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When you think of rebellious comedy, some names immediately jump to mind. Shane Gillis Joe Rogan Tim Dillon Steve McGrew Dave Chappelle Chrissie Mayr Ricky Gervais Howie Mandel, the stand-up who parlayed his shtick into decades of steady TV work, doesn’t crack that list. The “Deal or No Deal” alum may not battle woke censors, …

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"We torture our students." Film Movement has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film titled Art Talent Show, a peculiar creation from the two Czech filmmakers Tomás Bojar & Adéla Komrzý. This first premiered at the 2022 Karlovy Vary Film Festival in Czechia, and it also stopped by the IDFA, Docs Against Gravity, and True/False Film Festivals last year as well. In the vein of Frederick Wiseman's work, Art Talent Show offers insightful commentary on the intergenerational cultural dissonance surrounding contemporary topics like identity politics and social justice in relation to art and its practice. A "documentary less about art or talent than about the Sisyphean task of assessing one and nurturing the other", the filmmakers take a sensitive and ultimately light-hearted approach to the examination of art school admission (to the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague). The film wonders: "How do you assess artistic talent? And what role can art play in today's world?" A layered, observational documentary which presents a portrait of an institution and a light generational statement in one. Seems like it gets crazy! ...

Few films are under the microscope quite like “Civil War.” The thriller, which debuted at SXSW earlier this month and hits theaters April 12, follows a near-future America at war with itself. The topic is too uncomfortable for some. Others are eager to weaponize it to bolster the Left or the Right. Early reviews suggest …

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