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THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE – Review by Brandy McDonnell

July 26, 2019July 28, 2019 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments Imogene Poots, jesse eisenberg, riley stearns, the art of self defense

As unexpected and hard-hitting as a kick from a hand or a punch from a foot, “The Art of Self-Defense”

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THE ART OF SELF DEFENSE – Review by Diane Carson

July 15, 2019July 21, 2019 Diane Carson 0 Comments alessandro nivola, jesse eisenberg, riley stearns, the art of self defense

The Art of Self Defense is a movie at war with itself. Though billed as a satiric comedy on destructive hypermasculinity, it lacks the wit and insight to skewer its target with anything approaching a gratifying, substantive critique. At best a cartoonish lampoon, it exaggerates its nerdish protagonist and lacks needed, nuanced development.

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Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska‘s #Fugue is finally getting a long-overdue limited US cinema release. Our own @suspirialex takes a look at this portrait of a woman in crisis: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/20/fugue-review-by-alexandra-heller-nicholas/

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We had to wait decades for Nicolas Cage's very first western (Butcher's Crossing) but then only 1 year for his second - #TheOldWays. @susangranger reviews the latest from @PrimeVideo: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/20/the-old-ways-review-by-susan-granger/

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