“…Encounter ultimately proves to be a tense and emotionally gripping ride.”
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“[Justine] Bateman earns substantial praise for tackling this subject matter in the bold and courageous way that she does in Violet.”
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“All the Moons is slower-paced vampire fare, and short on the grisly thrills that fans of the genre have come to love, but it is thick with the genre’s intoxicating moroseness, and an almost storybook-like structure with distinct phases.”
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“The dark comedy aspect of the film is an asset to the entertainment value.”
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“McKie enlisted real dancers in the Tokyo scene for his film, and it is both exhilarating and enlightening to see how the dance styles of popping, locking, voguing, krumping and more express themselves with Tokyo’s modern hip-hop disciples.”
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“…meticulous attention to detail…brisk pacing, and the comedic interactions between the characters lends this film to being easily rewatchable.”
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“Hotel Poseidon arrives at Fantasia International a mold and muck-ridden disasterpiece of nightmare cinema.”
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“Reece yanks at the strings behind Agnes with devilish glee, and builds upon the chops he earned in his previous two horrors to make Agnes his most spellbinding and formally refined picture yet.”
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“This is what distinguishes Some Kind of Intimacy from other short-form non-fiction; how the conceptual, the physical, and the emotional aspects of the film blend to curate a sense of serenity which naturally inspires contemplation.”
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“Blind Ambition is a feel-good and affirming documentary that speaks volumes to the conviction we invent as we reconcile traditions ingrained with those discovered, Old World with New World.”
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“All the characters of the film are pawns—to a certain extent—and this is where the film taps into an unmistakably “sci-fi” brand of dread, its world’s technology distorting conceptions of autonomy and selfhood into the horror of something unknown.”
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“…[Wyatt] Rockefeller’s first foray into feature length narrative filmmaking delivers on many respectable fronts.”
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“…the film’s tightly framed shots convey with lurid detail the strain Alex enacts on her body during row sessions; the film’s set pieces abstracting place and time into pure sweat and adrenaline.”
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“Through Samay’s story—his toying with coloured lenses and his fashioning of a sewing machine-powered shutter for his projector—our interest and appreciation for projection and the filmmaking process is renewed.”
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“The presentation works well in conjunction with the story to make the unsettling nature of the film creep in slowly and arrest your attention.”
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“…the acting - especially from the younger cast members - is spot on.”
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“[Essie Davis and Thomasin McKenzie] are highlights in a story that is built for - and succeeds at - leaving a strong impression on audiences.”
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“[W]hat See For Me accomplishes is extremely calculated; the film is always laser-focused on finding where the next thrill can come from and how it can be reshaped before it is delivered.”
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“Neuvonen’s documentary thus becomes a means of revisiting and reflecting on the dark, sorted corners his friend once used to tread—chasing a ghost—and an attempting to sift through the detritus of distorted memories and morbid footage to uncover some sense of “truth” or sense behind his passing.”
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“Narration from Isadore happens throughout the course of the film, but it’s not aimed at the audience. Rather, he’s talking directly to this ex-boyfriend - spoken with great prose and worded for optimal impact.”
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