“By emphasizing aesthetics […] Castel ignores the potent emotional currents that her actors work to channel and her script tries to suggest.”
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“[B]y stymying Ben in his narcissism, Park achieves both a less-clichéd depiction of Asian-Americans, and a fertile zone for urgent and reflexive cultural critiques.”
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“In this strong feature debut, writer and director Celine Song delivers the most emotionally stirring film of this year’s Sundance selections.”
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“Slow is an honest and respectful look into asexuality, providing the audience with the opportunity to reconsider their own definition of intimacy.”
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“Jonathan Majors delivers the performance of his career thus far.”
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“[T]his pool is far from a hyper-chlorinated oasis; rather, it is a fetid, acid-laced, and psychosexual stew, one that pulls characters and viewers alike down into the murky depths of amorality and churns them into husks of the humans they once were.”
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“With inspiration, comedy, and determination all at the heart of this story, Radical pulls on all the right heart strings in delivering this incredible story.”
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“Fancy Dance bakes these indigenous issues into a larger narrative, and the spotlight on such struggles by itself will make this film worthwhile for many.”
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“Unless you’re particularly embittered, this film’s commitment to mining pathos from groan-worthy small talk is what will probably make you “come around” to it in the end […]”
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“…The Way of Water positions the Avatar franchise as a blockbuster series based specifically on technical - not storytelling - prowess.”
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“[I]t is not melody or unexplainable emotion that Tár is pursuing, but the damning truths about her own self.”
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