
April Wolfe
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‘Perfect’ Film Review: Beautiful, Pointless Sci-Fi Saga Remains Aggressively Skin-Deep
By April Wolfe | May 17, 2019 @ 8:28 AMThere’s so much to look at and listen to in this sumptuously crafted film, but almost nothing to think about
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‘Be Natural’ Film Review: Documentary Celebrates Influential Female Filmmaker, Erased by History
By April Wolfe | April 19, 2019 @ 6:10 PM”The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché“ reveals the influential work of a woman who was among the cinema’s very first, and best, directors
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‘Wild Nights with Emily’ Film Review: Molly Shannon Brilliantly Reimagines Emily Dickinson
By April Wolfe | April 10, 2019 @ 10:38 AMWriter-director Madeline Olnek rescues Dickinson from biased history, painting the poet as a woman brimming over with love and life
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‘Captain Marvel’ Film Review: Brie Larson Packs a Punch in Effective, Sometimes Obvious, Marvel Saga
By April Wolfe | March 5, 2019 @ 6:00 AMThe film may not always own up to its own political implications, but the girl-power and 90s retro aspects are fun, even when overplayed
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‘Isn’t It Romantic’ Film Review: Rebel Wilson’s Rom-Com Satire Scores Laughs But Lacks Bite
By April Wolfe | February 12, 2019 @ 9:00 AMThe film has fun poking at cinematic clichés, but it too often plays it safe rather than risk alienating fans of the romantic comedy genre
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‘Stieg Larsson: The Man Who Played With Fire’ Film Review: Doc Explores ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Author’s Anti-Nazi Activism
By April Wolfe | January 25, 2019 @ 5:00 PMSundance 2019: This powerful portrait ensures that Larsson will also be remembered for predicting and combating the neo-Nazi resurgence
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‘Egg’ Film Review: Christina Hendricks and Alysia Reiner Carry Prickly Pregnancy Comedy
By April Wolfe | January 17, 2019 @ 10:59 AMDirector Marianna Palka (”Bitch“) continues her fascinating and insightful examination of the phases of adult womanhood
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‘Destroyer’ Film Review: Nicole Kidman Gets Grim in Karyn Kusama Cop Drama
By April Wolfe | December 28, 2018 @ 9:15 AMThis gritty procedural earns points for its bleak tone, but prepare to be distracted by Kidman’s deglamorization
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‘Shirkers’ Film Review: Search for a Lost Film Leads to Awkward, Illuminating Truths
By April Wolfe | October 25, 2018 @ 10:07 AMSandi Tan returns to Singapore to find the movie she directed at 19, bringing her to terms with old friends and old mentors
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‘Maximum Impact’ Film Review: Pro-Russian Action-Comedy Serves Up Misogyny Alongside Propaganda
By April Wolfe | September 26, 2018 @ 4:29 PMOrange County’s own Alexander Nevsky forges U.S.-Russia bonds while the film constantly humiliates Kelly Hu’s Secret Service officer
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‘The Icarus Line Must Die’ Film Review: Punk Tale Takes a Gritty L.A. Snapshot
By April Wolfe | June 21, 2018 @ 1:58 PMThe Icarus Line’s Joe Cardamone is our guide through a punk scene that’s being supplanted by shiny, empty music
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‘Half the Picture’ Film Review: Women Directors Tell All in Illuminating, Infuriating Doc
By April Wolfe | June 8, 2018 @ 7:24 AMVets like Ava DuVernay and Catherine Hardwicke share stories from an industry that still suffers from a shocking gender disparity
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‘Revenge’ Film Review: Female-Gaze B-Movie Thriller Earns an A for Execution
By April Wolfe | May 10, 2018 @ 10:19 AMCoralie Fargeat’s vengeance drama is blood-soaked and stylish — and in Matilda Lutz’s hands, revenge is sweet, indeed
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‘Let the Sunshine In’ Film Review: Juliette Binoche Looks for Love With All the Wrong Men
By April Wolfe | April 27, 2018 @ 3:39 PMDirector Claire Denis wonders if midlife crises aren’t limited to a certain age — and what if love, itself, is the crisis?
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‘Krystal’ Film Review: Rosario Dawson Bewitches in Baffling Farce
By April Wolfe | April 12, 2018 @ 5:18 PMDirector-costar William H. Macy’s confounding comedy defies logic to a near-surreal extent