The Fall of the American Empire
“The Fall of the American Empire” is an unbearably preachy post-financial-crisis civics lesson in heist movie drag. We follow a
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American
Every Day’s a Brand New Deal: On American Splendor
Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman’s “American Splendor” freely combines fact and fiction with its eclectic mix of feature film,
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SXSW 2019: Running with Beto, Building the American Dream, Well Groomed
South by Southwest is a festival where you know you’re always going to miss something, but hopefully, you stumble onto
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True/False 2019: Caballerango, American Factory, The Hottest August, Finding Frances
One of the best films at the festival, Juan Pablo González’s “Caballerango” captures spare haunted moments in Milpillas, a rural
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American Renegades
The French-American army-heist action-comedy “American Renegades” is a cross between “Ocean’s 11” and “The Expendables.” “American Renegades” is also not nearly as
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