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Some other 2023 best lists

Stephanie Zacharek, Time Magazine
These are numbered with a big emphasis on the number and listed from ten down to one; I changed that. A big reason to conslult...

BEST MOVIES OF 2023

As before I'll include as many other people's lists as seem interesting. Unlike the mainstream media, I won't try to say what kind of "movie year" it was. "Terrific," raves...

THE MISSION:

Begins streaming on the Nat Geo Channel on December 7, 2023.

Begins streaming on Disney+ and Hulu on December 8.

JAKUB PIATEK: PIANOFORTE (2023)

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Glimpses of the latest Chopin piano competition

Evgeny Kissin, the great Russian pianist, never participated in a...

A People’s Obituary of Henry Kissinger

THE NATION, NOVEMBER 29, 2023

For decades, Kissinger kept the great wheel of American militarism spinning ever forward.

GREG GRANDIN

Henry...

MADELEINE GAVIN: BEYOND UTOPIA (2023)

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North Korea and some who escape

Of documentaries about North Korea this is one of the best. The focus is...

And look forward to hearing your reactions.

TARIK SALEH: CAIRO CONSPIRACY (2022)

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FARES FARES, TAWFEEK BARHOUM IN CAIRO CONSPIRACY

Intrigues between centers of political and religious power...

I forgot to mention that Thunder/Foudre is this year's Swiss submission for the Best International Feature Film Oscar.

I guess movie directors very often are rather crazy, especially ones that make epics like NAPOLEON. Actors that play in them like Joaquin Phoenex too. The lamb chop line Asch mentions really does...

That's an observation I may add to my review since I object to the "diegetic darkness and monochrome color-grading" are one of my pet peeves.

Thanks, Johann. Ridley Scott's NAPOLEON left me feeling depressed at the end but I wasn't depressed while watching it, nor should you be.

This review of the movie by Mark Asch - more of a...

RIDLEY SCOTT: NAPOLEON (2023)

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VANESSA KIRBY AND JOAQUIN PHONIX IN NAPOLEON

"Cherchez la femme"

Ridley Scott, who is eighty-five, has made that...

EMERALD FENNELL: SALTBURN (2023)

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BARRY KEOGHAN IN SALTBURN

Summer in the country

One can't give Emerald Fennell's new movie Saltburn a pass. There...

MUTT (Vuk Lungulov-Klotz 2023)


Within the space of 24 hours, Feña is swept through the extremes of human emotion when people who seemed to disappear when he transitioned are suddenly back in his...

AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Makbul Mubarak 2022)

This stunning Indonesian first film is Indonesia's Oscar entry. I have now published a review of it, not having seen it during the festival itself. ND/NF was...

MAKBUL MUBARAK: AUTOBIOGRAPHY (2022)

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ARWENDY BENING SWARA, KEVIN ARDILOVA IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

In the belly of the beast

Haunting, scary, and...

NICOLE NEWHAM: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERE HITE (2023)

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A feminist writer's great fame and later trouble

There is nothing original about the method...

ALEXANDER PAYNE: THE HOLDOVERS (2023)

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DOMINIIC SESSA, PAUL GIAMATTI IN THE HOLDOVERS

Stuck at boarding school at Christmas and making the most of it...

JUDY IRVING: THE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL (2003) - reissued in 4K

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MARK BITTNER IN THE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL

"Friend of the flock"...

AMANDA MCBAINE, JESSE MOSS: THE MISSION (2023)

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JOHN ALLEN CHAU IN THE MISSION

The fatal zeal of a true believer

It has a few too many drawings...

DAVID FINCHER: THE KILLER (2013)

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MICHAEL FASSBINDER IN THE KILLER

Fincher's pro assassin is a brutal, badly dressed bore

It was the French...

(from VERDICT)

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European Film Awards Nominees:

The European Film Academy revealed the nominees for the main categories of the 36 European...

FINN TAYLOR: AVENUE OF THE GIANTS (2023) - MILL VALLEY

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LUKE DAVID BLUMM IN AVENUE OF THE GIANTS

Repressed memories released - and shared

Finn...

LUKAS DHONT: CLOSE (2022)

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EDEN DEMBRINE, ÉMILIE DEQUENNE, GUSTAV DE WAELE IN CLOSE

A delicate double portrait that goes awry

This film about...