Labyrinth of Cinema (2019)
93%
A-
“This mammoth final effort by Ôbayashi, an artist who so often destroyed the conventional boundaries of cinematic space in works like 1977's Hausu, is a completely humbling viewing experience.” –
The Film Stage
Oct 20, 2021
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Cry Macho (2021)
58%
A-
“This is a reverie, not a requiem. Clunky and cranky in the most charming of ways, the film always moves in sync with its 91-year-old star, lingering on moments of solitude for long periods while brushing past more traditional plot points with ease.” –
The Film Stage
Sep 18, 2021
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The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) (2020)
A-
“The Works and Days is by no means an easy thing to endure, but doing so brings you closer to understanding what it might mean to finally be at peace.” –
The Film Stage
Jul 16, 2021
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Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
60%
B-
“When Papushado's film finds the right tonal balance, meshing noir bleakness with pops of art deco color, there are fireworks to behold.” –
The Film Stage
Jul 13, 2021
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Nashville (1975)
89%
5/5
“A stunning, epic layering of music and delusion.” –
Little White Lies
Jun 22, 2021
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The Power of Kangwon Province (1998)
100%
B+
“Even if it lacks the deep melancholy and near-mystical sense of time found in Hong's greatest films, The Power of Kangwon Province impressively foreshadows his interest in situations that devour one's spirit.” –
The Film Stage
Jun 14, 2021
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The Real Thing (2020)
63%
A
“Some of the eccentric charm that made it such a masterpiece of the serial format has vanished. Strangely, though, watching this maddening tale of love found, lost, and found in one fell swoop makes for a more sobering and heartbreaking experience.” –
The Film Stage
Jun 14, 2021
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Slow Machine (2020)
83%
A-
“If American cinema is ever going to transcend the banal and shapeless superhero fantasies that have occupied so much mental and physical space this past decade-plus, more films like Slow Machine will be needed to jar us out of our collective complacency.” –
The Film Stage
Jun 3, 2021
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Gull (2020)
100%
A-
“Jeong's boiling performance is never less than riveting, and a fittingly blunt response to the slippery chauvinism that continues to prop up the worst men as model citizens.” –
The Film Stage
May 14, 2021
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Wood and Water (2021)
100%
B-
“Wood and Water's perfectly circular narrative shape ultimately comes across as quietly sentimental. All of Anke's experiences abroad coincide in a tidy way, offering little in the way of surprise.” –
The Film Stage
May 13, 2021
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Short Vacation (2020)
B
“Watching this film makes one pine to remember all the little digressions of day trips and overnighters that once seemed so important but have since faded from memory.” –
The Film Stage
May 13, 2021
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Bipolar (2021)
B
“Once the hum of the open road transcends any need for narrative coherence or temporal continuity, Bipolar creates an expansive space for reflection that's always bending with the horizon's next curve.” –
The Film Stage
May 13, 2021
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Rock Bottom Riser (2021)
86%
B+
“Director Fern Silva uses these moments to bookend a fascinating exploration of humanity's curiously self-destructive relationship with nature.” –
The Film Stage
May 13, 2021
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Madalena (2021)
83%
A-
“Formally accomplished and thematically scathing, Madalena confronts the dehumanization caused by cowardice and indifference, allowing its central character to transcend the graveyard of statistics.” –
The Film Stage
Apr 30, 2021
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Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021)
45%
B-
“The revenge saga that follows is both logically absurd and cinematically pleasing for those who yearn for the glory days of 1990s action cinema.” –
The Film Stage
Apr 28, 2021
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Malni - Towards the Ocean, Towards the Shore (2020)
100%
B+
“Nature never feels like the window dressing in these hypnotic images, but intrinsically tied to the reflections contemplated by the subjects themselves.” –
The Film Stage
Apr 3, 2021
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Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
76%
C
“Every previous film in the franchise has been building toward their inevitable clash, and now it comes to big dumb life thanks to Adam Wingard's massive and massively tedious tent-pole.” –
The Film Stage
Mar 31, 2021
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The Inheritance (2020)
91%
A
“Unquestionably one of this year's great films, The Inheritance seeks to position them both on equal planes of historical and individual experience, one invariably informing the other.” –
The Film Stage
Mar 11, 2021
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Coming 2 America (2021)
49%
C+
“Coming 2 America is progressive in its themes and ideas, blandly conventional in comedy.” –
The Film Stage
Mar 4, 2021
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The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
55%
B-
“Just because the director's stylistic approach has become more conventional doesn't mean his themes of social justice aren't radical in their pure defiance of compromise.” –
The Film Stage
Feb 25, 2021
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Demonlover (2002)
52%
“Demonlover blends elements of the thriller, heist film, and porn with revolutionary verve, revealing the incredibly close proximity of high art and lowbrow kinks.” –
The Film Stage
Feb 20, 2021
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Test Pattern (2021)
96%
B+
“Test Pattern unleashes a lightning round of anger, resentment, and doubt that neither the characters nor audience could have predicted.” –
The Film Stage
Feb 20, 2021
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The Mauritanian (2021)
75%
C-
“The kind of self-righteous awakening porn about the horrors of classified American evil that would have played a lot better during George W. Bush's second term.” –
The Film Stage
Feb 17, 2021
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Rams (2020)
91%
C
“No matter how many calamities reign down from above, it's never in doubt that the residents of this sheep enclave will be just fine. Their middlebrow fantasy may be charming, but it's also completely forgettable.” –
The Film Stage
Feb 6, 2021
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You Will Die at Twenty (2019)
89%
B
“Set in a remote Sudanese village where religion and prophecy are valuable currencies, You Will Die at Twenty beautifully examines misguided notions of faith.” –
The Film Stage
Jan 22, 2021
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