Summer Lovin’

On June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Summer of 85’s opening scene: “murder!!!”

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Sisters without Raves

On June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

When you sit down to watch a documentary about electronic music, you expect to see some raves, right?

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A Cameo Place

On June 18, 2021July 7, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

The first A Quiet Place establishes its “anything can happen” stakes in traditional fashion: by killing off two main characters, including the movie’s second most famous face AND — always a shocker — a child!

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Best and Worst

On June 17, 2021July 7, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Are you aware that a (live) “Theatre Hall of Fame” exists?!

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Market Inefficiency

On June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

There’s an old refrain, forged at the peak of prestige Oscars bait, that every Holocaust story has been told on the big screen.

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Settling the Score

On June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

The new documentary Sisters with Transistors — currently playing at Syndicated in Brooklyn — poses a sharp complication to, well, basically the entire premise of this piece.

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