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First Cow
(2019)
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"...a gentle pace, and not a style of storytelling that looks to artificially up the stakes. [The story] blends very well with Reichardt's style of filmmaking."
Posted May 24, 2021
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Some Kind of Heaven
(2020)
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Jim Ross
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"The film very skillfully gets to different perspectives of [The Villages], and it does so in a way that goes beyond just a simple presentation of those different perspectives."
Posted May 24, 2021
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City Hall
(2020)
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Jim Ross
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"It shows how government should work [because] there is a lack of 'reality television' about it, [which US politics has had a feeling of for a while]. It gets across a sense of a community role extremely effectively."
Posted May 24, 2021
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Palm Springs
(2020)
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Jim Ross
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"Others films may have done [the time loop concept] better, but the emotional journey the characters go on is a little different here, and the time loop idea plays into that journey."
Posted May 24, 2021
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Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
(2021)
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Jim Ross
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"Your understanding of people's interactions and what they are thinking shifts over time [and] the approach to [the filming] makes it a very engaging film to watch."
Posted May 24, 2021
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Shirley
(2020)
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Jim Ross
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[Despite being an adaptation], SHIRLEY still very much retains Decker's visual style and that adds to the story.
Posted Sep 16, 2020
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Madeline's Madeline
(2018)
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Jim Ross
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...this really is a superbly made film [...] .The sound design is really fantastic [and] quite disturbing in a way. It takes a while [as a viewer] to find its rhythm, but once you do you'll be with it the whole way.
Posted May 22, 2020
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The Dead Don't Die
(2019)
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Jim Ross
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At first, it's quite amusing but as the film goes along, I'm not sure what the purpose of [the meta nature] actually was. The rest of the film feels like a rather weak version of others that have done it before.
Posted May 22, 2020
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Varda by Agnès
(2019)
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Jim Ross
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It has interesting moments, but long stretches play like a TED talk Varda did which covers much of the same ground. While she is a wonderful filmmaker - which bits of this film get across - I think you'd be better watching one of Varda's many other films.
Posted May 22, 2020
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Meeting Gorbachev
(2018)
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Jim Ross
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On the face of it, this could be quite a hard sell, but it's not and the reason for that is the approach taken to questioning. It's not about dryly what happened and instead how Gorbachev feels about it.
Posted May 22, 2020
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Monos
(2019)
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Jim Ross
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[...] a stunning looking film, but the musical approach [from Mica Levi] is what really makes it stick in your head...
Posted May 22, 2020
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The Nightingale
(2018)
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Jim Ross
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It is an extremely difficult film to watch. It's quite a smart film [...] and Jennifer Kent's direction is very accomplished. But I do think it's a legitimate question to ask whether [the brutality] is pushed a little too far.
Posted May 22, 2020
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The Favourite
(2018)
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Jim Ross
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The film is much more saturated in the attitudes of the Catholic Church [...] and deals with this particularly 'Catholic' mix of issues that the story brings up.
Posted May 22, 2020
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Capernaum
(2018)
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Jim Ross
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It really all hinges on the performance, but the way Nadine Labaki has shot certain segments really adds to it...
Posted May 22, 2020
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Non-Fiction
(2018)
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Jim Ross
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The original title means 'Double Lives' and sums it up a lot better, in fact. [...] It's refreshing to see a film with these philosophical discussions that have a very modern sensibility
Posted May 22, 2020
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Bacurau
(2019)
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Jim Ross
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The editing and the way the film is put together have a bit of a graphic novel vibe [and] it works very well with the tone and shotmaking. Extremely effective.
Posted May 09, 2020
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Marriage Story
(2019)
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Jim Ross
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Good script, good performances; the whole thing comes together really very well [and] the supporting performances really balance the tone effectively.
Posted May 09, 2020
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Parasite
(2019)
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Jim Ross
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It's very rare a film makes a step-change in what is going on and the dynamics of the characters, and makes that work as well it does here.
Posted May 09, 2020
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Moffie
(2019)
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Jim Ross
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Moffie has a lot going for it which is extremely effective [and, despite the intensity,] isn't above poking at and subverting some of stereotypical homoerotic military tropes...
Posted May 01, 2020
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Ema
(2019)
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Jim Ross
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It would be very easy to look at Ema on the surface and think it was style over substance, but I don't think it is. It's really pretty good visual storytelling.
Posted May 01, 2020
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