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“Keep the Change” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

By Daniel Barnes on March 22, 2018

Keep the Change (2018; Rachel Israel) GRADE: B- By Daniel Barnes Writer-director Israel makes her feature debut with this largely delightful romantic comedy. Keep the Change is an expansion of Israel’s 2013 short film starring the same lead actors. Brandon Polansky plays David, an acerbic autistic man who […]

“Shadows in Mind” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

By Daniel Barnes on February 7, 2018

Shadows in Mind (2018; Mark Schwab) GRADE: C- By Daniel Barnes “Descent Into the Dark Web” One of the most underrated documentaries of the last decade, David Farrier and Dylan Reeve’s Tickled transformed a tabloid-ready story about power and pornography into an engrossing examination of obscene privilege run amok. […]