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August in the Water
(1995)
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Nick Chen
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Often, August in the Water feels like several overlapping films that somehow complement and deepen each other’s various mysteries.
Posted Mar 18, 2022
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Someone Great
(2019)
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Marianne Eloise
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A nuanced, perfectly-soundtracked comedy about heartbreak and friendship that shows a queer relationship as a secondary romantic plot to the straight break-up is a pretty great offering to the canon.
Posted May 03, 2019
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Diamantino
(2018)
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Nick Chen
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Diamantino, with its scathing commentary on how the media has allowed a right-wing uprising, remains relevant up until the final whistle.
Posted Apr 01, 2019
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Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
(2017)
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Hannah Keegan
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Emphasises the writer's special combination of human fragility and literary stature.
Posted Feb 28, 2019
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Dumplin'
(2018)
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Gina Tonic
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In my eyes, [Dickson] represents a positivity I haven't ever seen on a screen - one that doesn't seek to change her body to fit in, but to change the world to find space and celebration for her fat frame.
Posted Dec 13, 2018
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Sorry to Bother You
(2018)
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Mariam Ansar
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Sorry To Bother You [is] doubly exciting: it's conscious of what it achieves in its absurdity, just as much as it's conscious of the dangers of late-stage capitalism.
Posted Sep 27, 2018
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Destroyer
(2018)
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Patrik Sandberg
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Kusama commands the material in a style that is as artful as it is refreshingly no-holds-barred.
Posted Sep 24, 2018
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Widows
(2018)
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Patrik Sandberg
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The collective experience of witnessing a story like this unfold is the reason we go to the movies and sit through them side by side in the dark.
Posted Sep 13, 2018
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Mid90s
(2018)
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Patrik Sandberg
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Its winning performances, attention to detail, and the geeky amount of affection Hill devotes to everything from T-shirts to bedroom wall paraphernalia makes this something of a male answer to Ladybird.
Posted Sep 12, 2018
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The Predator
(2018)
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Patrik Sandberg
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This may be the director's best attempt at an alien invasion, but no matter how many grenades he throws, nothing ever lands.
Posted Sep 12, 2018
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Boy Erased
(2018)
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Patrik Sandberg
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The movie succeeds in spite of itself, demonstrating a deep empathy for not only these tragic figures subjected to abusive conditioning but also their religious families, bedeviled by doctrines that contradict their own compassionate instincts.
Posted Sep 12, 2018
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Rafiki
(2018)
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Ella Kemp
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By framing an effervescent lesbian romance against a backdrop of political allegiance and the societal taboos surrounding LGBTQ rights, Rafiki finds its voice -- and deserves to shout it, loud and clear.
Posted Sep 12, 2018
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A Star Is Born
(2018)
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Patrik Sandberg
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Overall, this movie is a testament to the talent of Cooper, but the glory belongs to Gaga.
Posted Sep 12, 2018
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Hereditary
(2018)
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Patrik Sandberg
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Blue chip performances from a top notch cast.
Posted Apr 12, 2018
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A Wrinkle in Time
(2018)
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Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff
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Overall, I didn't enjoy A Wrinkle In Time... Fundamentally, however, I am ecstatic that we are finally seeing glimpses of the representation we deserve onscreen,
Posted Mar 10, 2018
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Saturday Church
(2017)
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Alexandra Pollard
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Injecting fantasy sequences and musical numbers into its gritty, poignant plotline, it's a coming-of-age spectacle.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Call Me by Your Name
(2017)
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Alexandra Pollard
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Come for the buzz around a scandalous peach scene, stay for the viscous chemistry between the two leads.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Princess Cyd
(2017)
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Alexandra Pollard
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Director Stephen Cone, whose work has been compared to that of Jonathan Demme, weaves a subtler tale than the odd-couple premise might suggest.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Thelma
(2017)
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Alexandra Pollard
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Joachim Trier's Thelma uses the trope of burgeoning supernatural powers as an analogy for the effect oppressive values have on a young woman's sexuality. So far, so Carrie but the film is resolutely Trier's own vision.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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All Eyez on Me
(2017)
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Ashleigh Kane
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For all Shipp Jr.'s heart, Boom's desire to cram every, single thing and a failure to unpack anything is its ultimate undoing.
Posted Jul 12, 2017
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Gray House
(2017)
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Sophie Brown
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Gray House resonates with the internal experience of time and the nature of isolation -- in both its magnetism and embrace.
Posted Apr 13, 2017
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Bunch of Kunst
(2017)
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Sophie Brown
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Director Christine Franz follows the Sleaford Mods over the course of a couple of years in which they reach new heights of success.
Posted Apr 13, 2017
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City of Ghosts
(2017)
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Sophie Brown
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City of Ghosts is an important platform for the voices of RBSS to be heard by the uninformed masses, and is ultimately their film.
Posted Apr 13, 2017
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Karl Marx City
(2016)
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Sophie Brown
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Creating a subtle obscurity around ownership of the story, the narrative slips between Petra's first-person perspective, and a disconnected female voice that narrates Petra's story.
Posted Apr 13, 2017
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Ghost in the Shell
(2017)
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Patrik Sandberg
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Politics aside, Ghost In The Shell takes the source material and turns it into something digestible and rip-roaring, gripping you to your seat full-throttle and never letting go.
Posted Apr 12, 2017
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Get Out
(2017)
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Kemi Alemoru
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In essence Get Out is every microaggression a black man has ever faced -- but supersized.
Posted Mar 22, 2017
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Call Me by Your Name
(2017)
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Carmen Gray
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The bond between Elio and Oliver grows tentatively, but unleashes forceful emotions that reverberate through all the relationships in a film both hilarious and gorgeously sad, that crackles with sexual tension.
Posted Feb 27, 2017
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Golden Exits
(2017)
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Carmen Gray
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Director Alex Ross Perry gives us a film of simmering power dynamics and bracingly complex roles: nobody is completely innocent, nor can we write anyone off from our sympathies entirely.
Posted Feb 27, 2017
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Casting JonBenét
(2017)
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Carmen Gray
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It's a fascinating if queasily invasive insight into a sleepy township that seems to hide as many weird, subterranean secrets as Lynch's Twin Peaks.
Posted Feb 27, 2017
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The Lure
(2015)
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Trey Taylor
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Fantasy ladled over lunacy, The Lure is possibly the weirdest thing you'll see this year.
Posted Jan 10, 2017
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American Honey
(2016)
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Sanja Grozdanic
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In the decaying America that Andrea Arnold bears witness to, there are two currencies: sex and violence, constantly intersecting as the crew makes their way across a divided country.
Posted Dec 19, 2016
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Author: The JT LeRoy Story
(2016)
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Trey Taylor
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It's a barnstorming exposé that puts all other documentaries released this year to shame.
Posted Nov 22, 2016
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To the Wonder
(2012)
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Sophie Brown
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This elusive 'something' is key to Malick's film; the intangible tide that disconnects people with as much mystery as it drew them so intensely together.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
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Bad 25
(2012)
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Sophie Brown
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[A] thorough and engaging exploration of the cultural phenomenon; a unique explosion in musical history, and insight into the loneliness of the performer, isolated in a fame bubble and devoured by the press.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
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Spring Breakers
(2012)
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Sophie Brown
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Harmony Korine's latest feature is a lurid neon poem of a spring break road trip that descends into drugs, gang war, and pink balaclavas adorned with unicorns.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
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The Master
(2012)
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Sophie Brown
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Richly and evocatively shot with the stunning light contrast of seminal black and white films, The Master has the clout of classic cinema.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
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The War of the Volcanoes
(2012)
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Sophie Brown
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Exploring the tensions and passions that flowed on the island during this tumultuous time, this documentary captures one of cinema's great love stories.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
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Something in the Air
(2012)
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Sophie Brown
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The experiential form of the film evokes the sense of submergence in a time, with the 60s soundtrack swelling in and out with the ebb and flow of their drives.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
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Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
(2012)
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Sophie Brown
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Singing, smoking and keeping himself to himself, Harry Dean Stanton's quiet enigma suggests a restless sense of perpetual escape and loneliness.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
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Paradise: Faith
(2012)
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Sophie Brown
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A dark humour simmers under the bleak dogme style, with fleeting glimpses of the beauty in nature providing relief from the dingy, hard-lined 70s interiors.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
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Low Tide
(2012)
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Sophie Brown
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This quiet film captures a powerful tale of solitude and neglect.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
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Elle
(2016)
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Patrik Sandberg
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The fact that it's the funniest movie I've seen this year is mindblowing.
Posted Oct 12, 2016
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Moonlight
(2016)
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Patrik Sandberg
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Moonlight feels almost as prescient as it is heartbreaking -- which is to say, profoundly.
Posted Sep 26, 2016
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Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame
(2007)
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Georgie Hobbs
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Like Bjork's character, Selma, in Lars von Trier's Dancer In The Dark, Bakhtay is so heart-crushingly innocent that it rips your heart out to see her hurt. She, like Selma, is too clueless to help herself.
Posted Sep 26, 2016
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Beyond Clueless
(2014)
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Sophie Brown
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Summer Camp's original score is the cherry on top to this vibrant, funny and subversive analysis of post-John Hughes American teen movies.
Posted Oct 28, 2014
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