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Jeremy Polacek

A son of the Chicago suburbs, Jeremy Polacek has somehow lived in New York City longer than in that metropolis of the Midwest. His writing has also appeared in Hyperallergic.

Tribeca Review: Gored

Tribeca Film Festival 2015: Ido Mizrahy’s Gored

by Jeremy Polacek
April 16, 2015

Ido Mizrahy’s Gored is a survey of hard knocks and the terror of dying dreams.

The Taking of Tiger Mountain

Review: The Taking of Tiger Mountain

by Jeremy Polacek
January 5, 2015

The present-day subplot adds little but sentiment to a film shot through with cliché characters, a predictable plot, and undisguised reverence.

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