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So far Hayden Jacoves has created 11 blog entries.

    Videofilia (and Other Viral Syndromes)

    A Peruvian film that attempts to be a film for and about the oversaturated teenage mind, and seemingly designed to be viewed on a laptop.

    By |December 4th, 2016|sex, Teen|0 Comments

      American Honey

      Rising British director Andrea Arnold makes her first onscreen journey through the States

      By |October 9th, 2016|Road Trip, Teen|0 Comments

        Imperium

        It might take the discrepancy of a former boy wizard shaving his head to pique your interest, but you should have a lot to mull over when the credits roll.

        By |August 20th, 2016|Drama, Top Picks|0 Comments

          Ixcanul

          You might have seen a lot of movies, but you probably haven't seen one about native Mayan pig farmers in Guatemala, with dialogue in Kaqchikel.

          By |August 18th, 2016|Featured|0 Comments

            Men Go to Battle

            At 98 minutes, this entertaining and quietly ambitious film never wears out its welcome and stays true to its small-scale intentions.

            By |July 8th, 2016|Indie, War|0 Comments

              Swiss Army Man

              The most imaginative, subversive, and joyfully juvenile variation of a mid-2000s indie romcom imaginable.

              By |June 30th, 2016|Comedy, Top Picks|0 Comments

                Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

                This portmanteau of the 1960’s counterculture figure creates a portrait of a prickly, uncompromising man. It eschews the normal rock bio-doc format, and it’s all the better for it.

                By |June 24th, 2016|Music, Top Picks|0 Comments

                  Nuts!

                  Yes, the “nuts” of the title is a double entendre, and what starts out as a movie that seems to be the quirky story of an intriguing, forgotten man turns into an exploration of the dangerous traps of the documentary format.

                  By |June 22nd, 2016|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

                    The Lobster

                    Director Yorgos Lanthimos's blackly comic satire—a discombobulating rush of inventiveness and imagination that doesn’t let up.

                    By |May 12th, 2016|Satire, Top Picks|0 Comments