From theatre to screen, this Italian tale of five sisters is emotionally vacant in its treatment of grief over time.
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Macaluso Sisters, The (2020)
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Tag / 2020
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Mank (2020)
Despite Fincher’s highly-calibrated craft and an excellent performance by Gary Oldman, this is way too dense and dull an ode to Old Hollywood to even be considered remotely compelling.
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Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
Not as inspiring or thrilling as the first movie, this largely serviceable sequel has some interesting ideas that take too long to unpack and could benefit from a tighter edit.
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Tiong Bahru Social Club (2020)
As a wacky satire on Singaporeans’ pursuit of (a regulated kind of) happiness, this genial comedy might just as well be science-fiction—or not.
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Wife of a Spy (2020)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s polished if emotionally inert period film (his first!) is an anti-war espionage tale set in WWII Japan, featuring a standout lead performance by Yu Aoi.
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Sun Children (2020)
Certainly not short of mainstream appeal, Majidi’s new Iranian drama centers on the subject matter of children and forced labour as it builds a narrative around a secret heist in an unsuspecting school.
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Disciple, The (2020)
As a character study on a young Indian classical music vocalist trying to persevere in his quest to be a master of the craft, Tamhane’s sophomore feature is occasionally overwrought and ironically one-note.
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Trial of the Chicago 7, The (2020)
Sorkin’s a reliable screenwriter but lacks an imaginative cinematic eye as a director, and it shows in this uneven, and at times, stilted dramatisation of a key case in 20th-century US legal history.
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Summer of 85 (2020)
Breezy, fun but also dark, Ozon’s non-linear gay romance doesn’t really cut deep, but mostly works because it knows how to have a good time.
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Notturno (2020)
Shot over three years in the Middle East, Rosi’s beautiful and graceful documentary pits the human desire for normalcy against the unending cycles of death and destruction.
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