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Robin Holabird
Apr 23, 20242 min read
We Grown sprouts hope
Though no one expects a love letter to one of the nation’s worst examples of public housing, the movie We Grown Now finds good in the...
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Robin Holabird
Apr 22, 20242 min read
Sasquatch antics crawl slowly
Like millions of kids, the brothers David Zellner and Nathan Zellner grew up fascinated by legends of Bigfoot, immortalized with a minute...
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Robin Holabird
Apr 22, 20242 min read
Octopus Secret: too smart to eat
Transparency: I have enjoyed eating octopus, especially fresh ones in Greece and during my walk along northern Spain's Camino de...
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Robin Holabird
Apr 13, 20242 min read
More than One Love for Marley music
The title Bob Marley: One Love comes with a couple of ironic points. For instance, the famous One Love song plays over end credits rather...
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Robin Holabird
Apr 12, 20243 min read
Cinema Caravaggio Continues in Ripley
Ripley, 2024, with Andrew Scott getting the Caravaggio vibe in Italy. Ripley author Patricia Highsmith and Caravaggio earned their...
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Robin Holabird
Apr 12, 20241 min read
LaRoy Texas no place for old men
Setting out to break expectations, the dark comedy called LaRoy, Texas twists and turns in landscapes both bright and bleak. As writer...
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Robin Holabird
Apr 4, 20241 min read
Peasants paints a harsh but lovely world
A century-old Nobel Prize winning novel from Poland gets a visual twist with The Peasants as filmmakers spice up a story in a painterly...
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Robin Holabird
Mar 30, 20242 min read
Wicked Little Letters makes the F-word fun
In The Lost Daughter Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley both earned Oscar nominations playing the same character at different ages....
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Robin Holabird
Mar 25, 20241 min read
God & Country preaches to choir
A documentary with an agenda, God & Country covers the genesis and growth of Christian Nationalism in the United States. Using Katherine...
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Robin Holabird
Mar 25, 20242 min read
Pathological seeks truth in Holloway case
Finding a fresh spin on a heavily saturated event proves a challenge even in light of recent shifts with the case of Natalee Holloway,...
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Robin Holabird
Mar 25, 20241 min read
No fast food in Taste of Things
Review 2024 Taste of Things While foodies may fall for France’s entry into Oscar’s international film pool, hot dog fans might scratch...
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Robin Holabird
Mar 17, 20241 min read
MacLaine wakes American Dreamer Dinklage
NPR listeners of the “This American Life” program find something extra to appreciate in a movie whose boast as quote “based on a true...
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Robin Holabird
Mar 17, 20242 min read
Dune 2 sweeps on
Back in 2021 I left a theater and wrote, “If you walk into the movie Dune cold, you may find yourself lost in a hot desert,” a line that...
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Robin Holabird
Mar 10, 20242 min read
Cabrini inspires saintly deeds
My initial reaction watching title nun Cabrini as she sets out to build orphanages for children in New York slums during the 1880s might...
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Robin Holabird
Mar 10, 20241 min read
One Life matters
A film focusing on a true-life do-gooder who rescued hundreds of children from Nazi terrors deserves celebration rather than criticism....
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Robin Holabird
Mar 4, 20241 min read
Drinking with Oscar
When the 2004 wine-infused movie Sideways got a best picture nomination, I started pumping up my Oscar celebration by pairing drinks with...
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Robin Holabird
Mar 4, 20241 min read
Magoada captures a lonely spirit
On the heels of making short films, writer-director Ruben Sainz adds time more than content to his 116 minute project, Magoada, or “hurt”...
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Robin Holabird
Feb 29, 20241 min read
Pura Vida! in Costa Rica
Pura Vida! Costa Rica (youtube.com) A movie changed Costa Rica culture and highlights the country's joyous spirit with culture and such...
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Robin Holabird
Feb 9, 20241 min read
Teachers Lounge looks for answers
Though filmed in Hamburg, Germany’s nominee for a best international film Oscar hit home, reminding me of circumst ances I faced decades...
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Robin Holabird
Feb 5, 20241 min read
Mikkelsen shines in The Promised Land
Switching gears from his international fame as a go-to bad guy, Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen proves a fine hero in The Promised Land. ...
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