Tag Archives: Reviews

March 28

The Witch (2015)

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Not your standard horror with floating sheets or flying broomstick-type special effects.

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March 21

A Bigger Splash (2015)

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Beautifully photographed Sicilian landscape dwarfs four small lives and the mess they create.

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March 17

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

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The ending transforms this film into an incoherent and unforgivable mess.

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March 14

The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)

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A sweet self-narrated story of a butterfly emerging from a lonely, self-loathing teenage-hood.

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March 10

Hail, Caesar! (2016)

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This is an hilarious take on ‘the Hollywood dream’.

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March 06

The Lady in the Van (2015)

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A slow portrait of a fractious relationship between two misfits.

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March 02

Son of Saul (2015)

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In terms of cinematography, storytelling and emotional impact, this film is a modern masterpiece.

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February 29

Ex_Machina (2015)

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A chess game of guessing what is happening, who is manipulating who, and what is the real reason Caleb is there.

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February 27

The Daughter (2015)

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A metaphorical collision between a single ray of truth and the lie that connects two families.

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February 18

Brooklyn (2015)

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A beautifully photographed and finely acted historical drama.

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February 16

Trumbo (2015)

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the story of the 1950s right-wing purge of Hollywood

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January 17

Suffragette (2015)

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A tale about brave protesting women and a suffragette who threw herself under the King’s horse.

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January 08

Carol (2015)

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This is one Blanchett film that struggles to inspire.

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January 06

The Great Gatsby (2013)

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This is an outstanding modern adaptation of an all-time classic.

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August 29

Struggle Street (2015)

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This is poverty-porn of the worst kind that does not even resemble a truthful documentary.

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July 26

Truth and Documentary

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There are many kinds of documentary just as there are many kinds of truth

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