During an exceptionally hot summer in Sweden, a Thai migrant worker has to navigate the forest and his increasingly quarrelsome relationship with his older brother, in order to find the blueberries needed to afford passage …
Sweden
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Retrospectives
Lisbeth Deserved Better in David Fincher’s ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’
by Kali Tuttleby Kali TuttleMikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) got the ending that Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara) deserved in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. After years of the government bouncing her around and facing discrimination and violence, she deserved to be …
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Streaming ReviewsStreaming Thriller
‘Red Dot’ Is Only Watchable Under Very Specific Circumstances
by Ingridjeby IngridjeWell, it couldn’t last forever, could it? Week after week, I have been able to watch and review some splendid movies on this very site. Unfortunately, Red Dot is not one of them. In fact, …
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DocumentaryReviews
Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘The Most Beautiful Boy in the World’
by Nick Kushby Nick KushFor many, their introduction to Björn Andrésen was watching him as an old man falling off a cliff during the ättestupa scene in Midsommar, followed by the all-too-gruesome moment of him having his skull smashed in …
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Surveys
‘Midsommar’ Exit Survey: You’ll Have a Strong Reaction to It Either Way
by Nick Kushby Nick KushWell, Midsommar was an experience, to say the least. Following up Hereditary, last year’s breakout indie hit, wasn’t going to be an easy task, mostly because you probably loved it and had your expectations very …
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Hereditary was a major hit for A24 last summer, quickly becoming one of the indie distributor’s most successful monetary investments off of the strength of some magnetic performances, a string of horrendously morbid set pieces, …
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Streaming DocumentariesStreaming Reviews
Film Review – Life Overtakes Me (2019)
by Cammy Maddenby Cammy MaddenNetflix has been churning out documentary after documentary, and Life Overtakes Me is the latest. With a relatively short runtime of just 40 minutes, it follows several refugee families living in Sweden. Each of these …