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FURMAN ON FILM
Dec 26, 20203 min read
The Assistant - 2019
*This review spoils one major scene. There is a part of me that found The Assistant to be, if not dull, at least slow and plodding. It...
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Dec 24, 20204 min read
The Vast of Night - 2019
My best friend hated The Vast of Night. After we had both finished viewing it, a verbal sparring match ensued. I pressed him on what he...
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Dec 19, 20204 min read
Shithouse - 2020
This review may contain spoilers. Here is a sentence that I never expected to utter: Shithouse is the most emotionally raw, gut...
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Dec 18, 20204 min read
Possessor - 2020
This review may contain spoilers. Not surprisingly, it seems most of the dialogue centered around Possessor at the time of its release...
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Dec 16, 20206 min read
I'm Thinking of Ending Things - 2020
This review may contain spoilers. The only thing I've learned to trust in a Charlie Kaufman film is the man himself. Buildings are never...
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Dec 13, 20204 min read
Black Bear - 2020
This review may contain spoilers. Aubrey Plaza is a FORCE. OF. NATURE. A human dynamo of passion, vivacity, and snarky self-confidence so...
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Dec 10, 20202 min read
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - 2017
Three Billboards is NOT a perfect film. It can actually be argued pretty convincingly that it’s riddled with inconsistencies. Many of the...
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Dec 9, 20202 min read
A Ghost Story - 2017
Much like Lanthimos’ The Lobster the previous year, I cannot even begin to recommend this film to a wide audience. It’s not about...
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Dec 6, 20203 min read
Manchester by the Sea - 2016
This was my best picture of 2016. Now, I’m not sure if it says something rather morbid about me that I’ve selected such a “downer” for...
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Dec 4, 20202 min read
Rocky V - 1990
If only... If only...this film utilized the talents of its director (the director of the original, fresh off the solid though...
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Dec 4, 20204 min read
Da 5 Bloods - 2020
To my memory, there has never been a less fitting film poster for a work of art. This film is nothing like the hazy, psychedelic fever...
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Dec 3, 20203 min read
It Follows - 2014
What’s the oldest horror trope in the book? Anyone? How ‘bout this…every horror movie begins with two (generally white) people having...
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