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Review: The Bad Dads of Jay Kelly and Sentimental Value

New films from Noah Baumbach and Joachim Trier explore the lives of film industry vets, and the damage done to the kids they ignored

by Kimberley Jones November 20, 2025December 15, 2025

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Austin Film Festival Welcomes New Films from Noah Baumbach, Chloé Zhao, and Park Chan-wook

Plus Adrianne Palicki announced for a double-bill

by Richard Whittaker September 10, 2025September 25, 2025

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Kimberley Jones’ Top 10 Films of 2019

by Kimberley Jones December 19, 2019September 30, 2025

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Screens Top 10s

by Kimberley Jones January 1, 2010September 30, 2025

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Screens Top 10s

by Marc Savlov January 1, 2010September 30, 2025

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At Home in the World of One’s Woes, And It’s a Wide, Wide World

The nitty-gritty of what speaks to us and why

by Kimberley Jones October 17, 2008September 30, 2025

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Nope, Charlie’s Still on Top

Could any other screenwriter plausibly be called the best of the 21st century (well, so far)?

by Kimberley Jones October 15, 2008September 30, 2025

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DVD Watch

So how does it hold up, the arch back-and-forth of these kids treading water in dead-end video-store gigs and oddly affecting affairs with underage girls?

by Kimberley Jones September 8, 2006September 30, 2025

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Sure, its slacker characters incessantly dissect every little thing in circles and circles, harping on the most miniscule details of life and making the same old lame pop-culture references. But Kicking and Screaming rises above other comedies of the mid-Nineties Gen-X genre.