Sadaf Ahsan
Sadaf Ahsan's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
National Post
Nashville Scene
Movies reviews only
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Men (2022) |
While it certainly isn’t for everyone, it does feel like required viewing, if only so it isn’t just we women who will walk home after the credits roll and take one more look behind us. Just to be sure, just to be safe. - Nashville Scene
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| Posted May 18, 2022
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The Worst Person in the World (2021) |
It all makes for a vulnerable portrait, one that fits well into director Joachim Triers so-called Oslo Trilogy, a loose collection of mood pieces that also includes 2006s Reprise and 2011s Oslo, August 31st. - Nashville Scene
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| Posted Feb 16, 2022
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Bergman Island (2021) |
Bergman Island feels much like a carefully wrapped secret. - Nashville Scene
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| Posted Oct 21, 2021
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Mogul Mowgli (2020) |
Mogul Mowgli opts for a whole lot of metaphor, and that isn't a bad thing. When you explore your identity, your past, your family, it isn't ever straight and simple in your head - why should it be in a cinematic excavation? - Nashville Scene
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| Posted Sep 16, 2021
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Zola (2020) |
By its end, Zola feels like a hazy dream sequence, complete with a kitschy aesthetic - surreal in its storytelling and satisfying in its representation. - Nashville Scene
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| Posted Sep 08, 2021
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The Perfect Candidate (2019) |
[Haifaa al-Mansour's] connection to her home country shows - there's a familiarity to al-Mansour's lens. - Nashville Scene
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| Posted Jun 07, 2021
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I Care a Lot (2020) |
Despite her flaws and the fact that we now know Marla is a professional scammer, not only do I believe her words, but I feel invigorated by them. This is a woman I would follow into battle. The inevitable subject of a "run me over" meme. - Bitch Media
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| Posted Feb 26, 2021
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Minari (2020) |
Minari is a gentle burn of a film. The loudest thing about it, in fact, is just how much of an American story it is. - Nashville Scene
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| Posted Feb 12, 2021
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Promising Young Woman (2020) |
Promising Young Woman, then, unabashedly offers the bitch-in-sheep's-clothing trope. In its intentionality, it works. - Nashville Scene
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| Posted Jan 22, 2021
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Sibyl (2019) |
"...it's Efira and Exarchopoulos holding this movie up with their impassioned performances, like a bent and battered wire hanger struggling to support an oversized wool sweater" - Nashville Scene
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| Posted Oct 12, 2020
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Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy (2019) |
What Nothing Fancy manages is an intimate exploration of Kennedy's life, home and - most importantly - hunger, which is as ferocious as it was when she began her career many decades ago. - Nashville Scene
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| Posted Jun 04, 2020
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Saint Frances (2019) |
Saint Frances explores the ways in which women at all stages of life present one face to the world while hiding another... - Nashville Scene
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| Posted Mar 24, 2020
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Clemency (2019) |
The film lends Bernadine a kindness and tremendous understanding, particularly in regard to such controversial and complex subject matter. - Nashville Scene
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| Posted Feb 22, 2020
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Varda by Agnès (2019) |
The film is more a lesson on craft and doing things your own way than anything, and Varda gets fascinatingly specific. - Nashville Scene
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| Posted Jan 17, 2020
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Lucy in the Sky (2019) |
"While the film does grant its story some emotional gravitas, it gets lost in the existential crisis of it all." - Nashville Scene
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| Posted Oct 25, 2019
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Parasite (2019) |
A masterful commentary on class, Parasite issues a new guideline for contemporary horror. - Nashville Scene
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| Posted Oct 25, 2019
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The Farewell (2019) |
Almost every shot, most of them wide, encompasses the entire family and its myriad facial expressions. There's an emotional choreography to this film. - Nashville Scene
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| Posted Aug 01, 2019
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Peppermint (2018) |
Every event, character trait and line is so cliché, it almost seems as though the movie wants to be a parody. - National Post
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| Posted Sep 10, 2018
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Puzzle (2018) |
Agnes never convincingly evolves. There's certainly something to be said for discovering you have an interior life and choosing to honour it. But despite a cute effort, Puzzle unfortunately seems to be missing that final piece. - National Post
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| Posted Aug 10, 2018
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The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018) |
Director and writer Susanna Fogel, she of fluff-with-an-edge material like Life Partners and Chasing Life, injects a feminist and fun feel to the action. - National Post
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| Posted Aug 03, 2018
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) |
At 147 minutes, Fallout is the longest film in the series, but it manages to feel like the swiftest ride. - National Post
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| Posted Jul 26, 2018
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Beirut (2018) |
At just about two hours, Beirut is as much of a sprawling ruin as it believes the city once was or is. - National Post
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| Posted Apr 13, 2018
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Fifty Shades Freed (2018) |
While Christian and Ana remained handcuffed to the same spot, while also resisting its uncensored, campy potential, Fifty Shades has proven to be neither a great love story nor a rousing erotic romance. Shameless, indeed. - National Post
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| Posted Feb 14, 2018
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League of Exotique Dancers (2015) |
The ways in which they reclaimed the feminine mystique and controlled the way they used their bodies serve for evergreen lessons for women on what it means to be proud of what you have and how you choose to use it. - National Post
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| Posted May 20, 2016
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A Bigger Splash (2015) |
Awash as it is in sun-kissed skin and pastels, the entire film reeks of release, providing the kind of cinematic climax that may just rival whatever real life has to offer. - National Post
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| Posted May 13, 2016
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