Aronofsky puts his lead character (this time Brendan Fraser in an extraordinary performance) through the wringer again in this superb chamber piece about a severely obese man hoping to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
This exceptional documentary deals with the threat of ugly eco-politics in the most personal and risk-taking wayโby following a group of brave Filipinos who volunteer to be โland defendersโ trying to protect the environment despite facing death threats from corrupt authorities.
Guadagninoโs latest is a mild disappointment, a coming-of-age road movie featuring two cannibal lovers that rarely comes close to breaking out of its conceptual conceit.ย ย ย
There is nothing very cinematic about this standard-fare investigative journalism piece, but it tackles the exposรฉ of Harvey Weinstein and the topic of sexual assault effectively and without fuss.ย
Soderbergh flaunts his technical ability in this rather mainstream endeavor, but style over substance makes the film far from the best of its genre.
It does make some attempt in drawing out a poignant story about grief and loss, with Letitia Wright particularly impressive, but this sequel doesnโt quite scale the heights of the first movieโs creative spirit, or share its tautness.
Bigelowโs first solo outing as director is an entertaining, at times subversive, neo-western vampire movie that is not afraid to have fun with its material.
One of the most realistic movies about a global pandemic outbreak, though Soderbergh’s film suffers from a rather lacklustre pacing and underdeveloped characters.
One of the key works of American Black cinema of the โ90s, this debut feature packs a punch in its depiction of race and violence despite occasionally wallowing in sentimentalism.ย
Dominik plays the miserabilist here in a relentlessly grim work that could be both intolerable and misunderstood at the same time, reimagining and dissecting Marilyn Monroe as an exploited emblem of what is wrong with our phallocentric world.
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