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The small-budget indie is a complex portrait of the ways that trauma and addiction haunt an alcoholic mother, and her family, in the South.
Author: Beandrea July
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‘Ten Tricks’ Review: Trying to Drum Up Some Magic
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In Richard Pagano’s indie comedy, Lea Thompson plays a brothel’s business-savvy madam with a ticking biological clock.
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‘The Silent Twins’ Review: Keeping the World at Bay
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A beguiling look at the complicated story of the real-life twins June and Jennifer Gibbons, who lived in a mental institution for over a decade.
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‘The Bengali’ Review: A Woman Reconnecting to Her Roots
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In this travelogue-meets-mystery documentary, a granddaughter seeks out her grandfather’s past.
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‘Mija’ Review: Hitting the Notes
The New York Times – Film:
In this documentary, a new generation of Mexican American musicians reflect the nuances of their realities on both sides of the border.
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‘Aftershock’ Review: A Moving Ode to the Black Family
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Black mothers are dying from childbirth at alarming rates. A new documentary explains why.
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‘Accepted’ Review: Reaching for the Stars, Seeing Them Dissolve
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After a scandal unravels at their private school in western Louisiana, four seniors pick up the pieces.