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Calum Reed

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Nine Days (2020) 90% EDIT “The repetitive nature of the story may become a little mundane for some, but ... Szumowska's idiosyncratic style still makes for an overall worthwhile experience.” – In Review Online Jul 26, 2021 Full Review The Man With the Answers (2021) 88% EDIT “[Kammitsis] ably [demonstrates] that a film about romance can remain undefined by sexual orientation, but at the expense of threatening to alienate some of his audience.” – In Review Online Jul 23, 2021 Full Review Scales (2019) 91% EDIT “While boasting impressive visual design, Scales fails to sufficiently develop its fabulist conceit, missing opportunities to discuss the wider implications of this upheaval of tradition.” – In Review Online Jul 6, 2021 Full Review Spring Blossom (2020) 93% EDIT “It's a shame that Spring Blossom does feel under-realized on the whole, but should leave [viewers] curious to discover where this fledgling filmmaker's career is heading.” – In Review Online Jun 6, 2021 Full Review The Perfect Candidate (2019) 93% EDIT “Even if Al-Mansour plays to an audience she knows is already on her side, The Perfect Candidate is still telling a story that ought to be told.” – In Review Online Jun 6, 2021 Full Review Supernova (2020) 89% EDIT “Supernova ...[speaks] to the universality of both love and death with profound candor, and [balances] out the innate sentimentality that comes with films of this ilk.” – In Review Online Jun 5, 2021 Full Review Herself (2020) 94% EDIT “For all its good intentions, Herself proves frustratingly one-note, failing to transform its blunt messaging into the portrait of hardscrabble realism it hopes to be.” – In Review Online Jun 5, 2021 Full Review Divine Love (2019) 85% EDIT “Dramatically dissatisfying and frustratingly open-ended.” – In Review Online Jun 5, 2021 Full Review Ammonite (2020) 70% EDIT “With its dubious casting choices and strange dearth of passion, [Ammonite] struggles to summon the visceral potency of God's Own Country.” – In Review Online Jun 5, 2021 Full Review Limbo (2020) 93% EDIT “Limbo crafts its own individual take on sociological constructs through cutting satire, speaking to concerns about anti-immigrant sentiment.” – In Review Online Jun 5, 2021 Full Review Wildfire (2020) 95% EDIT “[Wildfire] should be commended for providing such a realistic window into an underrepresented section of society, but its authenticity as a family saga is questionable.” – In Review Online Jun 5, 2021 Full Review After Love (2020) 92% EDIT “The ensuing development is far from economic, and the film becomes a familiar, frustratingly drawn-out tale of tight-lipped tension.” – In Review Online Jun 5, 2021 Full Review Mogul Mowgli (2020) 93% EDIT “That Mogul Mowgli feels so raw and realized despite the occasionally scattered presentation of its ideas is mostly a testament to its ascendant star.” – In Review Online Jun 5, 2021 Full Review They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019) 100% EDIT “Odagiri's somber observations about transitional issues within traditionalist communities make this slow disquisition of a dying occupation a rewarding experience.” – In Review Online Jun 5, 2021 Full Review Miss Juneteenth (2020) 99% EDIT “[This] authentic drama about an African American mother concerned for her daughter's future is rather emblematic of the community's constant struggle to establish a seat at the table.” – In Review Online Jun 5, 2021 Full Review Deerskin (2019) 88% EDIT “Deerskin is still wicked fun and earns some goodwill for its sheer originality, but its successes remain decidedly minor and ultimately won't live in the memory for long.” – In Review Online Jun 5, 2021 Full Review And Then We Danced (2019) 94% EDIT “And Then We Danced has a certain unique flavor to it, despite its wholly predictable story beats, which stay close to the tried-and-tested depiction of guilt-edged attraction.” – In Review Online Jun 5, 2021 Full Review A White, White Day (2019) 94% EDIT “Resultantly, A White, White Day possesses some merit as a measured, convincing adult drama, but its continual opaqueness is often maddening.” – In Review Online Jun 5, 2021 Full Review
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