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Mulholland Drive
David Lynch films tend to straddle and blur the line of reality; something like looking into a window with a strong reflection and losing track of what is on the other side of the glass and what is being reflected — all the while you are caught between the two worlds. Mulholland Drive embodies this…
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Paris Blues
Paris Blues has many shades, but only one is visible to us: a whole crew wrote and rewrote the script, and in receiving the reports on these various drafts, there is much to mourn. Primarily, Sidney Poitier, “whose story this ought to be,”* dropping to third billing, after Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, cast as…
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To the Bone
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is one of a group of associated eating disorders which remain controversial in terms of cause and treatment. The general public sees these disorders as bizarre and puzzling. Many treatments have been attempted with limited success. Anorexia nervosa, and its associated illnesses, is a primarily psychiatric illness with a disturbingly high death…
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Lady MacBeth
I’ve been really into horror films lately, but not the type you might have in mind. I’m talking less about Texas Chainsaw Massacre and more Suspiria; not so much A Nightmare on Elm Street as Mulholland Drive. Yes, I know that latter choice probably isn’t “horror” by many classifications, but I think it fits the…
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Wind River
In the past two years, actor Taylor Sheridan has quickly fashioned a new role for himself in Hollywood. A man known mostly for his work in police procedurals and Sons of Anarchy is now California’s cowboy auteur, a voice steeped in the bygone era of the classic Western. I bring that up not because Sheridan’s…
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The Social Network
It would appear that, over time, David Fincher’s Oscar-darling The Social Network has lost its luster. It was considered a Best Picture contender going into the show and ended up with a respectable, if somewhat underwhelming, 3 statuettes. And while The King’s Speech ended up taking home the award, movies like Inception, Black Swan and…
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The Miracle Woman
As an average American high school student, in addition to being tested on what I could remember, I was tested on what I would become. There were personality tests, aptitude tests, career tests; all sorts of fraudulent fortune telling, wherein I provided information and the test provided speculation. The results were consistent: I should be…
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A Ghost Story
A shimmer of light against a dark wall, a softly shutting door in an empty room, a sudden wakefulness and knocking in the night. Why do houses become haunted? What holds a ghost to a place? What memory, what seeking, what revelation will trigger release? Short on plot, long on mood and themes, David Lowery’s…
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Alien: Covenant / Spiderman: Homecoming / It Comes at Night / The Big Sick
At Cinema Faith, we wish we could provide feature-length reviews for every movie that hits theaters. Unfortunately, some films fall through the cracks. Welcome to another edition of Mini-Review Roundup where we present smaller reviews of several movies at once. This month we review Alien: Covenant, Spiderman: Homecoming, It Comes at Night, and The Big…
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Dunkirk
As Hollywood obsesses over superhero movies, power has shifted from directors to producers. Just ask Edgar Wright and Patty Jenkins — two veteran directors who dropped blockbuster projects after learning Marvel Studios was in charge, not them. But there is one director who continues to buck the trend and maintain his legacy as a true…
