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Greg Abbott

  • Film Review: LOONEY TUNES: THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP (Directed by Peter Browngardt)

    DUCK, COVER, AND TRY NOT TO THINK TOO HARD A loving homage to Bob Clampett that never quite matches the originals When I first heard about Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up, my immediate reaction was, “Oh no, why would they make a Porky and Daffy feature for today’s audiences? There is no…

  • Film Review: SNOW BEAR (Aaron Blaise, Director)

    A HAND-DRAWN MIRACLE IN ELEVEN MINUTES Aaron Blaise’s polar bear short is funny, heartbreaking, and impossibly beautiful I have a gift for you today: an animated short called Snow Bear. And I have to tell you, this is something pretty special. I’d call it… WOW!!! You will laugh. I did. You will cry. I did…

  • Film Review: THIS ORDINARY THING (Directed by Nick Davis)

    LIGHT IN A WORLD GONE DARK This Ordinary Thing — a documentary that doesn’t feel like one ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ “Whoever saves one life, saves the entire world.” This quote from the Talmud — the book of Jewish wisdom — underpins This Ordinary Thing. Going in, I knew…

  • Film Review: BAU: ARTIST AT WAR (Directed by Sean McNamara)

    Movie poster for 'Bau, Artist at War' featuring a soldier and artist in a dramatic scene.

    Amidst the terror of the Holocaust, could Bau: Artist at War actually be the feel-good movie of the year? I attended the world-premiere screening of Bau: Artist at War on Sunday—and I feel compelled to share it with you. Directed by Sean McNamara and written by Deborah Smerecnik, Ron Bass, and Sonia Kifferstein (with Joseph…

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