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‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ Is an Explosive Small-Budget Indie
From the first shot of How to Blow Up a Pipeline, the feature film adaptation of Andreas Malm’s book of the same name, it is clear what ensues would be a prime example of solid filmmaking. Smooth transitions, strong performances from a diverse cast, and the superb screenwriting are all…
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‘Paint’ Is Far From a Biopic but Rings Familiar Bells
Writer Brit McAdams’ feature directorial debut movie, Paint, is a quirky, slow-paced film that attempts to inject a bit of excitement into an otherwise colorless true-life scenario. Clearly based on late PBS rock star Bob Ross, McAdams’ main character is named Carl Nargle. The ridiculousness of the name itself is…
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‘The Quiet Girl’ Is a Tender Irish Tale of Hope and Perseverance
Based on the 2010 novella Foster by Claire Keegan, The Quiet Girl follows 9-year-old Cáit, played by first-time actress Catherine Clinch. The film opens with Caít lying in a field somewhere in the Irish countryside, her face covered under tall blades of grass, her knees dirty. A woman offscreen, speaking…
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Lukas Dhont’s ‘Close’ Is a Coming-of-Age Tale with Deep Secrets
Close, Lukas Dhont’s follow-up feature film to his 2018 Cannes Film Festival award-winning directorial debut Girl, is a simultaneously sweet and tragic look into the intimate friendships between teenage boys and how very fragile these creatures can be at this vulnerable age. Inspired by psychologist Niobe Way’s book, Deep Secrets:…
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‘Women Talking’ Gives Voice to a Silenced Community
Writer, director, actor, and activist Sarah Polley’s motion picture adaptation of Miriam Toews’ novel Women Talking is about much more than the title implies. Sure, it features women talking about nightmarish abuse brought onto them by the male members of their rigid patriarchal society, but it’s also an allegorical message…
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Brendan Fraser Leaves It All on the Screen in ‘The Whale’
This review of Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale is the first of The House Reviews, featuring films you can check out at Charlotte’s only art house cinema. The Whale will run through Jan. 19 at the Independent Picture House, located at 4237 Raleigh St. Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale might be a…
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