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Review in Brief: Wind River (2017)
For every Alex Garland who successfully shifts their focus you get a David Koepp who does not. Taylor Sheridan has added an extra step to the writer-to-director process, by acting first. He’s clearly talented, having penned two of the best … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Garland, David Koepp, Drama, Hell or High Water, Sicario, Taylor Sheridan, Wind River
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Review in Brief: Colossal (2016/17)
When I first heard about COLOSSAL – premise: giant monster is mysteriously linked to drunk Anne Hathaway – I thought, yes, that does sound like just my kind of movie. And you know what? It is! Hathaway and Jason Sudekis … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Hathaway, Colossal, Drama, Jason Sudekis, Sci-fi, The Skeleton Twins
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Review: Lady Bird (2017)
While we’re up to our eyeballs in father-son stories on film, even pretty frequently seeing father-daughter and mother-son stories (both examples involving sons tend to be dysfunctional, because aren’t we just the worst?), there are relatively few really good mother-daughter … Continue reading
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Tagged Comedy, Diablo Cody, Drama, Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird, Laurie Metcalf, Lois Smith, Oscars, Saoirse Ronan, Stephen Henderson, Timothée Chalamet, Tracy Letts
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Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
The more I mull over THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI, the more its place at the head of the Oscar race baffles me. Martin McDonagh’s first film since SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS boasts admirable performances and fiery dialogue but fundamentally frustrates you … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Good Time (2017)
For those of you still in denial: Robert Pattinson is a really good actor, given the right material. GOOD TIME, the tale of a robbery gone wrong and good and bad brotherly influence, comes from the ridiculously talented Safdie Brothers … Continue reading
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Tagged Benny Safdie, Drama, Good Time, Josh Safdie, Robert Pattinson
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Review in Brief: The Big Sick (2017)
I’ve seen THE BIG SICK twice now, and both times it got me at exactly the same moments. These weren’t particularly emotionally manipulative or maudlin scenes, but the weight of emotion that had built up over the two hours of … Continue reading
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Tagged Comedy, Drama, Holly Hunter, Kumail Nanjiani, Ray Romano, Zoe Kazan
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Review in Brief: Beach Rats (2017)
BEACH RATS is a digital age twist on the classic coming-of-age/sexual self-discovery tale. Young men who are not yet “out” or are unsure who or what they are looking for in a physical or romantic relationship can escape online, test … Continue reading
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Tagged Beach Rats, Drama, Harris Dickinson, Independent Film, Queer Cinema
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Review in Brief: Most Beautiful Island (2017)
MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND is a creepy and tuned-in allegorical suspense thriller. From profound observations of the economic migrant experience, from being “tired of the possibilities”, when you are unlucky to be good-looking in case New York “eats you”. We follow … Continue reading
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Tagged Ana Asensio, Drama, Most Beautiful Island, Suspense Film, Thriller
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Review in Brief: Bloody Milk (2017)
It really has been the year for depressing farming dramas hasn’t it? First-time UK filmmakers gave us THE LEVELLING and GOD’S OWN COUNTRY, now comes France’s offering, BLOODY MILK. Director Hubert Charuel must have drawn on some of his own … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloody Milk, Drama, God's Own Country, Hubert Charuel, Swann Arlaud, The Levelling, World Cinema
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