All Quiet on the Western Front ★★½
In an interview with Francois Truffaut for the Chicago Tribune, the discussion of violence and death in movies steered towardsContinue Reading
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Living ★★½
Perhaps no one has captured the lives and inner voices of the British servant, civil or otherwise, than novelist andContinue Reading
Close ★★½
Lukas Dhont’s debut film Girl, inspired by the life of a trans female dancer, earned both praise and derision inContinue Reading
Knock at the Cabin ★★½
Starting from the 2015 film The Visit, M. Night Shyamalan has mostly financed and produced his own films outside ofContinue Reading
Infinity Pool ★★
Brandon Cronenberg managed to skirt the criticisms of nepotism with his breakout film Possessor, which saw telepathic assassins committing gruesomeContinue Reading
Pacifiction ★★★★
Beneath the gorgeous green overhang of palms, the thunderous waves of Teahupo’o, and the glimmering rainfall of tropical French PolynesiaContinue Reading
Skinamarink ★★½
For many, the genre of found footage and analog horror has remained on the fringes of mainstream culture despite itsContinue Reading
Women Talking ★★★★
Women Talking starts off with a subtitle that declares the film “an imagination.” Though Sarah Polley adapted her film fromContinue Reading
EO ★★★
There is no obvious thread connecting Jerzy Skolimowski’s work. His Deep End remains a powerful, transgressive expose of toxic masculinityContinue Reading
M3GAN ★★★
M3GAN is a worthy addition to the cursed doll film genre, which more often than not flirts with camp. FromContinue Reading
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