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‘The Boy and the Heron’ Review: What We Leave Behind

What legacy do we want to leave behind when we pass on? Does it truly matter? The Boy and the Heron (Japanese Title: How Do You Live?)…

Jan 1

‘The Boy and the Heron’ Review: What We Leave Behind

Jan 1

Ryan Parker

‘BlackBerry’ and the Masculine Urge to Self-Destruct

In the current media landscape, Matt Johnson’s “BlackBerry” had all the cards stacked against it in name alone. Audiences could’ve been…

May 26, 2023

‘BlackBerry’ and the Masculine Urge to Self-Destruct

May 26, 2023

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‘Midnight Mass’: The Tale of a Spiritual Malady

My name is Ryan and I’m an alcoholic. By the time this publishes, I will be three months sober. Among my time in treatment, there is a…

Nov 9, 2021

‘Midnight Mass’: The Tale of a Spiritual Malady

Nov 9, 2021

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‘Judas and the Black Messiah’: You Can’t Kill a Revolution:

Despite initial glimpses, ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ is a war film. Make no mistake about that. There has been an internal war since the…

Jul 30, 2021

‘Judas and the Black Messiah’: You Can’t Kill a Revolution:

Jul 30, 2021

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‘Tokyo Sonata’: The Curse of a Household Lie

Ryūhei (Teruyuki Kagawa) is the patriarch of a middle class family in Tokyo, consisting of his wife, Megumi (Kyoko Koizumi) and his two…

Jul 3, 2021

‘Tokyo Sonata’: The Curse of a Household Lie

Jul 3, 2021

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‘Cure’: Permission to Lose Your Mind

You are an average person living in an average city. You live in a normal apartment. You work a normal 9-to-5 job. You file paperwork. You…

May 24, 2021

‘Cure’: Permission to Lose Your Mind

May 24, 2021

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The Nightingale: Going Fast and Getting Nowhere

2019 has been the year for sophomore efforts. From the apocalyptic vision of Jordan Peele’s Us, to the daytime nightmares of Ari Aster’s…

Aug 12, 2019

The Nightingale: Going Fast and Getting Nowhere

Aug 12, 2019

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Midsommar: Fear the Long Day

What are you really afraid of? Heights? Spiders? The monster under your bed? What about a romantic relationship doomed to fail…

Jul 14, 2019

Midsommar: Fear the Long Day

Jul 14, 2019

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Possum and the Unyielding Horror of One’s Past

More often than not, we forget that horror can be so much more than a montage of cheap jumpscares and pointless displays of unnecessary…

May 25, 2019

Possum and the Unyielding Horror of One’s Past

May 25, 2019

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Guava Island: The Militant Musical

What would happen if the political charge of our modern society was infused with a vivaciousness of a musical? Well, with Guava Island, now

Apr 14, 2019

Guava Island: The Militant Musical

Apr 14, 2019

Ryan Parker

Ryan Parker

Boston based film writer and lover. Follow me on: Letterbox: https://letterboxd.com/parkerryane Twitter: @2ndBostonParker

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