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‘How To Blow Up A Pipeline’ is an Essential, Timely, and Incendiary Tour de Force [Review]

April 5, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

There’s an economy of storytelling to How To Blow Up a Pipeline, which wastes no time jumping right into the meat of the story.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Ariela Barer, Daniel Goldhaber, Forrest Goodluck, Jake Weary, Jayme Lawson, Jordan Sjol, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Marcus Schribner, Sasha Lane

‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Exists To Introduce A Familiar Villain [Review]

February 17, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

The MCU enters Phase 5 with Peyton Reed‘s trilogy-capper Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which (re)introduces the main villain/ongoing threat for the next batch of films.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Ant-Man, Evangeline Lily, Jonathan Majors, Kathryn Newton, Marvel, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Peyton Reed

‘L’immensità’ Is A Quiet Coming of Age/Coming Out Story [Sundance Review]

January 28, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Penelope Cruz plays an idolized housewife contending with familial conflict in trans filmmaker Emanuele Crialese‘s L’immensità.

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Filed Under: Queer Film Reviews, Sundance Tagged With: Emanuele Crialese, LGBT, LGBTQ, Luana Giuliani, penelope cruz, Sundance Film Festival, Vincenzo Amato

‘Cassandro’ Is A Solid Biopic with a Dedicated Lead Performance [Sundance Film Review]

January 24, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Gael Garcia Bernal as wrestler Cassandro, wearing a snakeskin wrestling outfit and blonde hair

One of the buzzy queer films playing at Sundance is a biopic of trail-blazing gay lucha libre star Cassandro.

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Filed Under: Film Festivals, Queer Film Reviews, Sundance Tagged With: Bad Bunny, David Teague, Gael Garcia Bernal, Raúl Castillo, Roberta Colindrez, Roger Ross Williams, Sundance Film Festival

Jonathan Majors Shines in Messy ‘Magazine Dreams’ [Sundance Film Review]

January 23, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

A nearly naked bodybuilder (Jonathan Majors) posing in profile

An amateur bodybuilder spirals out of control in writer/director Elijah Bynum‘s latest drama, which just premiered at Sundance.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Sundance Tagged With: elijah bynum, haley bennett, harriet sansom harris, Jonathan Majors, Sundance Film Festival

Darren Stein’s ‘Sparkler’ is a Queer Indie Gem [Review]

January 16, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Two middle aged women stand outside the hotel room of a young dark haired man

Now that Sparkler, the directorial feature debut of Darren Stein (Jawbreaker) is more readily available, let’s dive in with a review.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Queer Film Reviews Tagged With: Darren Stein, Freddie Prinze Jr, Grace Zabriskie, Jamie Kennedy, Park Overall, Sandy Martin, Sparkler, Steven Petraca, Veronica Cartwright

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I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

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> Bloody Disgusting
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> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

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