ROBOT DREAMS
The utterly charming and wonderfully animated Robot Dreams effortlessly sweeps you along from one anecdotal scene to the next, until the...
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FILM REVIEWS
Dec 27, 2023
THE HOLDOVERS
Alexander Payne fashions a curmudgeon, elegiac Christmas in The Holdovers yet he infuses the movie with such humour, warmth and indelible...
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Dec 25, 2023
PAST LIVES
Astute, tremendously relatable observations about love, regret and lives not lived permeate the gentle gem Past Lives, culminating in a...
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Dec 21, 2023
BANK OF DAVE
With some more finetuning Bank of Dave could have been the undisputed feelgood film of the year but even in its current, thematically...
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Dec 17, 2023
CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET
Despite my fondness for stop-motion animation I cannot deny that Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget has no real artistic or narrative reason...
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Dec 15, 2023
PERFECT DAYS
Charming but understated to a fault, Perfect Days gives intriguing insight in the life of a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo but is so...
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Dec 9, 2023
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE (DAS LEHRERZIMMER)
Interesting characters, intriguing ambiguous drama and fine acting draw you into The Teachers’ Lounge until the third act takes a...
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Dec 7, 2023
DUMB MONEY
I wouldn’t call it a dumb film but Dumb Money certainly struggles to find the right balance between themes and characters, while a...
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Dec 3, 2023
BLACKBERRY
After initially struggling with a coherent tone of voice Blackberry finds its footing about 30 minutes in, even if the movie never quite...
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