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About Paul Weissman

Paul Weissman is an actor, writer, playwright, and, in the comfort of his own home, an occasional guitar player who lives in New York City. He has appeared in Sean Baker's first film Four Letter Words and will be seen in the upcoming horror film Cryptid. His website is paulweissman.com.

The Endless

The Endless is a rare beast. It is a low-key, laid-back horror film that is surprisingly effective.

By |April 5th, 2018|Top Picks|0 Comments
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The Death of Stalin

Armando Iannucci has moved from farce to the blackest of comedies and succeeds brilliantly.

By |March 9th, 2018|Satire, Top Picks|0 Comments
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Hostiles

Though this western’s goals are lofty, the end result comes off lugubrious, arch, and self-satisfied.

By |January 18th, 2018|Western|0 Comments
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Molly’s Game

This is a tour de force for Jessica Chastain. The show is all hers.

By |January 4th, 2018|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks|0 Comments
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Get Out

Director Jordan Peele has done his homework. He is clearly a fan of 1970’s social-horror films.

By |December 17th, 2017|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Thriller, Top Picks|0 Comments
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Super Dark Times

Writers Ben Collins and Luke Pietrowski have a preternatural sense of the teen mind and a way with dialogue.

By |October 13th, 2017|Top Picks|0 Comments
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Window Horses

A beautiful, deeply empathetic, world-embracing lip smack of an animated film.

By |September 28th, 2017|Top Picks|0 Comments
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Kill Me Please

Director Anita Rocha da Silveira draws a direct parallel between sex and death, but she uses the age of her characters to bring that observation to a phantasmagoric boil.

By |August 31st, 2017|Featured|0 Comments
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Lemon

An aggressively quirky, misanthropic film focusing on a singularly unpleasant human being, and it almost works.

By |August 24th, 2017|DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments
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