A quiet, deliberately-paced Iranian drama about one man’s moral stand against a corrupt environment.
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Man of Integrity, A (2017)
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Tag / 2017
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First They Killed My Father (2017)
An excellent lead performance by a child aside, this is too postcard picture-perfect and poorly-paced a film about the torrid experiences of surviving the Khmer Rouge regime to be considered essential viewing.
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24 Frames (2017)
Kiarostami leaves us with a work of indelible beauty, continuing his fascination with the phenomenology of cinema and its relation to the ephemeral.
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Good Time (2017)
There’s always dark comedy and human pathos round the corner in this grungy stab at the heist-thriller, backed by a pulsating electronic-synth score and a frantic performance by Pattinson.
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Phantom Thread (2017)
P.T. Anderson goes sufficiently mainstream without compromising on his artistic vision in this exquisite period drama about romances and obsessions.
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Lady Bird (2017)
Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf shine in this generous, sincere if also wistful work from Greta Gerwig.
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Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
A zany installment in the ‘Thor’ franchise that is the closest Marvel has come to making a pure fantasy-comedy.
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Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017)
Both plot and action-heavy, this stands as a deceptively solid middle film of the new trilogy.
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It (2017)
Continue reading →A straightforward adaptation of Stephen King’s novel that offers thrills and spills through an orthodox, tick-the-checkbox style horror movie, though the solid cast chemistry should win you over.
Faces Places (2017)
Continue reading →A charming little French documentary about capturing images of the everyday as lived by everyday women and men, and lit up by the wonderful spirit of creators Varda and JR.
Eternality Tan 