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    Being ‘Clean’ Can Get a Bit Messy

    by Patricia Henderson February 3, 2022
    by Patricia Henderson February 3, 2022

    Clean is a passion project of sorts for one Mr. Adrien Brody. He serves as the film’s star, co-writer, co-producer, and even composer. It took about a decade to get this film from his imagination, to…

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    Sundance Film Festival 2022 Review: ‘Happening’

    by James Y. Lee January 25, 2022
    by James Y. Lee January 25, 2022

    Adapted from author Annie Ernaux’s quasi-memoir of the same title, and having instantly propelled itself into a modern canon of films about the stark realities of abortion — among them being Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3…

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    ‘France’: An Aware Reflection of the Artificial Media

    by Ash Sivakumar December 19, 2021
    by Ash Sivakumar December 19, 2021

    The media is composed of a large segment of our contemporary society, being the main channel of collective mass communication. The media consists of broadcasting, publishing, and the internet, which includes, but is not limited…

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    ‘Drive My Car’: A Deeply Human Reflection on Grief and Art

    by Spencer Henderson November 27, 2021
    by Spencer Henderson November 27, 2021

    Driving can be a profound experience. It is difficult to articulate the feeling of what it’s like to ponder a great many things while you drive in solitude, or that quiet mutual moment of bonding…

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    ‘House of Gucci’ Has Style and Substance

    by Spencer Henderson November 24, 2021
    by Spencer Henderson November 24, 2021

    At 83 years old, Ridley Scott is still cranking out consistently great and entertaining films. Just last month, he released The Last Duel which is the frontrunner for the most underseen and under-appreciated film of 2021. Now…

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    London Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’

    by Bethany Lola October 24, 2021
    by Bethany Lola October 24, 2021

    Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and caldron bubble. It’s a story we all know. One of Shakespeare’s many classics, The Tragedy of Macbeth takes pride in being a new spin on the 1606…

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    London Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Language Lessons’ 

    by Bethany Lola October 18, 2021
    by Bethany Lola October 18, 2021

    In an era where we’re overwhelmed with features made during quarantine, it’s hard to find a film that strays from the rest and is actually worthwhile watching. While Language Lessons doesn’t necessarily go above and…

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    ‘Bergman Island’: Meta-reflections on the Artistic Process

    by Ash Sivakumar October 17, 2021
    by Ash Sivakumar October 17, 2021

    Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman once said, “no art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.” To many of us,…

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    ‘Mass’ Is a Study of Grief, Told Through Masterful Performances

    by Jack Edgar October 16, 2021
    by Jack Edgar October 16, 2021

    There’s a line that creators of topical art must keep in mind as it’s being crafted — so easy is it to become melodramatic, “preachy”, or unrealistic. The slightest misstep can take a viewer out…

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    London Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Compartment No. 6’

    by Bethany Lola October 13, 2021
    by Bethany Lola October 13, 2021

    With 2021’s Cannes Grand Prix win on its back, Compartment No. 6 brings to life a self-reflective, alcohol-filled drama. Establishing an unlikely friendship between a Finnish student and a Russian miner, Laura (Seidi Haarla) and…

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    New York Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Parallel Mothers’

    by James Y. Lee October 10, 2021
    by James Y. Lee October 10, 2021

    To discuss Pedro Almodóvar is to acknowledge not just the transgressive streak of his early filmography, but also the post-Julieta change of pace that the Spanish auteur has undergone with his latest few works. With…

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    New York Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Ste. Anne’

    by James Y. Lee October 7, 2021
    by James Y. Lee October 7, 2021

    Manitoban filmmaker Rhayne Vermette’s Ste. Anne is a fascinating directorial debut — a loosely constructed tapestry of hypnotic sounds and grainy cinematography, and an enigmatic 80-minute experience that operates in pure abstraction. Unfolding a series…

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    New York Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Outside Noise’

    by James Y. Lee October 3, 2021
    by James Y. Lee October 3, 2021

    Daniela (Daniela Zahlner) can’t sleep lately. After spending some time traveling in New York and returning to Berlin, she’s slowly come to the realization that her continued insomnia isn’t just from her jet lag anymore,…

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    ‘Wife of a Spy’ Is a Beautiful, Mysterious Historical Drama

    by Ingrid Dendievel September 29, 2021
    by Ingrid Dendievel September 29, 2021

    Wife of a Spy won the Silver Bear for Best Director at last year’s Venice Film Festival. I had heard of director and co-writer Kiyoshi Kurosawa (not related to the late great master of Japanese…

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    ‘Best Sellers’: Finding Literary Truth in the Modern World

    by Chris van Dijk September 22, 2021
    by Chris van Dijk September 22, 2021

    Can the literary art form still survive in this hyperactive, Twitter-operating, modern age? Bookworms venturing through desolated libraries and soon-to-be bankrupt bookstores may find themselves out of time, yearning for a time where a 400-page…

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    Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Ahed’s Knee’

    by Sean Coates September 21, 2021
    by Sean Coates September 21, 2021

    Nadav Lapid’s Synonyms caused quite a stir when it unexpectedly took out the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 2019. The film loosely based on Lapid’s own life about an Israeli man who flees…

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    Telluride Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Petite Maman’

    by Spencer Henderson September 13, 2021
    by Spencer Henderson September 13, 2021

    Céline Sciamma has once again made one of the best films of the year with her latest project and follow-up to the brilliant Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Petite Maman. The film follows Nelly (Joséphine Sanz),…

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    ‘Small Engine Repair’: Male Comradery Taken to Amusingly Dark Extremes

    by Chris van Dijk September 10, 2021
    by Chris van Dijk September 10, 2021

    A common complaint regarding movies based on plays is that they feel like exactly that: a play made into a movie. Detractors often cite the transition from stage to screen as being too noticeable, remarking…

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    Melbourne International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘La Verónica’

    by Nick Kush August 22, 2021
    by Nick Kush August 22, 2021

    Despite how much social media is seemingly at the center of our lives, there are still only precious few good movies about the subject. What is it that makes it so hard to capture? Is…

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    ‘Respect’: A Lackluster Look at the Life of the Queen of Soul

    by Blake Ison August 20, 2021
    by Blake Ison August 20, 2021

    Biopics have long been a crowd favorite. From the 1985 Best Picture winner Amadeus to the modern classic The Social Network, audiences are enamored by the idea of watching a biographical tale unfold on the…

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    Melbourne International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Genus Pan’

    by James Y. Lee August 14, 2021
    by James Y. Lee August 14, 2021

    To say that a two-and-a-half-hour-long film is on the shorter side of a director’s filmography may sound like a deeply confused claim, but for Filipino auteur Lav Diaz — whose works are less like films…

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    Melbourne International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Days’

    by James Y. Lee August 11, 2021
    by James Y. Lee August 11, 2021

    Few snippets of on-screen text in modern foreign cinema have been as intriguing as the opening blurb of Tsai Ming-liang’s latest film, Days — “This film is intentionally unsubtitled.” — not just because it points to a…

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    Ben Platt and Lola Kirke Excel in ‘Broken Diamonds’

    by Bethany Lola July 23, 2021
    by Bethany Lola July 23, 2021

    Ben Platt, a man of many talents. He once again showcases his raw, exquisite acting skills in Peter Sattler’s Broken Diamonds. Scott (Platt) is an aspiring author, longing to move to Paris. His flights are booked…

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    The Mark Wahlberg Archetype Doesn’t Work in ‘Joe Bell’

    by Liam Trump July 22, 2021
    by Liam Trump July 22, 2021

    Some of Mark Wahlberg’s most fascinating films have found him in strange roles. In every one of them, however, he always manages to make his character into some overly macho badass who never grows as…

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    ‘Dream Horse’: A Surprisingly Charming Drama About Getting Back in the Race

    by Nick Kush June 11, 2021
    by Nick Kush June 11, 2021

    A group of lovable misfits in a predominantly working-class Welsch village comes together to form a horse racing syndicate to compete against the big boys on the race track. They’re all down on their luck, either…

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    ‘Paper Spiders’ Is More Than a Coming-of-Age Story

    by Aubrey McKay May 31, 2021
    by Aubrey McKay May 31, 2021

    Melanie (Stefania LaVie Owen) is a high school senior and wrestling with all the normal anxieties that come with it. Her bright future promises to lead her in her late father’s footsteps across the country…

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    ‘There Is No Evil’: Four Tales of Impossible Choices and the Death Penalty

    by Ingrid Dendievel May 19, 2021
    by Ingrid Dendievel May 19, 2021

    2016 will for me always be linked with the death of Abbas Kiarostami, one of my all-time favorite directors and the godfather of Iranian cinema. Luckily, there is still a lot of talent around. There…

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    ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’: A Modern ‘Schindler’s List’

    by Adina Bernstein May 18, 2021
    by Adina Bernstein May 18, 2021

    After the Holocaust, the catchphrase “Never Again” caught fire. It was supposed to be the reminder of what hate and prejudice can do to humanity. But in the 76 years since World War II ended,…

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    ‘The Killing of Two Lovers’: An Undercooked Yet Intermittently Effective Character Study

    by Richard Keaney May 16, 2021
    by Richard Keaney May 16, 2021

    David, a husband and father of four desperately attempts to keep his family intact during a tense separation from his wife in The Killing of Two Lovers. The couple agrees to see other people, but…

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    ‘Berlin Alexanderplatz’: A Journey Toward Doom

    by Ingrid Dendievel April 30, 2021
    by Ingrid Dendievel April 30, 2021

    The Alexanderplatz in Berlin. Even if you have never been there, you can easily imagine what it looks like. You must have seen it on the news, a documentary, a video clip, or another movie.…

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