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5 years ago
It’s a bummer when a film has an important historical story to tell but the finished product just isn’t very good. Such is the case with “Judas and the Black Messiah,” director Shaka King‘s take on the true story of charismatic Black Pan... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
“The World to Come,” the film adaptation of Jim Shepard‘s 2017 short story of the same name, is just as sophisticated and lovely as the author’s elegant prose. Shepard also co-authored the screenplay (with Ron Hansen), and his eloquent wri... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
“The Father” gives its audience a fully immersive experience with the frustrations of dementia in this stage-to-screen adaptation of Florian Zeller‘s 2012 play. Making his feature film directorial debut, Zeller gives the project a personal t... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
“Greenland” ranks well above average when it comes to disaster movies. Screenwriter Chris Sparling takes the traditional end of the world blueprint and inserts some really nice surprises and twists, making this formulaic action flick seem not... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
It’s been said that life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans, and such is the story of partners Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci). The two men are taking a road trip through the English countryside, visiting friends,... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
Based on the New York Times best-selling memoir “Guantánamo Diary” by Mohamedou Ould Slahi, “The Mauritanian” tells the true story of a man who spent 14 years of his life imprisoned without charges at the notorious United States military... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
A surprise reunion in the South of France causes passions to reignite and jealousies to swell in “Ma Belle, My Beauty,” a relationship drama from writer / director Marion Hill. The film features an on-screen depiction of a non-traditional, pol... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
The emotionally exhausting film “Mass” is an impressive screenwriting and directorial debut from Fran Kranz. It’s exceptionally well-written, skillfully acted, and thoughtfully explores the idea of grief, guilt, and forgiveness. This film wi... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
The one-note “Together Together,” from writer / director Nikole Beckwith, is a wannabe rom-com about surrogacy. This bland, flat film is one of the most disappointing titles to screen at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, and it’s the first co... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
The quirky apocalypse comedy “How It Ends” is a witty and strangely optimistic story about a woman (Zoe Lister-Jones) who sets out to make peace with her past regrets and tie up loose ends on the very day a giant asteroid is scheduled to wipe... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
There’s a great subject and story at the heart of “Rebel Hearts,” a documentary about a group of feminist nuns who banded together to become a serious thorn in the side of the patriarchal Catholic Church. These women are unsung heroes of rel... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
The sweet and formulaic “Marvelous and the Black Hole” is an easily approachable and accessible indie movie. The story of an ornery teenage delinquent (Miya Cech) who befriends a surly, eccentric magician (Rhea Perlman) is a cute coming of age... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
The unforgiving conditions that accompany the jaw-dropping beauty of nature set the stage for “Land,” the directorial debut from actor Robin Wright. Wright stars in the film as Edee, a woman who can no longer live in the world she’s always k... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
“Superior” captures the aesthetics of the late 70s / early 80s noir thriller with a low budget, retro feel that provides a callback to films of that era. The story is a very slow burn, but the mystery is intriguing enough to recommend to those... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
The bleak drama “Wild Indian” is an emotionally complex story of the vicious cycle of trauma and violence, especially as it relates to the Native American community. Writer / director Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.‘s film features a predominantly... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
“Passing,” based on the 1929 novel by Nella Larsen, is and elegant and sophisticated film. It’s drop-dead gorgeous to look at, and the lead performances from Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga are absolutely fabulous. Rebecca Hall‘s restrained... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
Werewolf stories are the perfect match for period horror films, and the atmospheric, moody, and gory “Eight for Silver” feels like a game changer for the genre. Set in the 1800s, this historical-minded tale about a creature terrorizing a small... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
The ruthless crime thriller “Coming Home in the Dark” opens with a brutal sequence of violence that sets the tone for the rest of the film. This is a tough one to watch because director James Ashcroft pulls no punches in showing the evil darkn... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
The classic Romeo and Juliet tale is given a modern spin in “R#J,” an inventive but irritating film from director Carey Williams. The movie is too drawn-out (especially the painfully prolonged ending), and the gimmick of telling the story enti... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
“In the Earth” is a psychedelic mash-up of M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Happening” and “The Blair Witch Project,” and it is unpleasant to suffer through. This disorienting, bloody story about killer plants and a psycho in the woods is m... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
Everybody has a story that deserves to be told, and an Afghan refugee’s personal narrative of oppression and the pursuit of a better life is portrayed in “Flee.” Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen animates a discussion between himself and his an... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
The times, they were a’changin’ in the summer of 1969, with many turning to music as a vehicle to help them express their feelings on important social and political issues. The most famous music festival of all time, Woodstock, has seen its co... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
“John and the Hole” has a maddening ambiguity that seems a whole lot like lazy storytelling rather than a well thought out narrative. Director Pascual Sisto‘s unsettling story of a 13-year-old who drugs his family and dumps them in an unfini... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
Documentarians Parker Hill and Isabel Bethencourt follow around a group of Texas trailer park kids for a year in “Cusp,” an eye-opening vérité film about the angst, struggle, and heartbreak of being a teenager. It’s a shame that the film�... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
“In the Same Breath” is a timely documentary that gives an insider look at the origins of the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19. Filmmaker Nanfu Wang criticizes the missteps officials took in the early stages of the pandemic and the government p... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
The 1980s style of horror films is resurrected in “Censor,” director Prano Bailey-Bond‘s mind-bending (and bloody) tribute to the U.K.’s notorious “video nasties.” This term referred to low-budget gore and exploitation films that were... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
“Palmer” is the type of conventional, formulaic movie that’s designed for audiences who don’t appreciate surprises. This redemption story about an ex-con who bonds with a misfit kid follows a tried-and-true blueprint that’s predictable a... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
The South Korean crime thriller “Beasts Clawing at Straws,” directed by Yong-hoon Kim, serves up a delicious blend of noir and black comedy. Based on the Japanese novel by Sone Keisuke, the film is an intense tale of murder, deception, and a d... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
Humanity’s worst kept secret is that the world of wealth and privilege go hand in hand, and that idea is explored in “The White Tiger,” the big screen adaptation of Aravind Adiga‘s 2008 prize-winning novel. The author wrote the book as a c... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
The grisly murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and the subsequent cover-up by the Saudi government is explored in “The Dissident,” a complex and detailed documentary from director Bryan F... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
“The Little Things” is such a by-the-book police procedural drama that the film doesn’t stand out much. It could be just another season of “True Detective,” or could run together in your memory with dozens of similar crime movies from th... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
Perhaps my review of “Ammonite” should instead be a point-by-point comparison to 2019’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” because the two films are so similar. It feels unfair to judge them side by side, but it’s inevitable because the two... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
2020 was a tough year and 2021 isn’t starting out much better, so it’s poor timing for a studio to release a tearjerker like “Our Friend.” Movies about terminal illness are never fun to watch, but this one is such a downer that it may serv... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
Most photographers will tell you that the old saying, “a picture is worth a thousand words,” is true, and that becomes clear in Dawn Porter‘s documentary “The Way I See It.” The film features the story and work of official White House ph... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
I have the most fun reviewing films that surprise me, especially those with a micro-budget and a story that’s well-told. I didn’t have any expectations for “King of Knives,” a sarcastic, abrasive family dramedey from director Jon Delgado.... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
Writer / director Chloé Zhao has crafted an intimate character study with just the right amount of melancholy with her film “Nomadland,” a timely portrait of restless outcasts who live their lives on the road. The story follows the widowed Fe... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
If you’re looking for crowd pleasing entertainment, it’s hard to go wrong with “Love Sarah,” a delightful romantic comedy from director Eliza Schroeder. You could argue that this movie is agreeable to a fault, but sometimes a sweet story f... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
Liam Neeson has the magic touch that gives a boost to almost any movie he’s cast in, be it a love story or an action thriller. He makes the most mundane films palatable, so it shouldn’t be a shocker that Neeson is the best thing about “The M... Read the full review »
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5 years ago
I feel like I can’t review “Pieces of a Woman” without first addressing the elephant in the room: the horrific and violent abuse claims against lead actor Shia LaBeouf. They’re so bad that Netflix has taken the man’s name off most ads fo... Read the full review »
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