When Fall Is Coming (2024)
95%
“Rather than a story about a plunge, this a story about losing one's grip on the knowable world, the way autumn slides towards darkness and the end of things.
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Spectrum Culture
Apr 8, 2025
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Cleaner (2025)
50%
“An improbable and ethically muddled action flick, Cleaner is a mess.
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Spectrum Culture
Feb 24, 2025
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September 5 (2024)
93%
“A ground-level view of the 1972 Munich Massacre, the film hammers home a two-forked message: nothing is the same, and nothing has changed.
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Spectrum Culture
Jan 17, 2025
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Maria (2024)
75%
“Larraín has something to say about women at the end of their rope. And while not many of us are former First Ladies, Princesses of Wales or superstars of the opera, these stories resonate with anyone who has experienced loss or a crisis of identity.
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Spectrum Culture
Dec 2, 2024
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Elevation (2024)
55%
“Elevation is, for better and for worse, as thin and fleeting as the oxygen on a mountaintop.
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Spectrum Culture
Nov 11, 2024
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Emilia Pérez (2024)
72%
“This is not a love story or a sweeping historical epic, and yet it leverages the power of music and dance to compress its themes of identity and self-actualization into a dazzling but somewhat flawed package.
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Spectrum Culture
Nov 1, 2024
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Saturday Night (2024)
78%
“Saturday Night is as goofy of a shaggy-dog variety show as its inspiration, equal parts fizzle and sizzle, but good enough for a great time.
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Spectrum Culture
Oct 11, 2024
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I'll Be Your Mirror (2022)
46%
“I'll Be Your Mirror is a character study that neglects to study its character very deeply, content to display the reflection on the surface.
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Spectrum Culture
Aug 28, 2024
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Strange Darling (2023)
96%
“JT Mollner’s twisty-turny kill fest Strange Darling takes the well-worn tropes of slasher films and strips them down and repurposes them into a movie that feels like it’s wearing someone else's skin as a disguise.
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Spectrum Culture
Aug 23, 2024
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Last Summer (2023)
86%
“Your willingness to watch two characters whose actions fall well outside the bounds of decency will determine your ability to enjoy Catherine Breillat's Last Summer and its depiction of irresistible obsession that, to some, may look like madness.
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Spectrum Culture
Jul 1, 2024
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Tuesday (2023)
76%
“Directing her first feature film and working from her own script, Daina Oniunas-Pusić’s Tuesday gleefully addresses the deep questions it asks with equal doses of the surreal and the sincere.
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Spectrum Culture
Jun 14, 2024
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Lilies (1996)
89%
“In the lushness of the cinematography and the languid pacing of the interleaved storylines, the film feels somewhat like the product of another era, when attention spans were longer and ambiguities could be allowed to linger.
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Spectrum Culture
May 29, 2024
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I Saw the 온라인카지노추천 Glow (2024)
84%
“The horror is within the idea that when we flee from banality, we escape from everything else that might make life rich and complex.
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Spectrum Culture
May 17, 2024
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LaRoy, Texas (2023)
98%
“This darkly funny tale of hard luck cases, corrupt dimwits and stone-cold killers packs a satisfying punch.
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Spectrum Culture
Apr 16, 2024
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Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023)
97%
“Do Not Expect plays like an alternate conception of filmmaking that prizes immersion over story and the slow unveiling of truths over the quick reveal.
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Spectrum Culture
Mar 25, 2024
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Red Right Hand (2024)
52%
“With such flat characters, there's nowhere for the story to go that isn't already obvious from the beginning.
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Spectrum Culture
Feb 28, 2024
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She Is Conann (2023)
84%
“An exercise in cinematic maximalism married to narrative minimalism. The storyline is thin, but the sights and sensations are epic.
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Spectrum Culture
Feb 7, 2024
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Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023)
82%
“This is not a story of grand gestures, true love or wise people fixing broken people. Instead, it's an observation of a quiet life that seeks to remain quiet.
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Spectrum Culture
Jan 26, 2024
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Napoleon (2023)
58%
“Napoleon and its protagonist share a similar shortcoming: a sense of blindly plunging into the next battle without an inkling of a larger strategy or overarching goal.
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Spectrum Culture
Nov 22, 2023
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Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
93%
“In its fascination with religious and cultural tradition, the film exists in the tradition of Kundun and Silence, but the tragic romance at the heart of this film is something unique in Scorsese's filmography.
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Spectrum Culture
Oct 20, 2023
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Cassandro (2023)
91%
“Going against the grain of macho posturing that defined the role of the hero in the ring, the film's titular character taps into his own flair for extravagance and athletic ability to redefine what a luchador can be.
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Spectrum Culture
Sep 15, 2023
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Rotting in the Sun (2023)
82%
“Despite the intentionally off-putting protagonists and a gratuitous parade of penises, Rotting in the Sun transforms into a lean and surprising thriller where every stray element--even the title--contributes to the slow unveiling of a hideous truth.
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Spectrum Culture
Sep 12, 2023
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The Dive (2023)
67%
“The film is a tight-enough thriller, but some of the potential tension is sapped because the script skips over key moments of characterization that could help better define the story's stakes.
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Spectrum Culture
Aug 29, 2023
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Oppenheimer (2023)
93%
“It's the bomb that will bring us together.
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Spectrum Culture
Jul 21, 2023
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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
96%
“Tom Cruise’s new action movie is a worthy addition to the pantheon of gutsy, visceral cinema where part of the fun is wrangling with the question, “How did they do that?”
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Spectrum Culture
Jul 12, 2023
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