Reviewing: The Square (Al-Midan)

The Square is a beautifully crafted chronicle of Egypt’s ongoing revolution that, from beginning to end, manages to inspire, dispirit, and then fill your heart with a renewed sense of hope. I know others will be reviewing this film in the...

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Reviewing Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

“Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it”, reads the Bertolt Brecht quote in the film’s opening sequence. A fitting statement. Brecht, a German poet, playwright and prominent Marxist among...

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Film Review: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

When it comes to documentaries, there’s a lot one has come to expect of Morgan Spurlock. The ability to take an idea that most of us have all thought of at one point or another and to document the process of that thought, is what has made his...

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Movie Review: Banksy’s Exit Through The Gift Shop

After an opening montage of street artists painting up various towns and escaping from the hands of the law, the mysterious street artist known as Banksy appears on camera, cloaked in a dark hoodie. “The film is the story of what happened when...

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Film Review: The Social Network

The story behind Facebook’s inception has always eluded most people. While relatively known to many, all we ever really knew was that a kid invented it during his days at Harvard along with some other people that he screwed over. That was the...

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Movie Review | Fantastic Mr. Fox

For those who read Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox during their childhood, or thereafter, Wes Anderson’s adaptation is definitely a fantastic take. Written by Anderson and Noah Baumbach, Fantastic Mr. Fox isn’t exactly a childhood...

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