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Director and producer Loren Goldfarb’s documentary follows Chad “Shorty” McDaniel, a 52-year-old man born with “osteogenesis imperfecta” (OI), or perhaps colloquially known as brittle bone disease. As a result of his condition, his arms and legs are malformed, rendering him permanently set in a wheelchair. Despite this, Chad still continues to live his life to the fullest ext...


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Have you come across a movie that touched upon the trials and tribulations of gender dysphoria and identity? Of course, you have. The critically-acclaimed 1999 film Boy’s Don’t Cry or the 2023 film Priscilla are obvious examples that come to mind. But what often goes unnoticed is the struggles of individuals born with late-onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia, better known as...


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I haven’t reviewed an anthology in a while, and it’s been an even longer time since I’ve reviewed an anime anthology. I actually came across Memories through an anime music video, or AMV, on YouTube, featuring a synth rendition of “The Phantom of the Opera” (come to think of it, that’s also the reason why I watched this movie). Almost immediately, I was enraptured by the film...


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Who wants a movie that combines The Office’s cutaways and features the characters from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia? Before you start thinking that I’ve completely lost my mind and should go home and rethink my life, allow me to introduce Bob Freville’s latest film, Confessions in Static. We open to a group of mischievous college folks interviewed separately by the polic...


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