Category Archives: Film Review

Review in Brief: Women Talking (2022)

Posted on March 12, 2023 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

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 →

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Review in Brief: Tár (2022)

Posted on March 12, 2023 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

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 →

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Review in Brief: Decision to Leave (2022)

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

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 →

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The Quiet Girl (2022) Review

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) Review

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

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Brian and Charles (2022) Review

Posted on February 18, 2023 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

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Review in Brief: Barbarian (2022)

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

No other 2022 horror was as pleasantly (or unpleasantly) surprising as BARBARIAN. You think you’ve got an idea of how far Zach Cregger’s film is going to go and which formulaic horror beats it’ll hit as soon as Tess (Georgina … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Something in the Dirt (2022)

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s follow-up to the weird THE ENDLESS and the (slightly) more mainstream SYNCHRONIC is another low-key, cerebral sci-fi, this time filmed mostly in Moorhead’s own LA apartment out of Lockdown necessity. Two new neighbours discover a … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Pearl (2022)

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

X was a huge surprise horror hit earlier in 2022, so when the news dropped that director Ti West and star Mia Goth had simultaneously shot a prequel movie in secret, fans were eager to see what came next (or … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Living (2022)

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

How can you improve on a classic from a master? You lean into the period detail, come at it from a new cultural perspective and make the meditation on mortality even sadder. Based on Akira Kurosawa’s IKIRU, Oliver Hermanus’ (director … Continue reading →

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