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‘Still/Born’ hones in on the nightmares of new parents

9 years ago
First-time feature director Brandon Christensen brings some impressive snap to the postnatal spook-show “Still/Born.” Christensen and co-writer Colin Minihan mostly repeat old beats from suburban supernatural horror films like “Poltergeist” and “Paranormal Activity,” but strong actors and lean,...

Romantic comedy ‘Signature Move’ goes to the mat for love

9 years ago
Adding wrestling to the rom-com mix doesn’t quite disguise how by-the-numbers this girl-meets-girl story is. But with its likable characters, local color and cross-cultural sparks, “Signature Move” has unsentimental sweetness and pluck. The Chicago-set romance involves vivacious Chicana bookstore....

Primal and visceral horror haunts ‘The Ritual’

9 years ago
Director David Bruckner’s survival horror-thriller “The Ritual,” written by Joe Barton and adapted from the novel by Adam Nevill, is “Deliverance” meets “The Blair Witch Project,” the tale of modern men confronting primeval, primitive terrors. Four Brits set out on a journey hiking through the...

Los Angeles, Houston and the rise of the unreadable city

9 years ago
Los Angeles has a certain elusiveness as urban object. The city is opaque, hard to read. Where does it begin or end? Does it have a center? Does it need one? As recent news coverage proves, the city prompts lots of questions - and inconveniently complex answers.

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