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    ‘Creed III’: No Rocky? No Problem!

    by Sean Coates March 1, 2023
    by Sean Coates March 1, 2023

    The Rocky franchise has left an indelible mark on cinema history. It created the blueprint for the modern sports movie that had audiences passionately cheering for the underdog and making them want to get up and…

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    ‘Saint Omer’ Is a Challenging Examination of Generational Trauma

    by Spencer Henderson January 25, 2023
    by Spencer Henderson January 25, 2023

    As someone who spent the first eight years of my life in a turbulent, abusive household, generational trauma is something I have thought about often throughout my adulthood. For some, there is a palpable fear…

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    ‘The Eternal Daughter’ Is a Haunting and Beautiful Mother-Daughter Ghost Story

    by Nick Kush December 15, 2022
    by Nick Kush December 15, 2022

    There’s a palpable sense of “less is more” in Joanna Hogg’s brand of formalism. Her camera is happy to sit back and observe, only moving very precisely when the scene calls for it. Commonly shooting on…

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    ‘Call Jane’: The Story of Abortion Outside of the System

    by Adina Bernstein November 28, 2022
    by Adina Bernstein November 28, 2022

    Abortion is one of those topics that are guaranteed to generate strong opinions, regardless of where one stands on the political and religious scale. At the end of the day, it is just another medical…

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    ‘TÁR.’ BLANCHETT.

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

    LEVINE. To those even decently well-versed in the classical music world, the name James Levine is likely to bring forth a slew of contradicting reactions. On one end is a sense of deep reverence: Levine…

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    New York Film Festival 2022 Review: ‘The Novelist’s Film’

    by James Y. Lee October 6, 2022
    by James Y. Lee October 6, 2022

    The legacy of South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo seems largely separated from the stylized and dramatized sensibilities of his Korean New Wave contemporaries — the more minimalistic and theatrically conversational mise-en-scéne of his films seems…

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    New York Film Festival 2022 Review: ‘Coma’

    by James Y. Lee October 5, 2022
    by James Y. Lee October 5, 2022

    While it’s easy to look at the repertoire of films about COVID and deem them redundant, oftentimes incredibly lazy ways to artistically reflect a universal experience, perhaps the most distinctive among them have been the…

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    Toronto International Film Festival 2022 Review: ‘The Son’

    by Brennan Dubé September 26, 2022
    by Brennan Dubé September 26, 2022

    Florian Zeller surprised the film world two years ago with his debut feature film, The Father. That film is one of the masterpieces of the 2020s, and it features what may be the best performance…

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    Toronto International Film Festival 2022 Review: ‘The Fabelmans’

    by Brennan Dubé September 24, 2022
    by Brennan Dubé September 24, 2022

    Steven Spielberg has offered plenty of magical dreams over the years. It’s redundant to list his filmography as his repertoire speaks for itself. Steven Spielberg is a name synonymous with film. His iconic status is…

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    ‘Both Sides of the Blade’: Love Hurts…a Lot

    by Nick Kush August 1, 2022
    by Nick Kush August 1, 2022

    Leave it to Claire Denis to create the best representation of the pandemic onscreen yet. There are no Karens yelling over masks, no contagion spreading like wildfire. Instead, masks are a visual motif for the…

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    I Finally Watched ‘Memoria’ in Theaters and It Was Amazing

    by Nick Kush July 13, 2022
    by Nick Kush July 13, 2022

    I’ll admit it, when Neon announced that Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s new film, Memoria, would embark on a never-ending, roadshow-style film tour across the country forever — meaning there will never be a streaming or Blu-ray release…

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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 Ingridje September 29, 2021
    by Ingridje 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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