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Beasts of the Southern Wild

a feminist film critic defends the Onion’s Quvenzhané Wallis tweet

Mon, Feb 25, 2013
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Yeah, I’m going there.

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the 85th Academy Award nominees

Tue, Feb 12, 2013
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With links to my reviews. I’ll be adding reviews of the last few films I haven’t yet covered between now and the Oscars.

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question of the day: Are critics obligated to warn audiences about potentially offensive or upsetting film content?

Fri, Sep 28, 2012
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How could we possibly guess at all the bits that might bother some people?

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Beasts of the Southern Wild (trailer)

Mon, Jul 09, 2012
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“A storm’s coming… Y’all better learn how to survive.” Is this a metaphor for the state of the whole world right at this moment?

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