A drama-comedy that tells us painful truths about growing up (and old) through the kind of offbeat comedy that writer-director Noah Baumbach is synonymous with.
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While We’re Young (2014)
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Tag / 2014
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Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)
Has no real narrative impetus and mistakes a laidback filmmaking style for meaning-making, this modern ‘Ganja and Hess’ remake by Spike Lee is a turn-off.
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American Sniper (2014)
A contemporary war film with such generic, by-the-numbers treatment that while assuredly directed by Eastwood, doesn’t feel interesting enough.
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Horse Money (2014)
A tonal elegy in docu-fiction form where Pedro Costa shows why he is a master of chiaroscuros, even if his film remains austere and challenging even for the arthouse film buff.
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Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
This Golden Berlin Bear winner is a superbly crafted crime mystery with the requisite suspense, unease and grit that will leave you haunted.
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Mommy (2014)
Continue reading →Intense, zippy, and featuring tour de force performances by the lead cast, this relentless drama exudes the kind of youthful confidence that is so unique to Dolan’s works.
Hill of Freedom (2014)
Continue reading →A light-hearted, even breezy drama centering on two lovers, told in random fragments by South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo.
Wonders, The (2014)
Continue reading →An unexpectedly refreshing picture about an unusual family of beekeepers told in a quasi-docudrama fashion.
Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
Continue reading →In some way a loose thematic companion piece to Cronenberg’s “Maps to the Stars”, but with greater dramatic introspection, though not necessarily tight enough to soar.
Winter Sleep (2014)
Continue reading →Ceylan continues to explore the beauty and peril of human communication with aplomb in this long but ultimately fruitful cinematic sermon.
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