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9th CIRCUIT COWBOY, The Long Good Fight of Harry Pregerson (2020)
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Wade Major
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It gives you a wonderful portrait of the man. I think it's worth seeing, no matter what your persuasion is.
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Posted Jan 22, 2021
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Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (2021)
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Wade Major
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Even if it plays some cloying tricks with you here and there that feel a little manipulative and fraudulent, it winds up going to an emotional place that I think is very authentic and rewarding.
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Posted Jan 22, 2021
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A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem (2019)
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Lael Loewenstein
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It's attractively shot, briskly edited, and overall recommended.
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Posted Jan 22, 2021
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You Will Die at Twenty (2019)
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Wade Major
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I wish it were a little more polished and tighter dramatically, but it has some incredibly powerful scenes and I do applaud it.
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Posted Jan 22, 2021
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Notturno (2020)
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Wade Major
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This is a haunting, compelling film.
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Posted Jan 22, 2021
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Spoor (2017)
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Wade Major
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It is beautifully made, very tense, has all these quirky, weird, and noir-y edges... [But] it really is quite peculiar, and the lead character is really hard to like.
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Posted Jan 22, 2021
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Spoor (2017)
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Lael Loewenstein
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It's a mix of style over content, but I think it's a very interesting film that deserves some acknowledgment.
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Posted Jan 22, 2021
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Cowboys (2020)
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Wade Major
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Unfortunately, and I hate saying this... but I think there's a surplus of ambition here that undermines the film.
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Posted Jan 22, 2021
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The White Tiger (2021)
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Lael Loewenstein
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I can't call it "fun," but it's certainly engaging.
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Posted Jan 22, 2021
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The White Tiger (2021)
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Wade Major
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I think it's a very good film, I think it's a fascinating film, but it really lays bare all the contradictions of modern India in a way that is very non-glamorous.
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Posted Jan 22, 2021
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Coming Clean (2020)
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Lael Loewenstein
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It's really quite an eye-opening film, from recovering addicts to those still in the throes of addiction. It taught me so much more than I was aware of, and I really strongly recommend it.
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Posted Jan 22, 2021
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The Human Factor (2019)
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Wade Major
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The broad scope of this, over the course of 30 years, is one of futility and misdirection. I don't know if that makes it a successful documentary, but it certainly is interesting.
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Posted Jan 22, 2021
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Our Friend (2019)
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Wade Major
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It's extraordinary, the razor's edge that [Jason Segel] walks, because he's a comic actor primarily. That's what we know him as, and here he brings levity where it's needed, but he also brings severity where it's needed.
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Posted Jan 22, 2021
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Our Friend (2019)
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Lael Loewenstein
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In the end for me, this was really about Jason Segel, who brings great light, humor, and levity to the part of Dane. He is always the most winning element of this film.
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Posted Jan 22, 2021
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Penguin Bloom (2020)
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Lael Loewenstein
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For the most part, it avoids sentimentality where it could have gone super mawkish. It is predictable... But it's got a tremendous performance by Naomi Watts.
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Posted Jan 22, 2021
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Penguin Bloom (2020)
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Wade Major
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Despite the fact that it is somewhat predictable and formulaic, I really loved it... It is an amazing part for Naomi Watts. She is just superb.
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Posted Jan 22, 2021
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Outside the Wire (2021)
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Amy Nicholson
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This film really wants to be smart... [But] it's just a lot of death and destruction.
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
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Shusenjo: Comfort Women and Japan's War on History (2019)
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Peter Rainer
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A fascinating movie.
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
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Love Sarah (2020)
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Peter Rainer
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It's always nice to see these faces, but it's pretty benign.
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
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Love Sarah (2020)
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Claudia Puig
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This is a very slight movie. It's likable and warm-hearted.
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
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The Marksman (2021)
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Amy Nicholson
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A Clint Eastwood reject.
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
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My Little Sister (2020)
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Claudia Puig
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It's emotionally powerful and not fussy... It doesn't really go in any direction that audiences expect.
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
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Some Kind of Heaven (2020)
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Peter Rainer
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One of those documentaries that has a great subject, but doesn't really know what to do with it.
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
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Some Kind of Heaven (2020)
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Amy Nicholson
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All that psychological stuff was very interesting. But the point that I really walked away with was that in this community, every man in this community seemed to act like a crazy teenager.
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
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Some Kind of Heaven (2020)
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Claudia Puig
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Sometimes it's poignant, other times it's chilling, sometimes just depressing... I just wanted to know more details than were explored here.
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
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Locked Down (2021)
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Claudia Puig
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Like a play in the worst possible way. It feels stagy, claustrophobic, and overacted.
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
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Locked Down (2021)
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Amy Nicholson
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Quaint and bizarre... It feels outdated, even though it's just coming out.
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
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One Night in Miami (2020)
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Claudia Puig
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Masterful. It never felt static even though it was all in a hotel room, because of the superb dialogue and the masterful acting.
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
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One Night in Miami (2020)
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Amy Nicholson
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During it, I kept toggling back and forth over "Which one is my favorite?" Because all the performances are really strong.
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
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One Night in Miami (2020)
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Peter Rainer
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A compelling, well-made movie based on a play. Uniformly well-acted.
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
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Acasa, My Home (2020)
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Peter Rainer
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It's a remarkable piece of documentary access.
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
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Acasa, My Home (2020)
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Claudia Puig
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It's a very empathetic portrait, but it also shows the complexity of this family... I think it's most poignant when it focuses on the children.
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
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MLK/FBI (2020)
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Claudia Puig
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I think it really shows the importance of King as a person, as a human, as opposed to the icon that we have come to think of him as.
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
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MLK/FBI (2020)
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Amy Nicholson
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This documentary is a really necessary rewind... to remind everybody how Martin Luther King Jr. was seen in his day, at his time.
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
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If Not Now, When? (2021)
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Tim Cogshell
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This is a drama with a capital D... Every sistah I know is going to love this movie.
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Posted Jan 12, 2021
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The Reason I Jump (2020)
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Lael Loewenstein
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A beautiful film that goes very deeply into autism and makes these people come very much alive.
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Posted Jan 12, 2021
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Stars Fell on Alabama (2021)
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Tim Cogshell
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This is a perfectly affable, well-produced, well-acted, and wholly familiar romantic comedy.
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Posted Jan 12, 2021
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Skyfire (2019)
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Tim Cogshell
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It's extremely heroic and a lot of fun. I had a hoot!
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Posted Jan 12, 2021
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The Dissident (2020)
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Tim Cogshell
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This film made me think of the plight of journalists writ large.
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Posted Jan 12, 2021
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The Dissident (2020)
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Lael Loewenstein
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It is as suspenseful as Citizenfour and as well-made as Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. This in itself takes so much material and lays it out almost like a lawyer would.
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Posted Jan 12, 2021
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Pieces of a Woman (2020)
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Tim Cogshell
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When I watched this film, my mind kept going back to [John] Cassavetes... It's vérité almost, and it's really good.
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Posted Jan 12, 2021
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Pieces of a Woman (2020)
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Lael Loewenstein
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Very powerfully portrayed, particularly by Kirby's performance. She gives all this nuance to the portrait of a woman trying to find herself.
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Posted Jan 12, 2021
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Blizzard of Souls (2019)
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Tim Cogshell
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A very powerful film made on a particularly small budget.
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Posted Jan 12, 2021
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Herself (2020)
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Tim Cogshell
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[A] perfectly beautiful and very moving movie.
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Posted Jan 12, 2021
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Herself (2020)
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Lael Loewenstein
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It's got a real quiet intensity about it that comes from Clare Dunn's careful, meticulous, beautifully felt performance.
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Posted Jan 12, 2021
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One Night in Miami (2020)
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Lael Loewenstein
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[Regina King] has a real sense of how to let a scene unfurl naturally, but also how to frame, cut away, and let her actors take a beat at just the right moments.
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Posted Jan 12, 2021
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One Night in Miami (2020)
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Tim Cogshell
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It's a very powerful film. It's a stage play, but Regina King in her directorial debut has opened it up.
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Posted Jan 12, 2021
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We Can Be Heroes (2020)
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Wade Major
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Arduous and juvenile.
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Posted Jan 4, 2021
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The Minimalists: Less Is Now (2021)
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Wade Major
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I saw no point to it whatsoever.
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Posted Jan 4, 2021
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The Minimalists: Less Is Now (2021)
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Charles Solomon
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This is a case where less really is less.
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Posted Jan 4, 2021
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