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FILM REVIEWS

Aug 31, 2023
PETER PAN & WENDY
This charming J.M. Barrie adaptation is a cut above most of Disney’s live-action remakes thanks to impeccable casting, old-school...
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Aug 20, 2023
THE MONKEY KING
The spryly animated and stupendously entertaining The Monkey King deftly mixes classic Chinese folklore with modern storytelling and...
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Jul 29, 2023
OPPENHEIMER
Despite all the ambition and formidable filmmaking on display in Oppenheimer, director Christopher Nolan never gets a complete grip on...
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May 16, 2023
STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE
Still: a Michael J. Fox Movie doesn’t just coast by on the winning personality of its subject: the documentary finds an excellent balance...
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May 14, 2023
THE QUIET GIRL
Unassuming yet potent, small-scale yet with an enormous heart: this Irish gem takes a simple story but enriches it with characters you'll...
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Mar 15, 2023
FRIEDKIN UNCUT
Visually Friedkin Uncut is just a simple collection of talking heads and clips from William Friedkin’s films yet the director’s glorious...
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Jan 3, 2023
FIRE OF LOVE
The film strings together the wonderful images the central couple shot of vulcanic activity, while Fire of Love also displays a genuine...
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Dec 26, 2022
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
It is often said that the smallest creatures can achieves great things. Marcel The Shell and the movie that bears his name prove that....
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Dec 9, 2022
THE STRANGER
It truly is remarkable how The Stranger, boasted by a couple of stand-out lead performances, manages to get under your skin and create an...
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Nov 23, 2022
BONES AND ALL
From the spot-on eighties recreation to a wonderfully eclectic musical score and the exquisite direction of Luca Guadagnino, Bones and...
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Nov 20, 2022
ONE SECOND
The first half of One Second is definitely the best part of the film, as Zhang Yimou uses classic film language to draw you into the tale...
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Nov 13, 2022
IS THAT BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU?!?
I could have done without the often condescending voice-over but that is a minor quibble in an excellent, thorough movie essay. I am a...
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Oct 16, 2022
LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM
There might be few surprises in the feelgood narrative, but Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom is a film you are bound to recommend to all...
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