Film Reviews from a spectrum of opinions and perspectives
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There aren’t really ever going to be enough stories about addiction - but there certainly aren’t enough that are unglossed, unfiltered, and grounded the way that ‘The Outrun’ is. Aside from beautiful cinematography, and a star turn from Saoirse Ronan, the story is a patient one, and it
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Light Spoilers below. If you have South American heritage, this story will make sense to you. If you moved around a lot, this film will make sense to you. If you have lost someone this story will resonate with you. Los Tortuga/The Exiles deals with a family tree’s
Light spoilers below. For those of us who have roots in or have experienced life in those parts of the world that are labeled ‘third world countries’ the experiences of the protagonists are nothing new. Corruption is ‘daily bread’ (that is a call-back to the title cards in the movie)
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Famed Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto has made his feature debut, adapting ‘Pedro Páramo’, a story that influenced Gabriel García Márquez and Magical Realism. I have a hard time keeping track of characters in Magical Realist stories, and the film was no exception — in its fidelity to the source material, it left
Trophy Case
Do not see this film if you cannot watch Body Horror or Gore. This is not a mild movie - there is more gore, guts, blood and mess than there is dialogue. Please, please, please, don’t see it if you can’t handle that. This is a film about
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Time to start watching shows with my hands covering my eyes, I guess. Many a friend has opined their love for Mike Flanagan, and I couldn’t wait to watch ‘The Life of Chuck’ to get even just a sippy cup of a taste of his genius, and reader — he
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Fink. Fink, I hated you Fink. For a good chunk, my guy. ‘The Wild Robot’ has a stacked but ultimately successfully completed mandate - adapt a book, and in turn, marry together the twin causes of Climate Change and Technology being able to save the world, provide the message in
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The entire film revolves around a TV studio — which you would expect to get very tiring very quickly, were it not for the fantastic talents of Director Samir Oliveros and Cinematographer Pablo Lozano, who keep movement and pace going with the most ecstatic effect. The performances from all figures were
Festivals
I must admit, I did not think there was a darker story hiding beneath the opening act of Pimpinero — I thought, uncharitably, that I was witnessing the crowning of a new, gritty Amazon franchise to rival ‘The Fast and the Furious’, or ‘Narcos’. Soon, it became evident that was not
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The premise is rather simple - an older CEO, played by Nicole Kidman, soon finds out that one of the new Interns (Harris Dickinson) can tame dogs with a stern hand — which is code for ‘He’s a Dom’. They start an affair - Miss CEO, real name Romy, wants
Festivals
As I entered the Press Screening, a TIFF Volunteer struck up a conversation with me - she lobbied to work this shift, to work this very screening, and would stand through the entire thing, just to see the film. There were murmurs on the street that it would be People’
Festivals
In one of the best films at the festival, ‘Sudan, Remember Us’ brings to the western consciousness the question of Sudanese sovereignty in a world intent on keeping the land’s people dispossessed and removed. Through poetry, painting, remembering and a lot of song, people can learn of the strength