edition to the canon of literary films.
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