Review: Morris From America
No one wants to reminisce about when they were thirteen years old. In fact, no one wants to be thirteen years old; especially when you're...
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Sammi Leigh Melville
Oct 12, 2016
Review: The Hollars
He gave us BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN back in 2009, and as many directorial debuts can be, the result was uneven and lacking in...
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Sammi Leigh Melville
Oct 12, 2016
Review: The Innocents
"Faith is 24 hours of doubt and one minute of hope." This honest description comes from a woman wracked with trauma and hiding in secrecy...
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Sammi Leigh Melville
Oct 12, 2016
Review: The Birth of a Nation
We've been hearing about this film since it made waves at Sundance; borrowing the name of D.W. Griffith's 1915 movie to make a statement,...
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Sammi Leigh Melville
May 21, 2016
Review: Love & Friendship
Jane Austen finally gets her comedy on the big screen. Adapted from her novella, "Lady Susan", Whit Stillman's self-aware LOVE &...
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Sammi Leigh Melville
May 21, 2016
Review: The Meddler
Everyone's worst nightmare is a meddling mother, especially one who's got nothing else better to do. Writer/director Lorene Scafaria's...
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Sammi Leigh Melville
May 15, 2016
Review: Papa Hemingway in Cuba
Imagine having Ernest Hemingway as your mentor. It would probably lead to a pretty good story, right? In the case of writer Denne Bart...
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Sammi Leigh Melville
May 15, 2016
Review: Elvis & Nixon
One of the most requested photos from the National Archives is that of Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley in the Oval Office. There is not...
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Sammi Leigh Melville
Apr 30, 2016
Review: Louder Than Bombs
When a loved one dies, grief tends not to come all at once. Years later, you may feel stricken with the sudden memory of that person, or...
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Sammi Leigh Melville
Apr 23, 2016
Review: Remember
There will always be films involving the Holocaust, or at least its survivors. But sometimes, a story surfaces that departs from the...
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