As the daughter of a CIA agent, I usually roll my eyes at spy thrillers. They’re highly unrealistic, especially when it comes to portraying family members—like in the Americans when the daughter,…
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Woman at War | dir. Benedikt Erlingsson | Iceland It’s a war film without the blood and guts It’s a climate change comedy thriller It’s Kill Bill’s Icelandic sister…
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In the third season of True Detective, Nic Pizzolatto has expertly circumnavigated the bait-and-switch prerogatives we’ve come to expect with the genre of true crime; he’s played on our perverse…
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Part of being an artist is the struggle. The struggle to create, the struggle to find inspiration, the struggle to be. Perhaps that’s why not many of us make it…
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Here are just a few of the amazing films we couldn’t cover by the Oscars deadline. Do yourself a favor and watch one (or two!) of these tonight. It’s not…
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Netflix Original Something in the Rain (or Pretty Noona Who Buys me Food) is a Korean drama that was released in March 2018. Critically acclaimed and boasting some of the…
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Can You Ever Forgive Me? | dir. Marielle Heller | USA It’s 3:30 AM in Manhattan. A somewhat dowdy, middle-aged woman is sipping scotch to get through the late shift…
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Exceptionally well-written scripts It is easy to make people cry or to scare them, but to genuinely make people laugh— that’s hard. Good writing however, is a strong starting point.…
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The Kindergarten Teacher | dir. Sara Colangelo | USA How do you capture total discontentment? Take a medium-sized rectangular box with dowdy robin’s egg walls. Add to that box a…
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You Were Never Really Here | dir. Lynne Ramsay | USA TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains references to sexual assault and violence that may be triggering to some. You Were…
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It’s the tail end of January, which means we are approaching the most dreadful time of the year. With every February comes a whole panoply of perils: record-low temperatures, flu…
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SPOILER ALERT Alfonso Cuarón has made a feminist film. A friend of mine, a Chicana artist and activist, said I had to see Roma. Well, everyone’s saying you have to see…
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Continuing with our series of “Best of 2018″ lists curated by the entire Entropy community, we present some of our favorite selections as nominated by the diverse staff and team…
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