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‘The Odyssey’ Review: Is Christopher Nolan’s Epic Worth the Hype?
July 22, 2026
‘The Odyssey’ Is an Epic Cinematic Masterclass
July 15, 2026
‘Evil Dead Burn’ Joins Triumphantly Traumatizing 2026 Summer Horror Lineup
July 15, 2026
‘Evil Dead Burn’ Is a Maniacally Violent Movie
July 9, 2026
‘Supergirl’ Doesn’t Fly High Enough to Sell Audiences on the DCU
July 1, 2026
‘Supergirl’ Delivers a “Good Enough” DCU Follow-Up
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‘Disclosure Day’ Brings Spielberg’s Lifelong Alien Obsession Full Circle
June 24, 2026
The Cinematropolis deadCenter 2026 Recap
June 19, 2026
‘Toy Story 5’ Plays the Emotional Hits in a Remixed Tune
June 18, 2026
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David Lowery’s A Ghost Story: The Life of a Space

July 18, 2018

We are no more eternal than our own footprints.

A spectral romance melded into a reflection upon mortality, David Lowrey’s A Ghost Story conjures a cosmic journey within a few hundred square feet. The film garnered acclaim (and criticism) for its statuesque illustration of grief, frustration, and…

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Time Enough for Love in Satoshi Kon’s ‘Millennium Actress’

July 16, 2018

Time is the measurer of all things, but is itself immeasurable, and the grand discloser of all things, but is itself undisclosed. – Charles Caleb Colton

It begins at the end.

A woman, dressed in a space suit, hurries toward the entry…

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Flights of Fancy: Somewhere in Time and the Joys of Fantastical Time Travel

July 11, 2018

To celebrate the recent launch of Planet Thunder Productions’ Indie Go Go fundraiser for their new time travel film, SHIFTER, The Cinematropolis will spend the month looking at time-travel films, starting with this edition of Underexposed.

When most people think of time travel, images of technological inventions, of…

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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?: A Cry for Empathy in an Era of Intolerance

July 5, 2018

In recent weeks, the news of children being ripped from their parents as they cross the US border in attempt to seek asylum spread across the news and social media. I was bombarded with devastating images and stories of this human rights crisis unfolding right in my…

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Harmony Korine’s ‘Spring Breakers’ Explores Youth and Advertising

June 29, 2018

Commonalities exist between adolescence and a good vacation. People spend a lot of money on trips. They are always too short and elicit nostalgia. A good trip questions the legitimacy of society’s structure. Spring Breakers greets viewers with a combination of images and…

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A Hereditary Roundtable – The Cinematic Schematic #7

June 27, 2018

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In this month’s edition of The Cinematic Schematic, Laron Chapman returns to the podcast to review and delve into spoilers on the A24’s latest horror movie, Hereditary. Christopher Shultz also joins Caleb and Laron to discuss whether or not the film could truly be classified as horror and…

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Coming of Age Through Queer Cinema

June 22, 2018

When Moonlight arrived in theaters, less than 20 percent of major movies released in 2016 had LGBT characters. In 2015, LGBT characters appeared in less than 1/5 of Hollywood films. With each year prior to 2015, that number decreases drastically.

As we celebrate…

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The Cinematropolis deadCenter 2018 Recap

June 14, 2018

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After an entire weekend full of movies, parties, and reunions at the 2018 deadCenter Film Festival followed by a week full of film reviews and interviews here at The Cinematropolis, our special deadCenter coverage comes to a close with a deadCenter 2018 recap discussion between our entire festival team, Daniel…

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Black Panther: A Discussion Much Needed

June 14, 2018

I never thought I would see the worldwide impact of a film that speaks directly to me in my lifetime, especially in a way I can feel and interpret. As a minority, deciphering art is usually about us muting our past, background, and experiences to…

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Hearts Beat Loud Shows That ‘Coming Of Age’ Narratives Are Ageless

June 13, 2018

It seems rare to find an intrinsically “feel-good” movie that genuinely feels good, that actually lifts your spirits without sucrose-laced platitudes and ham-fisted DRAMA. But that’s exactly what Hearts Beat Loud, a new film from writer/director Brett Haley and writer Marc Basch (who previously collaborated on The…

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