“Obsession is an early contender for best horror film of the year.”
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“Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is a perfectly satisfying if entirely unremarkable redux of the original with just barely enough new wrinkles to feel worthwhile.”
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“It just could’ve been so much better if Carney had played to his screenwriting strengths and given us a dynamic centered around a deep and quickly growing friendship.”
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“Family Movie is at its’ most entertaining when it is existing at some divine intersection between The Studio and Serial Mom. It is a delight to watch the stressful on-set machinations of an indie film shooting on a quaint family farm.”
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“The jokes are delivered by an outstanding stacked cast who totally buy into this transgressive material, even if Hamedani’s screenplay doesn’t entirely deliver a satisfying gut punch.”
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“For better or worse, there's not a minute of ‘I Love Boosters’ that doesn't feel authentically man-made.”
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“…there are glimpses into what could’ve been a compelling portrait of young queer folks living on the outskirts of society, but they’re over quickly.”
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“Kogonada is skillfully able to pull the viewer out of one’s head and remind us that we’re all specs of of the same universe.”
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A late dispatch on the 44th Vancouver International Film Festival.
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“Roofman is high-quality filmmaking at its best - heartwarming, charming, and threaded with perfectly timed comedy that only deepens its appeal”
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“The filmmaking and craftsmanship on display in ‘Bugonia’ is exquisite across the board.”
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There are flashes of brilliance, and those flashes are beautiful, but for every transcendent shot of the beast traversing the arctic fields as the orange sun burns behind him, we get a clumsy depiction of badly rendered CGI wolves or video game-like bodies being thrown by the beast…it all looks a bit Netflix.
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“…the film is at its best and feels most alive during the moments of worship. They're unlike anything you’ve ever seen before…”
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“The juxtaposition between the personal and the collective in My Father’s Shadow is essential.”
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The Vancouver International Film Festival has arrived, and while there are plenty of big names getting some deserved attention, there are also dozens of lesser known titles that may have flown under your radar heading into the festival. With that said, here are a handful of titles worth checking out as VIFF gets under way!
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“Watching these characters navigate their dynamics with each other is why I am eager to return to this movie over and over again.”
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“Through [Dwayne Johnson’s] performance, you believe in more than just his strength - you believe in his vulnerability.“
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“Be prepared to laugh and cry and everything in between…”
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“The film was not made with mainstream appeal in mind. Early knows his audience and plays hard for them.”
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“Panahi employs few, if any, flashy camera moves or tricks, instead relying on long takes with a relatively stationary camera. This allows most of the focus to remain on the characters, who have differing proposals on how to escape their quagmire.”
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