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THE SWEET EAST NYFF REVIEW: TALIA RYDER IS COMMANDING IN A LABYRINTH OF TEENAGE REBELLION
Every once in awhile you see a film that feels tailor made for you. This does not always mean it is a film you can fully relate to on a personal level, but rather in awe of the filmmakers ability…
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MAESTRO NYFF REVIEW: BRADLEY COOPER AND CAREY MULLIGAN ARE MAGNIFICENT IN AN EXQUISITE SCENES FROM AN ORCHESTRA MARRIAGE
What is a marriage? A question that is far from simple and although many of us engage in such life changing activity finding a perfectly secure marriage is near impossible. It is also a subject that has been dissected in…
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POOR THINGS NYFF REVIEW: EMMA STONE ASKS “WHAT WAS I MADE FOR” IN YORGOS LANTHIMOS’ BONKERS, SEX DRIVEN AND CURIOUS FEMINIST ODYSSEY
You wouldn’t be wrong in watching POOR THINGS and thinking it asks the same question as another mega film from this year. And that question is “what was I made for?” Here however this question is answered through its own…
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MAY DECEMBER NYFF REVIEW: TODD HAYNE’S LATEST IS AS UNCOMFORTABLE AS IT IS GLORIOUS
Todd Haynes was never going to make it easy to digest. No should it ever be. The director known for leaving you with peculiar lasting thoughts and scandalous ideas at times has found with MAY DECEMBER a script (written by…
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DUMB MONEY REVIEW: WALL STREET CRSHES IN A HYSTERCIAL MEME INFUSED REBELLION
The most impressive feature of Craig Gillespie’s DUMB MONEY is that it quickly shows you that this is actually a period piece film. While the time it dedicates itself to is all too recent it becomes apparent that 2020 and…
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ANATOMY OF A FALL REVIEW: A DEADLY MARRIAGE IS PUT ON TRAIL IN JUSTINE TRIET’S MASTERFUL EXAMINATION
There is nothing uncommon about suspicion of the spouse when a married person dies. Everyone has seen enough police and courtroom dramas to know your go to suspect is often right when unveiling the curtains of someone’s marriage. In lesser…
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THE BOY AND THE HERON TIFF REVIEW” THE BEST OF THE HITS COMES ALIVE IN MIYAZAKI’S BEAUTIFUL AND MESSY SWAN SONG
There comes a point where it becomes impossible to argue with a master. Hayao Miyazaki is just that; a master. A man who has mastered his craft of not just animation, but one that has taken us into a whole…
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