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LFG is a documentary by and for the casual women’s soccer fan

The new documentary LFG (which every sports fan that’s ever been on Twitter understands to mean “let’s fucking go!”) tells the story of USWNT’s fight for equal pay. It’s a well-made film that gives ample screentime to the remarkable Megan Rapinoe (a huge reason why I had been a season ticket holder for her club team OL Reign for many years). For those that followed USWNT’s fight for equal pay prior to 2019, it’s infuriating. At least it was for me.

Bad Detectives
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Bad Detectives misses the mark

The concept was a good one and the trailer had me intrigued, but this “buddy detective” style dark comedy fell sadly flat of its potential. The two daughters, Nic and Ping, of life-long friends and partnered detectives are thrown into the seedy underworld of trying to find out why their fathers met an untimely death…

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With The Sparks Brothers, Edgar Wright tells you all about his prolific favorite band

A common dictum of storytelling is “show, don’t tell.” With his new documentary about brothers Ron and Russell Mael, self-professed superfan Edgar Wright can’t resist doing a whole lot of both when it comes to Sparks, his favorite band. It is an indication of their relentless productivity that two and a half hours is barely enough time to scratch all the surfaces of a lifelong musical collaboration with roots in another band they formed back in 1967 as undergrads at UCLA all the way to a present day re-discovery and revival.

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One of the most incisive films of the year, Les nôtres (Our Own) excavates the simmering racism of polite white society

There are a handful of films that you can say, without a doubt, are absolutely brilliant. From the precise presentation of its visuals to the delicate construction of its story, Les nôtres is one of those films. For reasons that will become abundantly clear, it also is an incredibly difficult one to recommend. However, it is one that, no matter how painful, must be experienced.