Category: Music
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A Woman Shaking Religion Through Singing and Dancing in The Testament of Ann Lee (2025)
From its visually stunning opening credits, which show women dancing through a forest to musical rhythms that sound almost primal, to its quiet, heartbreaking final frame, Mona Fastvold’s historical rendering of the Shaker religious movement is an experience that will stay with me for a long time.
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Time Passing in Hog Heaven: The Pigz Brotherz Story
This indie short documentary archived the story of a staple rock band as well as an essential part of local history.
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New Documentary “Pretty Ugly” Tells the Story of The Lunachicks
As one of the women said in the film, friendship in your teens is “as important as any lover” and it’s clear they lived that philosophy throughout their early adult lives as well.
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2026 Oscar-Winning Short Film: The Singers
How powerful can a story be when it is stripped to the bare essentials of just a room, a handful of people and raw human voice?
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Indie Film Review “Andhela Ravamidhi” The pursuit of dreams, obstacles to overcome, patriarchal mindsets, empowerment, and life’s beauty artistically and compellingly collideIndie Film Review “Andhela Ravamidhi”
What are we willing to walk through to see our dreams come to pass? Our minds might be so wholly alive with the passions we carry and the plans we make to see these things become all we wish them to be, yet life doesn’t always want to come alongside. Instead, obstacles arise, both physical…
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Wuthering Heights— What is the cost of love?
Wuthering Heights— What is the cost of love?
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Coolie (2025) Movie Review: Rajinikanth’s Style Outshines the Story
Coolie promised style, action, and Rajinikanth’s mass presence, but did it deliver on substance? Here’s my full review on whether Lokesh Kanagaraj’s film lives up to the hype.
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Not Much More than Magic in ‘Maestro’
In ‘Maestro,’ we’re left with an impression but not with an understanding of the main character.
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‘Cyrano’ (2022): A Bittersweet Tale of Unrequited Love and Self-Acceptance
This modern update of the beloved classic swaps Cyrano’s signature pronounced nose for achondroplasia, for a different vision that still retains the original’s essence.
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‘Scrooge: A Christmas Carol’ (2022)
This animated Christmas movie is based on the classic novel of the same name.