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Parthenope

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  • Title: Parthenope
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Writer/director Paolo Sorrentino‘s film examines the life of a young woman (the stunning Celeste Dalla Porta) in Naples, highlighting various moments in her life (some of which sequences work better than others). Jumping forward in bursts, the film begins with Parthenope’s birth, then jumping forward to her flirtateous and incestuous relationship with her brother (Daniele Rienzo) and his best friend (Dario Aita), her years in college, various romantic troubles, a short acting stint, and a return to academia.

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Rabbit Trap

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  • Title: Rabbit Trap
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Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen star as Darcy and Darcy Davenport in writer/director Bryn Chainey‘s horror flick. After moving to the wilderness, the married couple accidentally discover and disturb something deep in the forest. Although the film gets off to a promising start, the faerie mythology at its heart is often underwhelming and the film runs out of gas lacking both the necessary tension for psychological horror and the thrills for a basic monster movie.

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When We Went MAD!

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  • Title: When We Went MAD!
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When We Went MAD! offers a fun look back at the creation and rise of MAD Magazine, its struggles over the years, the contentious relationship between MAD‘s first editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines, the creation of Alfred E. Neuman, the band of idiots who came and went over the years helping the magazine find and develop its satiric voice, and its eventually decline and end of the magazine publishing new content.

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A Savage Art

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  • Title: A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant
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A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant examines the life and career of political cartoonist Pat Oliphant, an Australian artist by birth known primarily for his critiques of American presidents and world events which were published by a wide variety of newspapers over the years including The Denver Post, The Washington Star, and The New York Times.

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Eephus

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  • Title: Eephus
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Set around the final baseball game to be played at Soldiers Field in Douglas, Massachusetts before the field is to be demolished to make way for a new middle school, Eephus offers a look at the relationships of a group of mostly middle-aged men (many of who have been playing weekend baseball for decades). Eephus is part hang-out film, with the various conversations, disputes, and antics both on and off the field, and part nostalgic longing for a world being pushed aside by the passage of time.

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