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‘Belfast’ full of heart, doesn’t dazzle
4/10 Writer/director/producer Kenneth Branagh has a long track record of trying to let his stories tell themselves, and you just can’t do that with narrative fiction movies, a medium in which everything onscreen must be actively created, everything is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfast, Jamie Dornan, Kenneth Branagh, The Troubles, Toronto International Film Festival
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Larrín’s mopey ‘Spencer’ still a step up from usual Oscar faire
4/10 Spencer’s advertisements always have a moment to designate it as an “official selection” in the Venice, Toronto and Telluride film festivals, which is quite literally a show of participation trophies. “Official selection” means it got on the schedule, which … Continue reading
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Tagged 16mm, Jackie, Kristen Stewart, Pablo Larrain, Princess Diana, Spencer, Steven Knight
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‘Dispatches’ from a perfectly romantic memory
10/10 In an Oscar season that’s quickly turned into an onslaught of big-name directors’ newest works, seemingly both backlogged 2020 releases and lockdown productions, writer/director/producer Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun is the giant, perfectly … Continue reading
Refined ‘Passing’ rips open awards season with unique look, complex story
9/10 Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut is here in Passing, and it’s a doozy. Harlem, 1920s- Reenie Redfield (Tessa Thompson), a black woman nervously passing in a white part of town, runs into her childhood friend, Clare Bellew (Ruth Negga). Bellew, … Continue reading
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Tagged Netflix, Passing, Race is a social construct, Rebecca Hall, Ruth Negga, Tessa Thompson
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‘Last Night in Soho’ easy to watch despite rough third act, subject matter
7/10 Last Night in Soho is a delightful, great-looking, easy-watching horror movie about sex slavery and the inability to escape the hidden sins of the past. It’s a strange watch. Soho, London- Bright-eyed freshman Ellie Turner (Thomasin McKenzie) relocates from … Continue reading
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Tagged #metoo, Anya Taylor-Joy, Edgar Wright, Last Night in Soho, Matt Smith, Terrence Stamp, Thomasin McKenzie
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