“…Amir-Ebrahimi is intoxicating in the role. You would have never suspected that she was not the original choice to play Rahimi…”
Read More“Watching Funny Pages is like overturning a rock and watching the bugs it concealed begin to writhe and squirm.”
Read More“We fall in love with Roger as he spends more time with Ellen and her son Seth (Christopher Convery, Gotham), becoming increasingly more invested in his story.”
Read More“What truly makes Empire of Light so captivating, however, are the visuals by cinematographer Roger Deakins (1917) and score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Gone Girl).”
Read More“Aftersun succeeds at being an emotionally moving feature, especially how intentional it is about restraint in its storytelling.”
Read More“You don't expect a road-trip movie about cannibals to change your worldview, but Bones and All is poignant enough to do just that.”
Read More“Zombie has always dealt in nightmare matter, but in Halloween II the nightmare feels more personally upsetting, more visceral, more of-the-moment and more zeitgeist-informed than anything else he has produced.”
Read More“World War I was an entirely miserable affair. That All Quiet on the Western Front is able to capture all that misery, without itself being dragged down by it, is a testament to the power of the filmmakers and the stars, especially lead actor Felix Kammerer.”
Read More“Cate Blanchett is phenomenal as Lydia Tár; a true force to be reckoned with.”
Read More“…it’s the performances from Close’s young actors Eden Dambrine and Gustav De Waele that endows Close with the real heartrending power that the film possesses.”
Read More“The Locust sees metafictional layer upon metafictional layer folded over a single, confined setting, where family members and crewmembers alike converge to battle for creative control over a filmmaker's personal passion project (and maybe life...?).”
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