A heavy metal drummer goes deaf in this heartfelt โfinding thyselfโ-type film headlined by a standout performance from Riz Ahmed, and featuring innovative use of sound that is true to its subject matter.
It feels like itโs operating one gear too low in terms of pacing, but this take on the trials and tribulations of Black Pantherโs Fred Hamptonโand a spy within his ranksโfeatures outstanding work by Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield.
At times utterly delirious but also engages with its theme of sexual assault and vengeance with a sobering kind of dynamism, Fennellโs debut feature mostly works despite some moments of overwrought sensationalism.
The constant intercutting between two related storylinesโthat of a White and Black family living in Mississippi in the 1940sโseems to have spread its narrative more thinly than intended, but this is still a crucial look at the ills of racism.
Erdemโs 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 naรฏve and conniving strangers.
The Korean immigrant experience in America, portrayed with intimacy and tenderness, and featuring two discoveries of the yearโ the promising child actor Alan Kim and Emile Mosseriโs ethereal score.
Perhaps unfairly regarded as a minor Ghibli, thereโs something deeply charming about its portrayal of teenage infatuation and matters of the heart that are set against the context of high school life.
Even if you donโt give a hoot about the Olympics, this sensational Oscar-winning documentary about state-sanctioned sports doping in Russia is eye-opening and riveting.
Mattie Doโs third feature might feel convoluted at times, but it is conceptually a largely fascinating sci-fi horror drama that explores personal guilt and regrets across time.
Mattie Do somehow makes this Laotian drama with horror elements work despite a convoluted denouement.ย ย
Eternality Tan 