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CIFF 2021- “Hit the Road” Is the Best Directorial Debut of the Year: Film Capsule Review
Move aside Green Book! Panah Panahi’s Hit the Road is the most emotionally-impactful road trip films of recent memory and quite possibly the best directorial debut of the year. A slightly mysterious family road trip across the rugged Iranian landscape proves to be fertile ground for heart, humor, and pangs of sorrow. The extreme wide, […]
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Slamdance 2022- “Hannah Ha Ha” Exudes Warmth: Film Review
Hannah Ha Ha opens on a serene moment between a father and daughter as a crackling bonfire fills the center of the frame. From this very first scene, writer-director duo Joshua Pikovsky & Jordan Tetewsky establish both a literal and metaphorical warmth to their debut feature. This sincerity is perhaps most emblematic in the film’s […]
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Road to SXSW 2022: 6 Films that Could Appear in This Year’s Film Lineup
We are less than a week away from South by Southwest’s (SXSW, March 11-20) unveiling of this year’s film festival lineup. Given the festival’s eccentric and eclectic programming style, it’s challenging to pinpoint exactly what features are headed to Austin this year. That doesn’t stop us at Silver Linings Reviews from trying though! Check out […]
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Sundance 2022- “892” is John Boyega’s Finest Hour: Film Review
Audiences may best know John Boyega from his performance as Finn from the latest Star Wars trilogy, but the actor is far more talented than those films would have you believe. For in 892, when Boyega is able to take off the Stormtrooper helmet, he is an outright dynamo on the silver screen. 892 is […]
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“Brighton 4th” Wrestles with Finding the Right Tone: Film Review
Brighton Beach, Brooklyn acts as a way station for immigrants from the former U.S.S.R. trying to make a life in America. Unfortunately, this Russian speaking community has become a kind of liminal space, where its residents are not yet part of the American Dream but are also disconnected from the Old World. Brighton 4th, Georgia’s […]
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Sundance 2022- “The Mission” Lifts the Veil on Your Friendly Neighborhood Mormon Missionary: Film Review
If you’ve lived anywhere long enough, you have likely seen two respectable and well-dressed young adults walking the streets, literally going door to door with their gospel. Multitudes of people ignore these individuals without so much as a second thought. Tania Anderson’s The Mission however is such an intimate portrait of LDS missionaries that after […]
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Sundance 2022- “Neptune Frost” Challenges a Binary World: Film Review
Film festivals’ ability to highlight burgeoning filmmakers and original films has become more essential than ever in an era where local multiplexes are bogged down by remakes and reboots. Without this year’s accessible Sundance, who knows how many would have had the chance to witness poet and first-time director Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman’s Neptune […]
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Best of 2021: Our Top 10 Films of 2021
Read on to see what 2021 films you should add to your watchlist!
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Best of 2021: Writing, Directing & Acting
While the pandemic and day-and-day streaming has thrown the theatrical experience in disarray, there were no shortage of illuminating and stunning motion pictures in 2021. The team at Silver Linings Reviews are here to separate the wheat from the chaff and share our favorite elements from films released in 2021. While we tried to watch […]
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Best of 2021: The Crafts
Read on for our choices for 2021’s best cinematography, score, song, editing and more!
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“Belle” is Beautifully Vapid: Film Review
Belle is something of a conundrum. Director Mamoru Hosoda delivers one of the most visually impressive animated features of the year, especially during the virtual reality sequences. At the same time though, the narrative is an oversimplification of adolescents’ obsession with social media which dampens the eye-popping character and world designs. Belle follows the life […]
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