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C'mon C'mon

C’mon C’mon (2021)

C’mon C’mon tapped right into my middle-aged self and wrung tears from me more than once. What on the surface looks like your typical “older, single, childless man is...

Linda
Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

Going into the theater to see a press screening of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, I had the sudden, very-late-in-the-game realization that I have never actually seen the original beloved 1984 comedy...

Linda
Eternals

Eternals (2021)

Director Chloé Zhao, with her eye for vast open spaces, lots of silence, and naturalistic acting, seemed an odd choice to helm a massive big-budget superhero movie, but bless...

Linda
Mass (2021)

Mass (2021)

In what is probably the stagiest movie I’ve ever seen that was not actually a stage adaptation, Mass is a claustrophobic, extremely intimate experience where you feel trapped in...

Linda
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)

In a quirky voice-over by cheeky Olivia Colman, we are introduced to Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch). An odd duck of young man in Victorian England, he is the ill-suited...

Linda
The Manor

The Manor (2021)

For personal reasons, The Manor may have been one of those “too soon” movie choices for me to watch on a cold, dark October night. The story of a...

Linda
Lamb

Lamb (2021)

When the trailer for Lamb debuted, a friend of mine immediately forwarded it to me with the simple statement: “This made me think of you.” I gasped in laughter...

Linda
Bingo Hell

Bingo Hell (2021)

With a name like Bingo Hell, you may not expect a clever allegory of gentrification and the fading luster of the American Dream. But this campy horror-comedy delivers its...

Linda
Dear Evan Hansen

Dear Evan Hansen (2021)

When I saw director Stephen Chbosky’s name revealed in the trailer for Dear Evan Hansen, I clutched my heart. Chbosky made the fantastic movie The Perks of Being a...

Linda
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

Tammy Faye (Jessica Chastain) and Jim Bakker (Andrew Garfield) meet as chipmunk-cheeked cheery Bible students who want to emphasize Jesus’ love versus the typical sin-and-hellfire style of preaching. They...

Linda
The Alpinist

The Alpinist (2021)

The Alpinist introduces us to Marc-André Leclerc, a goofy young man in his 20s who seemingly came out of nowhere to wow the climbing world with his solo ascents...

Linda
Candyman (2021)

Candyman (2021)

The urban legend has it that if you say, “Candyman” five times while looking in the mirror, that you will summon a man with a hook for a hand...

Linda