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Evil Dead Rise
(2023)
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Dolores Quintana
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Evil Dead Rise is sleekly modern, emotionally gripping, and absolutely brutal, gory and appalling, but still fun. Cronin goes there and goes all the way.
Posted Sep 23, 2023
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Huesera: The Bone Woman
(2022)
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Dolores Quintana
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Mysterious and electrifying, Huesera: The Bone Woman is one of this year’s most challenging and best films.
Posted Sep 23, 2023
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Hell of a Summer
(2023)
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Dolores Quintana
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HELL OF A SUMMER is one hell of a cozy horror comedy. It is definitely a homage to the 80s slasher, but it leans more heavily on character-based comedy and is clearly set in more modern times because there are influencers and cell phones.
Posted Sep 23, 2023
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Renfield
(2023)
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Dolores Quintana
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Wickedly funny, filled with charismatic electricity, and surprisingly touching, it rings new beats for the most classic of all vampire tales. RENFIELD is a classy yet bloody riff on the legendary story of Dracula.
Posted Sep 23, 2023
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When Evil Lurks
(2023)
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Dolores Quintana
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Vibrant characters, grotesque body horror, and swift and utterly breathtaking violence make this film an excruciatingly spine-chilling, mind-melting, and ultimately heartbreaking experience. Rugna’s Latino and macabre sense of humor is always at work.
Posted Sep 23, 2023
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Hail Mary
(2023)
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Dolores Quintana
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"HAIL MARY is an artfully made horror film that tackles theology and politics with empathy, humility, and a fair amount of violence."
Posted Apr 04, 2023
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The Wrath of Becky
(2023)
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Dolores Quintana
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THE WRATH OF BECKY is a serviceable film with some decent gore, but it has some ideas you have already seen before.
Posted Mar 23, 2023
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The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
(2023)
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Dolores Quintana
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Writer-director Bomani J. Story has given an old tale new life in THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER. THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER is a tragedy filled with hope
Posted Mar 23, 2023
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Talk to Me
(2023)
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Dolores Quintana
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Relentless, compelling, and yes, funny too, TALK TO ME will make you think, 'Wtf did I just watch? And only in the best way. It’s gut-wrenching and absolutely savage.
Posted Mar 23, 2023
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Aberrance
(2022)
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Dolores Quintana
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The strengths are in Batsukh's willingness to experiment with the visual style and the cast's performances. ABERRANCE is a notable film to start exploring Mongolian cinema.
Posted Mar 23, 2023
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John Wick: Chapter 4
(2023)
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Dolores Quintana
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JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 is a mesmerizing symphony of violence and death that is also about friendship, honor, family.
Posted Mar 23, 2023
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Infinity Pool
(2023)
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Dolores Quintana
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Erotic, sensual, and ingenious, Brandon Cronenberg's INFINITY POOL will permeate and penetrate your imagination...INFINITY POOL is a jaw-dropping achievement.
Posted Jan 22, 2023
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True Fiction
(2019)
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Dolores Quintana
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TRUE FICTION is sewn together from the pieces of a lot of other horror films and the surgery wasn’t very successful.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Sword of God
(2020)
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Dolores Quintana
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This is a film where you have to put some work in. It is historical and about a subject that probably makes Western audiences feel uncomfortable, especially at this time in history as a reckoning is beginning to happen within our borders.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Achoura
(2018)
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Dolores Quintana
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ACHOURA is an old fashioned monster movie that concentrates on the human evils and ignorance that mirror those of the fantasy world and how human beings must sooner or later reckon with those evils and cannot put off that reckoning forever.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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The Intruder
(2019)
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Dolores Quintana
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THE INTRUDER is crazy in a way that it really needs to be an unabashedly and whole-heartedly committed to its particular brand of madness.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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UglyDolls
(2019)
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Dolores Quintana
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A movie that can bring real emotion and feeling is a movie that well worth the time and good for your kids and adults. UGLY DOLLS is above average for the sub-genre of kids entertainment and is good for developing minds and hearts.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Lords of Chaos
(2018)
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Dolores Quintana
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I think Åkerlund was the right person to direct this film. His sense of style, evident in Polar, is used incredibly well in LORDS OF CHAOS. His understanding of human behavior also is spot on.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Felt
(2014)
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Dolores Quintana
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FELT is not a film that I can recommend although there are some performances that are good and not all the ideas are bad, they are mostly underdeveloped like the central performance.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Polar
(2019)
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Dolores Quintana
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POLAR tells a somewhat familiar story with style, verve, and humor and the absolutely smashing presence and talent of the great Mads Mikkelsen.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Arctic
(2018)
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Dolores Quintana
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ARCTIC is a survival horror movie with a surprisingly warm human heart and understanding of the human soul. It is gripping while not really having an excess of violence or action sequences to fall back on. It is a gem that should not be missed.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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The Amityville Murders
(2018)
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Dolores Quintana
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THE AMITYVILLE MURDERS tries really hard and perhaps that is the real problem. It feels like a movie that was made to try and cover all the bases rather than a movie that was made to tell a story.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Head Count
(2018)
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Dolores Quintana
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HEAD COUNT is a really good and genuinely scary horror film that is light on gore, but not light on thrills. An existential slasher killer stalking a crew of friends with the new guy unleashing horror on them all
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Ride
(2018)
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Dolores Quintana
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It is a serviceable movie with serviceable performances and while I believe both of the romantic leads turned in likable performances, I can’t really say that I was thrilled at any point.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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The Little Stranger
(2018)
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Dolores Quintana
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THE LITTLE STRANGER is an atmospheric, haunting, realistic ghost story that has surprising relevance to the issues of modern day life despite being a period film.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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The Predator
(2018)
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Dolores Quintana
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The basics of THE PREDATOR are that the action, the fighting, the gore, the jokes, and the performances are really quite good. It’s just that the actors involved could have done so much more with a more ambitious movie and script.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Are We Dead Yet
(2019)
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Dolores Quintana
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I appreciate the effort, but I can find very little about this movie to convince you to spend your time watching it.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Ravage
(2019)
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Dolores Quintana
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SWING LOW is a tension filled, realistic horror movie about the evil that men do and how things can go very wrong very quickly. It presents a strong female character who isn’t waiting around to be rescued and I like that.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Ford v Ferrari
(2019)
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Dolores Quintana
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FORD V FERRARI is an extremely entertaining and intelligent film made with the same type of drive for excellence that possessed the creators Ken Miles, Carroll Shelby and Enzo Ferrari and gives the viewer a window into the creative mind and spirit...
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Majic
(2019)
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Dolores Quintana
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MAJIC is an okay thriller in the style of the TV show The X-Files that is somewhat successful in what I think was its aim: to create a reality-bending movie. Kind of.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made
(2018)
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Dolores Quintana
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ANTRUM: THE DEADLIEST FILM EVER MADE is a mind bomb that is precisely calculated to grow on you. It is quite a feat for a film to have its artifice laid bare and still be able to wrap cold fingers around your spine.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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First Love
(2019)
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Dolores Quintana
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This film is not only an excellent addition to Asian crime or Yakuza cinema, but it is also a rip-roaring comedy with a big beating heart.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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La casa
(2019)
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Dolores Quintana
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Jorge Olguín’s LA CASA is another reckoning with the deadly past of Latin America through the auspices of a horror film. With a very small cast and a V/H/S style found footage aesthetic...
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Witch Hunt
(2021)
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Dolores Quintana
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WITCH HUNT is a parable of the crimes of the patriarchy in our society. It is about the injustice of xenophobia and misanthropy built into that structure.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Watcher
(2022)
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Dolores Quintana
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WATCHER is a gorgeous film of delicate tension. It’s an icy and elegant study of the constant state of fear that many women live in every day.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Nanny
(2022)
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Dolores Quintana
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NANNY is a truly special first feature film by a gifted writer and director Nikyatu Jusu who has assembled a first-class horror film with so many artful touches. It balances the horror and beauty so well.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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The Midnight Swim
(2014)
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Dolores Quintana
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THE MIDNIGHT SWIM is one of those unsung gems of independent film. Willing to make choices that buck the conventional rules of filmmaking, the film tells an alternately charming and unsettling tale of mystery.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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The Batman
(2022)
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Dolores Quintana
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THE BATMAN exceeds my expectations and passes the bar of a reboot. It justifies its own existence with great storytelling, insights into humanity and human society, and powerful performances.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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After Yang
(2021)
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Dolores Quintana
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AFTER YANG is a marvel of warmth and humanity in a tale about an android and his family who are bereft in his absence. How his death teaches them how to love each other again and find the courage to let go.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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The Exorcism of God
(2021)
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Dolores Quintana
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I will watch almost any film about exorcism, but I normally find myself let down most of those films. THE EXORCISM OF GOD did not let me down.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Deep Water
(2022)
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Dolores Quintana
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DEEP WATER is a well-made and enjoyable film. I laughed all the way through but it was mainly because of the direction of the story and where the sympathy for the characters lies.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Jethica
(2022)
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Dolores Quintana
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JETHICA is a horror-comedy that is both realistic and supernatural. Without a lot of gore or effects, it is quietly frightening, heartfelt and, yes, quite funny.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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All My Friends Hate Me
(2021)
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Dolores Quintana
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ALL MY FRIENDS HATE ME is a murderously funny horror-comedy where the real body count consists of the character’s relationships, friendships and, possibly, their souls.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
(2022)
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Dolores Quintana
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EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE is one of the best films of the year. It’s a brave cinematic mirror of all the banal but critical things that make us and our lives important in an indifferent universe.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Morbius
(2022)
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Dolores Quintana
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Morbius is neither as dire as you have heard nor is it incredibly good. It’s mid-tier Marvel, not particularly inspired but not the worst thing I’ve ever sat through. If anything, it kind of reminds me of the Underworld series.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
(2022)
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Dolores Quintana
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THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT is a wonderfully warm, funny, and touching comedy that is also very meta about the craft of acting, the life of an actor, and filmmaking. It has a lot to say about creativity versus commerce.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Crimes of the Future
(2022)
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Dolores Quintana
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David Cronenberg’s CRIMES OF THE FUTURE is a work of such exquisite horror and refined subtlety that it is pure sex. It is funny, trenchant, and so far ahead of most directors with its musing on the nexus of art, pain, sexuality, and politics.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Don't Worry Darling
(2022)
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Dolores Quintana
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DON’T WORRY DARLING is a poisoned fairy tale, and is a story of the reclamation of the self that is thrilling, beautiful, and thematically on the mark. It’s so on the mark, in fact, that it’s liable to make people angry, especially men.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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Pearl
(2022)
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Dolores Quintana
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PEARL is a vicious fairyland strewn with the wreckage of one very tender and broken soul. It is filled with the sweeping shots and vibrant colors of a Douglas Sirk melodrama.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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V/H/S/99
(2022)
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Dolores Quintana
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V/H/S/99 amps up the comedy and the mercilessness while going in a new direction that is not only true to the series’ aims, and the time period in which it is set, but is a challenge to its audience.
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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