Alexa Dalby
Tomatometer-approved critic
Movies reviews only
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The Blue Caftan (2022) |
This haunting film is about the quiet love and tenderness that people may have for each other, which makes the ordinary extraordinary. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted May 12, 2023
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Pacifiction (2022) |
I still can’t get it out of my mind. Or unsee its beautiful images. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Apr 27, 2023
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Leonor Will Never Die (2022) |
Leonora Will Never Die is an unclassifiable meta-mixture of a fantasy pastiche of the schlock ’70s action movies that Leonora used to write. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Apr 27, 2023
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Godland (2022) |
Godland is visually stunning. Icelandic writer-director Hlynur Pálmason involves you in its unfolding story of a priest’s faith unravelling in the face of the terrible beauty of the unforgiving, vast Icelandic scenery. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Apr 27, 2023
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Love According to Dalva (2022) |
Some of the child actors, including the central Zelda Samson herself, are non-professionals: director Emmanuelle Nicot has achieved exceptional performances from them. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Apr 27, 2023
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Close (2022) |
Performances, notably that of young Eden Dambrine (talent spotted by Dhont on a train journey), who is present in almost every demanding scene, are all heartbreaking -- but ultimately in a positive way. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Mar 03, 2023
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Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (2019) |
Enchanting. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Mar 03, 2023
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I'M FINE (Thanks for Asking) (2021) |
The America of this film is a cruel society that neglects or devours its poor or unlucky people -- unless they are as strong as Danny. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Mar 03, 2023
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Saint Omer (2022) |
It’s harrowing and haunting. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Feb 08, 2023
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Holy Spider (2022) |
Even though Holy Spider is based on true events, so you may already know what happened, this is so suspenseful that it set my heart pounding throughout. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Feb 08, 2023
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Corsage (2022) |
Corsage is reminiscent of Pablo Larrain’s Spencer in its episodic, impressionistic portrayal of a dangerously unhappy woman trapped in a stifling environment. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Dec 22, 2022
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Peter von Kant (2022) |
A magnificent overblown oddity. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Dec 22, 2022
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Kanaval: A People's History of Haiti in Six Chapters (2022) |
Kanaval is a fascinating documentary that lets Haitians speak for themselves about something we think we know: what it means for them is a cultural experience that’s uniquely Haitian. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Nov 11, 2022
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No Bears (2022) |
No Bears is an incredibly poignant and brave statement on both Panahi’s own situation and that of his country, Iran. No Bears has so many layers and says so much. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Nov 10, 2022
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Neptune Frost (2021) |
It’s weirdly fascinating, but at times tantalisingly slow and raw. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Nov 03, 2022
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Decision to Leave (2022) |
It’s the work of a master, made with the characteristic directorial flair and élan that we have seen in Oldboy and The Handmaiden. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Oct 27, 2022
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All Is Vanity (2022) |
All is Vanity feels to me like a pretentiously clever, satirical ultra-low-budget student graduation film -- (it’s Argentinian-born director Marcos Mereles’ feature debut), disjointed and surprisingly lifeless. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Oct 14, 2022
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It Is In Us All (2022) |
It Is In Us All is a haunting film with a brooding sense of dread created by Jarvis’s performance, the atmospheric music and the stunning cinematography that both release the latent menace of the wild, remote country and coast. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Sep 23, 2022
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Juniper (2021) |
Juniper is warm and by the end it is transcendentally satisfying, but, be warned, it’s also very sentimental and may very likely leave you sobbing against your will. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Sep 23, 2022
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Black Mail (2022) |
As a whole, the film is male-orientated in its violence and with female characters who are only secondary, though it shows wider ambitions to resonate beyond a thriller into contemporary societal comment. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Aug 25, 2022
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Hit the Road (2021) |
There’s so much in this wonderful film. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Jul 29, 2022
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Listen (2020) |
The film is very moving and well acted, especially by Lucia Moniz - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Jun 24, 2022
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Everything Went Fine (2021) |
Everything Went Fine -- a bittersweet title -- is all the more effective for its understatement in avoiding the moral arguments about euthanasia and having its dramatic emotions so pared down. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Jun 24, 2022
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Faya Dayi (2021) |
Faya Dayi is a uniquely beautiful, award-winning documentary that given enough attention, patience and time could create a meditative transcendence like that of its subject. But its non-linear two hours is a rather too-slow, lingering watch. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Jun 24, 2022
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Casablanca Beats (2021) |
Casablanca Beats celebrates empowerment and the exhilarating release of finding a voice and being heard. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted May 05, 2022
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Drive My Car (2021) |
Drive My Car is a mesmerising film that stays with you long afterwards. Its rhythm and pace enfolds the viewer: by the end you see how necessary and fitting that three-hour journey was and how much it encompassed. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Apr 01, 2022
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The Worst Person in the World (2021) |
If you can accept its premise, it’s a charming, engaging and, in the end, surprising watch. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Mar 24, 2022
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The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021) |
The Real Charlie Chaplin is an excellent film biography and its focus on human drama is for everyone, not just for fans or film buffs. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Feb 18, 2022
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Flee (2021) |
It’s a memorable, outstanding film, an empathetic aid to our understanding of the global plight of refugees. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Feb 10, 2022
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Petrov's Flu (2021) |
Set in the wintry dark of the remote eastern city of Yekaterinburg, the film is a hallucinatory, pessimistic satire of Russian life. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Feb 10, 2022
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Memory Box (2021) |
Memory Box is a lovely female-centred film about unpicking three generations of family secrets, grounded in the timely theme of how to make a new life in a foreign country. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Feb 04, 2022
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Rams (2015) |
Director and screenwriter Grímur Hákonarson has crafted an unmissable tragic and noble fable that celebrates humanity. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Dec 06, 2021
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The Collini Case (2019) |
The film's direction by Marco Kreuzpaintner is sophisticated and competent: the acting is universally excellent. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Nov 05, 2021
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Azor (2021) |
The feeling of uneasy dread grows throughout this memorable film: it is palpable but is never explained. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Nov 05, 2021
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A Cop Movie (2021) |
A Cop Movie in the end raises questions about the role of the police that are relevant not just in Mexico but here too. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Nov 05, 2021
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Fatima (2020) |
The visions arrive in a bright light as part of nature out of the breezes that move the trees, though there also is a CGI sequence of hell. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Jul 01, 2021
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Agony (2020) |
Unfortunately, titling a film Agony invites facetious comments about what it feels like to have to watch it. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Jun 26, 2021
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After Love (2020) |
Joanna Scanlan, known for her biting comedy performances in television series such as The Thick of It and Getting On, is phenomenal. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Jun 26, 2021
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Sound of Metal (2019) |
Sound of Metal is a must-see. Ahmed 100% deserved his 2021 Oscar-nomination for Best Actor. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted May 24, 2021
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Frankie (2019) |
Though much of the film's impact is anti-climactic, and as a whole it doesn't really work though it does stick in your mind, the final shot in the sunset, where for the first time for a moment all the family are in the same place, is sublime. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted May 24, 2021
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Rare Beasts (2019) |
Rare Beasts is a bold, flawed first film that will surely, excitingly, lead on to more in future. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted May 24, 2021
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The Human Voice (2020) |
Almodóvar brilliantly creates another female-focused world that's a curiosity of maddening, theatrical, melodramatic, verging-on-camp questions... - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted May 24, 2021
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The Mauritanian (2021) |
Tahar Rahim is superb. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted May 14, 2021
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Apples (2020) |
So much of Apples and its meaning is open to alternative interpretations, and this imprints it in your memory - it's a cult film in the making. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted May 07, 2021
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Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2020) |
Truman and Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation is clever and very worthwhile, no matter how familiar you are with their work. Do see it. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted May 07, 2021
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) |
To see this racist humiliation now by the out-of-his-depth Judge Hoffman (Frank Langella) is gasp-out-loud shocking and yet sadly resonant in the present-day brutal treatment and killings of African Americans. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Apr 30, 2021
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Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) |
Both men are superb, Standfield quieter, and unsympathetic, and Kaluuya in the more showy part, which earned him his Oscar-winning Supporting Actor nomination. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Apr 30, 2021
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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) |
You know Borat. You know what to expect. This film will exceed your expectations. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Apr 30, 2021
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Promising Young Woman (2020) |
Emerald Fennell's script is fun, witty and challenging. Her direction is crisp and to the point. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Apr 16, 2021
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Undine (2020) |
Undine is intriguing but its mystery is somewhat unsatisfying. - Dog and Wolf
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| Posted Apr 09, 2021
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