All posts by Michael Haffner
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HALLOWEEN KILLS – Review
“Search every ravine, every crevice, but the fiend must be found!” FRANKENSTEIN (1931), James Whale At the end...
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PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE – Review
Waves roll up onto the shore. It’s a beautiful sight if the waves weren’t inviting the woman on...
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THE PHOTOGRAPH – Review
Stella Meghie directs her original story in a manner that attempts to blend arthouse sensibilities with mainstream romance...
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UNCUT GEMS – Review
After an opening prologue that shows the pain caused by the opal mines in Ethiopia, the camera takes...
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HONEY BOY – Review
It’s hard to critique a piece of art when it’s presented in the form of a diary or...
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SLIFF 2019 Review – LOCUSTS
LOCUSTS will screen at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar) Thursday, Nov 14 at 9:30pm as part of this...
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DOCTOR SLEEP – Review
We are all lost souls on a journey of discovery. Haunted by our decisions and carrying the weight...
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How Arthur Shockingly Mirrors Bruce Wayne in JOKER
SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for JOKER. “The mirror is my best friend because when I...
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READY OR NOT – Review
The things we do for family. While men and women joyfully head into a new life together after...
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SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK – Review
As the opening of the film mysteriously imparts, stories come in all shapes and sizes. Sharing scary stories...
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THE FAREWELL – Review
THE FAREWELL quietly examines the cultural differences of accepting death. Director Lulu Wang offers nuance instead of sappy...
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MIDSOMMAR – Review
After depicting a suffocatingly tense descent into one family’s worst nightmare with HEREDITARY, Ari Aster has given himself...
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ANNABELLE COMES HOME – Review
Who would have thought that James Wan’s modern haunted house classic THE CONJURING would spawn an entire universe...
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GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS – Review
Who are the real monsters? The humans or the creatures that terrorize them. It’s a classic monster movie...
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BOOKSMART – Review
You don’t have to be a genius to get through high school and into a great college. There’s...
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Pokémon Detective Pikachu – Review
Neon-lit streets at night. A mysterious car crash. Drugs and underground fights around the docks. And two unlikely...
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THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA – Review
New ghost, new family, same old rules and scares. A new ghastly member in “The Conjuring Universe” haunts...
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PET SEMATARY – Review
Death affects people differently. Sometimes in unexpected ways. For some, coping with the inevitable is hard to even...
