The Running Man ★★
The original 1987 film adaptation of The Running Man has seen a critical re-appraisal over the years, though one factContinue Reading
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Oxygen ★★
Motherhood, militarism, and moral ambiguity collide in Netalie Braun‘s disquieting drama Oxygen. Prior to its run at Tallinn’s Black NightsContinue Reading
Dog of God ★½
For those not very versed in Eastern European history, “Livonia” might sound like the name of a medieval country straightContinue Reading
Sisu: Road to Revenge ★★½
In the inevitable follow-up to his 2022 survival saga Sisu, Jalmari Helander expands the folkloric brutality of the original intoContinue Reading
Hamnet ★★★½
Part of the artistic achievement of Chloé Zhao‘s absorbing account of genius and the personal grammar of grief is notContinue Reading
Magellan ★★★★
For centuries, Ferdinand Magellan’s legacy lived in the shadows of that of more prominent and popular explorers such as ChristopherContinue Reading
It Was Just an Accident ★★★
In a scene in Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, two characters compare their situation to the play WaitingContinue Reading
Eternity ★★★
Larry (Barry Primus) and Joan (Betty Buckley) are on their way to a gender reveal party for one of theirContinue Reading
The Sea ★★★
For a film among those which prominently provoked Israel’s culture minister Miki Zohar to threaten that he would cut offContinue Reading
Die My Love ★★★
Die My Love is challenging. Director Lynne Ramsay fine tunes every element of this production to be as agitating asContinue Reading
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