Articles by James Brotheridge

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  Vampire Clay

  Directed by Sôichi Umezawa

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2018

  Vampire Clay introduces a monster peculiar enough to carry the movie on his own; in some ways, he could be an odd version of Terminator 2:...

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  Personal Shopper

  Directed by Olivier Assayas

  PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2017

  At the heart of Personal Shopper is a ghost story, though long stretches pass without anything you could interpret as supernatural.   Krist...

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  Window Horses (The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming)

  Directed by Ann Marie Fleming

  PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2017

  A stick figure lead has been a staple in Ann Marie Fleming's animated films for some time. It's not that she's incapable of more detail; it...

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  The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer

  Main Stage, Regina SK, August 10

  PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2017

  In Shawn Hall's lyrics, women are either "girls" or "mamas." Or at least that's what was coming through in the selection of songs they play...

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  Gold

  Directed by Stephen Gaghan

  PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2017

  In 1981, a man stands at a window in his office, one showing a huge expanse of blue Nevada sky. He pours himself a drink and looks out, say...

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  Unless

  Directed by Alan Gilsenan

  PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2016

  The fear of a parent forced to watch a child make their own way in the world animates Unless, the new film based on a Carol Shields novel a...

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  The People Vs. Fritz Bauer

  Directed by Lars Kraume

  PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2016

  The figure of German judge and prosecutor Fritz Bauer had a symbolic significance to his contemporary Germany, that of the 1950s. The count...

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  Jasper Redd

  Jazz Talk

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2016

  The name of Jasper Redd's 2014 special, Jazz Talk, becomes literal in its final ten minutes. A trio starts playing behind a curtain in the...