A tour de force of screenwriting, acting and editing, all based on a deceptively straightforward premise—a woman and her old father who is suffering from memory loss.
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Father, The (2020)
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Ammonite (2020)
Beautiful but underwhelming, Francis Lee’s sophomore feature keeps emotions under the lid, and not always for the better.
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Le Pont du Nord (1981)
Rivette’s quaint adventure featuring two women—one an ex-con, the other a vagabond—navigating the streets of Paris is a freewheeling if also meandering look at how crime is a game of chance and consequence.
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Sound of Metal (2019)
A heavy metal drummer goes deaf in this heartfelt ‘finding thyself’-type film headlined by a standout performance from Riz Ahmed, and featuring innovative use of sound that is true to its subject matter.
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Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
It feels like it’s operating one gear too low in terms of pacing, but this take on the trials and tribulations of Black Panther’s Fred Hampton—and a spy within his ranks—features outstanding work by Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield.
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Promising Young Woman (2020)
At times utterly delirious but also engages with its theme of sexual assault and vengeance with a sobering kind of dynamism, Fennell’s debut feature mostly works despite some moments of overwrought sensationalism.
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Mudbound (2017)
The constant intercutting between two related storylines—that of a White and Black family living in Mississippi in the 1940s—seems to have spread its narrative more thinly than intended, but this is still a crucial look at the ills of racism.
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Hey There! (2021)
Erdem’s new work may be borne out of filmmaking restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it finds pure comedy and pathos with an ingenious concept centering on a series of online interactions between naïve and conniving strangers.
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Minari (2020)
The Korean immigrant experience in America, portrayed with intimacy and tenderness, and featuring two discoveries of the year— the promising child actor Alan Kim and Emile Mosseri’s ethereal score.
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Ocean Waves (1993)
Perhaps unfairly regarded as a minor Ghibli, there’s something deeply charming about its portrayal of teenage infatuation and matters of the heart that are set against the context of high school life.
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