Continue reading →This debut feature may be raw at times, but there’s an undeniable organic quality to the filmmaking about a young man who meets a trans woman in the New York kiki scene.
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Midsommar (2019)
Ari Aster’s sophomore effort may be too disturbing for the uninitiated viewer, but its strange, otherworldly quality is an experience like no other.
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Giant Little Ones (2018)
Continue reading →A youthful and nuanced exploration of teenage sexual identity and emotional intimacy that freshly tries to skip past clichés.
Hereditary (2018)
Not even Toni Collette’s arresting performance or the film’s excellent craftsmanship can save this rather uncompelling and overrated horror mystery.
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Weathering with You (2019)
Continue reading →It remains visually and aurally stimulating, but Makoto Shinkai’s new work doesn’t really fly off the ground, and ultimately succumbs to perfunctory storytelling and a so-so emotional payoff.
Pluto Moment, The (2018)
6th Generation Chinese filmmaker Zhang Ming tackles modern loneliness and ennui with quiet artistry in this remarkable drama about a film crew trying to make a picture but becomes lost (in all senses of the word) in the process.
Ad Astra (2019)
Continue reading →An immensely well-crafted hero’s tale through space that explores existential ideas at a deliberate pace, but its final landing is not entirely convincing.
Red Cliff (2008)
John Woo returns to form with this epic historical drama with lots of action to spare.
Dog Barking at the Moon, A (2019)
A subtle if layered LGBTQ drama centering on a Chinese family’s past secrets and the persistent problems they have caused in this sensitive and composed feature debut.
Bullet in the Head (1990)
Continue reading →There’s so much action in this movie that it leaves you dazed, yet despite its excesses the drama remains utterly convincing.
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