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    Post-Partum Depression Comedy “Another Happy Day” Streaming 10/1

    "Another Happy Day," a new indie comedy about a first-time mother's post-partum depression is hilarious and acted to perfection. It begins streaming Tuesday, October 1. Chicago resident Joanna (Lauren Lapkus) has had her first child at age 35. While her husband Lucien (Jean Eli) delights in the science of good mothering, depriving Johanna of coffee, alcohol and cigarettes, Joanna is going crazy. Sleep-deprived with large...

    Noirish German Sci-Fi Film “Universal Theory” Opens 9/27 at the Quad Cinema

    "Universal Theory" is a German film that blends science fiction and film noir tropes in a visually impressive manner recalling Hitchcock and Orson Welles at their best, but its narrative lacks the eccentricity and flashes of humor to make it truly memorable. It opens Friday, September 27 at the Quad Cinema in Manhattan. Go here for showtime and ticket information. One problem, of course, involves...
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    Elizabeth Banks Medical Drama “A Mistake” In Theaters 9/20

    Elizabeth Banks plays a New Zealand surgeon whose life is turned upside down after making a flawed decision during a routine surgery in "A...

    Body Horror/Comedy Indie “Booger” Opens at Quad Cinema (NYC) and on VOD

    "Booger" combines body horror tropes with a winning comedic script and fine performances by a cast of indie actors. It opens today at the...

    Fernando Di Leo Retrospective at Metrograph Begins Sept. 13

    After working as an uncredited screenwriter on Sergio Leone’s Man with No Name cycle, Fernando Di Leo made a series of popular "spaghetti crime"...

    Sublime, Poetic Documentary “Happy Campers” Streaming Now

    In the 1960's my maternal grandmother lived alone in a small trailer by the yacht basin in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. My mother often...

    Bread & Oysters: “Mother of All Lies” at Alamo Drafthouse Liberty & “Holding Back The Tide” at DCTV Firehouse Sept. 6

    Two must-see documentaries open in New York City this Friday, September 6. "Mother of All Lies" is a beautiful and powerfully moving Moroccan film...

    “#Untruth: The Psychology Of Trumpism” streams Sept. 3

    A follow-up to the 2020 documentary "#Unfit: The Psychology Of Donald Trump," "#Untruth: The Psychology Of Trumpism" continues to examine the authoritarian strategy and...

    “The Becomers” opens August 23 at Cinema Village

    In 2013 I was introduced to director and editor Zach Clark's unique talents as a satirist when I saw his third indie film "White...

    “Ultimate Caligula” opens at Alamo Drafthouse in NYC August 14

    The 1980 film "Caligula," though a reasonable success in the U.S. (and a bigger one in Europe) was met with derision by film critics....

    “Motion Picture: Choke,” “Six Singing Women” and “The Box Man”: My Faves from Japan Cuts 2024

    The most original film I saw at this year's Japan Cuts 2024 Festival was Gen Nagao's "Motion Picture: Choke." It seems to have come...

    “Modernism, Inc.” opens at IFC NYC July 19

    "Modernism, Inc." is a new documentary about legendary American designer and architect Eliot Noyes. You don’t have to be a fan of mid-century modernism,...

    “Scala” at the Metrograph NYC July 19

    “Scala” tells the story of a beloved London repertory movie theater with tremendous affection and humor by the people who worked there and the...

    “Made in England: The Films of Michael Powell and Emiric Pressberger” opens July 12 at The Quad in NYC

    Anytime Martin Scorsese talks film I’m glued to the screen. If you’ve seen his own documentaries “A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American...