Movie Reviews

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“Daughters” - Film Review
Tina Kakadelis Tina Kakadelis

“Daughters” - Film Review

Daughters does not tell the audience what these men did that brought them to this jail, but it does look to what comes next for the fathers and the daughters and the power of programs like this one to reform the prison system.

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“Companion” - Film Review
Tina Kakadelis Tina Kakadelis

“Companion” - Film Review

The fun of Companion is in its unfolding and in Thatcher’s masterful understanding of a woman fighting to live for herself and no one else.

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“La cocina” - Film Review
Tina Kakadelis Tina Kakadelis

“La cocina” - Film Review

La cocina is careening off the edge of the world at breakneck speed, not for greatness or millions of dollars, but for the simple ability to live a better life.

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“Janet Planet” - Film Review
Tina Kakadelis Tina Kakadelis

“Janet Planet” - Film Review

Janet Planet is for the weirdos who found more solace in art than they did with other people when they were young. For the adventures taken and missed, all in the name of growing up.

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“Eternal You” - Film Review
Tina Kakadelis Tina Kakadelis

“Eternal You” - Film Review

Eternal You is a stark, worrisome look at what lies ahead should our lives become even more rooted in technology than they already are.

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“Allswell in New York” - Film Review
Tina Kakadelis Tina Kakadelis

“Allswell in New York” - Film Review

We can be monumentally hurt by the people closest to us, but we can also be supported in a way unlike any other. This is the dueling reality of family, in all definitions, and the beating heart of Allswell in New York

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“Birdeater” - Film Review
Tina Kakadelis Tina Kakadelis

“Birdeater” - Film Review

It’s a story that’s been told before, but one that is executed in such a thrilling, white-knuckle way that Birdeater sets itself apart from the crowd of similarly-themed films. 

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“No Other Land” - Film Review
Tina Kakadelis Tina Kakadelis

“No Other Land” - Film Review

“They made us strangers in our own land.” While No Other Land doesn’t explicitly state it, the documentary has found an answer to the animosity between Palestine and Israel. That is to meet people who are unlike you.

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“The Grab” - Film Review
Tina Kakadelis Tina Kakadelis

“The Grab” - Film Review

That’s what The Grab boils down to: how do we get people to give a damn? To even ask that question highlights a disappointing reality of the state of humanity, and it’s not a new question at all.

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“The Order” - Film Review
Tina Kakadelis Tina Kakadelis

“The Order” - Film Review

The Order is bleak, and it should be. As a society, we must reckon with the realities of the world that have been brewing for hundreds of years.

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