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Review in Brief: Women Talking (2022)
It’s a clear sign of writer-director Sarah Polley’s skill and awareness that her beautiful, hard-hitting and verbose piece about processing sexual assault isn’t wall-to-wall misery. Yes, the debate this community of Mennonite women are having is important and will change … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Drama, Hildur Guonadóttir, Jessie Buckley, Luc Montpellier, Rooney Mara, Sarah Polley, Women Talking
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Review in Brief: Tár (2022)
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but TÁR is a bit good. An often uncomfortably close character study of a complicated genius, we follow conductor Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) hailed as the greatest of her generation as she goes through … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Cate Blanchett, Drama, Noémie Merlant, Oscars, Psychological Horror, Tár, Todd Field
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Review in Brief: Decision to Leave (2022)
Park Chan-wook’s latest is less extreme than the films he’s most famed for (that’s the Vengeance Trilogy, particularly OLDBOY for most audiences) but is just as dazzlingly stylish and intriguing to unpack, a good deal sexier (OK, not sexier than … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged decision to leave, Oldboy, Park Chan-wook, Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Thriller, World Cinema
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Every Non-English Language Best Picture Nominee Ranked
Posted in Film, Film Feature, The Film Magazine
Tagged All Quiet on the Western Front, amour, Best International Feature Film, Best Picture, Cries and Whispers, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, drive my car, feature, Il Postino, La Grande Illusion, Letters from Iwo Jima, Life is Beautiful, Minari, Oscars, Parasite, ranked, Roma, sam sewell-peterson, The Emigrants, World Cinema, z
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The Quiet Girl (2022) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Carrie Crowley, Catherine Clinch, Colm Bairéad, Drama, The Quiet Girl, World Cinema
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MCU Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies Ranked
Posted in Film, Film Feature, The Film Magazine
Tagged Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Black Widow, Captain America: Civil War, Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Eternals, feature, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, MCU, MCU spider-man no way home, ranked, sam sewell-peterson, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Superhero Movie, The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Thor: Love and Thunder, Thor: Ragnarok, Thor: The Dark World
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Jonathan Majors, Marvel, MCU, Paul Rudd, Peyton Reed, Sci-fi, Superhero Movie
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Where to Start with Mike Leigh
Posted in Film, Film Feature, The Film Magazine
Tagged Happy-Go-Lucky, Mike Leigh, Secrets and Lies, Topsy-Turvy
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