The Half of It ★★★
The famous story of Cyrano de Bergerac is about an intelligent and fearsomely talented man who is unable to professContinue Reading
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The possibilities of what can be done with film may seem limitless compared to theatre, but many minimalist films lookContinue Reading
The High Note ★★½
Upbeat and entirely pleasant, The High Note is a showbiz comedy-drama about a musician’s personal assistant who strives to becomeContinue Reading
Shirley ★★
In the very first scene of Shirley – Josephine Decker‘s fourth feature after 2018’s Madeline’s Madeline – Rose Nemser (OdessaContinue Reading
The Painter and the Thief (documentary) ★★★
When Barbora Kysilkova had two of her paintings stolen from the Galleri Nobel in Oslo in 2015, she never expectedContinue Reading
Underwater ★★★
A Lovecraftian homage to 70s-80s science-fiction horror, William Eubank’s Underwater offers little to reinvent its deep-seated genre conventions — yetContinue Reading
Spaceship Earth (documentary) ★★★
Biosphere 2 was the first, very public attempt to create a self-sufficient ecosystem in an enclosed space. Taking up onlyContinue Reading
The Sharks ★★★
The Sharks, the assured directorial debut of Lucia Garibaldi, must be one of the most realistic coming of age filmsContinue Reading
15 Years ★★★
Many couples in long-term relationships may discuss the possibility of starting a family, and it’s not a decision to beContinue Reading
Bacurau ★★★½
Much of Kleber Mendonca Filho’s newest film Bacurau cleaves very close to its genre roots – specifically the Western. BacurauContinue Reading
