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Film Review: Performance Is Therapy in “Psychomagic, a Healing Art”

Psychomagic, a Healing Art (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 2019) 3 out of 4 stars. Nonagenarian film director Alejandro Jodorowsky is many things: a citizen of both Chile and France; a maker of cinematic oddities; a writer of screenplays, novels and comics; and, as we discover in this latest film of his, Psychomagic, a Healing Art, a developer […]

Film Review: “She Dies Tomorrow” Is a Creative, Fresh, and Relevant Take on a Culture of Fear

She Dies Tomorrow (Amy Seimetz, 2020) 3 out of 4 stars. Death may await us all, but in Amy Seimetz’s latest film, She Dies Tomorrow, Seimetz explores the dread of those who knowingly await death. Revolving around a woman also named Amy, who comes to the realization that she will die the following day, and […]

Film Review: “Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind” Shines Light on the Unsung Hero of Canadian Music

Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind (Martha Kehoe/Joan Tosoni, 2019) 3½ out of 4 stars. Once again, I appear to be on a long run of excellent documentaries about subjects I should’ve known about ten years ago. Chalk this level of ignorance up to me, a millennial who still can’t fully utilize the […]

Film Review: “Yes, God, Yes” Is an Acutely Personal Yet Exceedingly Relatable Tale of Religious Guilt

Yes, God, Yes (Karen Maine, 2019) 3 out of 4 stars. To dive into the world of Karen Maine’s directorial debut, Yes, God, Yes, is to dive directly into the world of many of our own pasts. Whether that be the world of the early 2000s, with its online chat rooms, bulky cell phones, and […]

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