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The Lens|Reviews

Identifying Features

The Searchers

by Andrew Wyatt - Jan 26, 2021

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A destructive wildfire tears through the Galician region of Spain in Oliver Laxe's 'Fire Will Come'.
The LensNov 25, 2020byJoshua Ray

Fire Will Come

A mystery beyond belief is unraveled in William J. Saunders' 'The Penny Black'.
The LensNov 20, 2020byKayla McCulloch

The Penny Black

Naama Preis (left, front) is a mother who does the unthinkable to ensure her family's musical legacy in Itay Tal's 'God of the Piano'.
The LensNov 17, 2020byAndrew Wyatt

God of the Piano

Astrid Bergès-Frisbey (left) and Anouk Grinberg portray the younger and older versions of a woman struggling with decades of unresolved grief in Charlotte Dauphin's 'The Other'.
The LensNov 13, 2020byKayla McCulloch

The Other

Tsai Chin is a eldery widow who becomes entangled with local gangsters in Sasie Sealy's 'Lucky Grandma'.
The LensNov 11, 2020byAndrew Wyatt

Lucky Grandma

Ke-Xi Wu is an actress whose hold on her career, image, and identity starts to slip away in Midi Z's 'Nina Wu'.
The LensNov 9, 2020byCait Lore

Nina Wu

Lena Olin (right) is the wife of a fading art world icon in Tom Dolby's 'The Artist's Wife'.
The LensNov 8, 2020byKayla McCulloch

The Artist's Wife

A still from 'God Save the Wings'.
The LensNov 7, 2020byAndrew Wyatt

God Save the Wings

Martine Chevallier (left) and Barbara Sukowa have their closeted but content relationship turned upside-down in Filippo Meneghetti's 'Two of Us'.
The LensNov 6, 2020byJoshua Ray

Two of Us

Aya Cash (left) and Josh Ruben are rival writers telling scary stories in Ruben's 'Scare Me'.
The LensNov 2, 2020byAndrew Wyatt

Streaming Bloody Murder: Horror VOD Postmortem for October 2020

Tribute to George Hickenlooper
The LensOct 30, 2020byCliff Froehlich

Tribute to George Hickenlooper

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994)
The LensOct 30, 2020byGeorge Hickenlooper

Tribute to George Hickenlooper

Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003)
The LensOct 30, 2020byBob Gale

Tribute to George Hickenlooper

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
The LensOct 30, 2020byCliff Froehlich

Tribute to George Hickenlooper

The Big Brass Ring (1999)
The LensOct 30, 2020byCliff Froehlich

Tribute to George Hickenlooper

Factory Girl
The LensOct 30, 2020byKayla McCulloch

Tribute to George Hickenlooper

Jessica Barden is a twentysomething in arrested development in Kelly Oxford's 'Pink Skies Ahead'.
The LensOct 26, 2020byKayla McCulloch

Pink Skies Ahead

Director Spike Lee gives cinematic form to a David Byrne (center front) performance in 'David Byrne's American Utopia'.
The LensOct 23, 2020byJoshua Ray

David Byrne's American Utopia

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