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The School Duel Review: A Different Kind of School Shooting
Merciless and very American riff on Battle Royale shows we may be past satire
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Bill Wise, a Constant Presence in Austin’s Film Scene, Dies at 61
Local filmmakers pay tribute to one of the city’s most recognizable faces
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Hokum Review: A Terrifying Welcome in the Haunted Isle
Adam Scott brings his own ghosts with him as an American author in bewitched Ireland
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Animal Farm Review: Not All Adaptations Are Created Equal
Andy Serkis misses the point of Orwell’s masterpiece for a muted, muddled contemporary metaphor
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Mārama Review: Cold Vengeance From the South Pacific
Colonialist destruction of Māori history rewritten as a Gothic horror
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Everyone Is Lying to You for Money Review: Mr. McKenzie Goes to Washington
A lively documentary from “that guy from The O.C.” makes the case against cryptocurrency
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Over Your Dead Body Review: Shotgun Wedding
Jason Segel and Samara Weaving wage bloody warfare in this marital horror-comedy
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Mother Mary Review: All the Little Monsters
Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel redefine pop horror in David Lowery’s supernatural tale
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Fuze Review: Disposable UK Actioner Squanders a Good Premise
The clock is ticking on an unexploded WWII-era bomb
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Get Sad! Bleak Week Comes to the Paramount and Hyperreal Film Club
Local cinemas join with American Cinematheque to celebrate the gloomier side of cinema
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Art, Lies, and Handheld Cameras: Steven Soderbergh on The Christophers
The director takes on the thorny subject of artistic ownership in his new film
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The Stranger Review: Alienated in Algiers
François Ozon crafts what may be the best possible adaptation of Camus’ classic novella