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DANIEL KALUUYA (CENTER) AS FRED HAMPTON IN JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
See my review of Stanley Nelson's 2015The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the...
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DANIEL KALUUYA (CENTER) AS FRED HAMPTON IN JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
See my review of Stanley Nelson's 2015The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the...
FLORIAN ZELLER: THE FATHER (2020)
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EMILY COLEMAN AND ANTHONY HOPKINS IN THE FATHER
Elder care
Film depictions of dementia proliferate as the issue...
KEITH THOMAS: THE VIGIL (2019)
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STILL FROM THE VIGIL
A Jewish horror film
Steeped in ancient Jewish lore and demonology, The Vigil is a...
PAUL GREENGRASS: NEWS OF THE WORLD (2020)
A pleasant little slog
Another Christmas 2020 release, like Promising Young Woman.
The elevator pitch for Paulette Jiles's new novel, News of the...
The 2021 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, March 4-14, 2021, 2021
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GENERAL FILM FORUM THREAD
LINKS TO THE REVIEWS:
PETE DOCTER, KEMP POWERS: SOUL (2020)
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SOUL
Joe loses his "soul" but gets a good gig in this timid Pixar step into black creative experience
Time's...
PETE DOCTER, KEMP POWERS: SOUL (2020)
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SOUL
Joe loses his "soul" but get a good gig in this timid Pixar step into black creative experience
Time's...
I didn't know the poster either. But it's all over the place - seems to be the only one for the film.
Europeans don't have the habit of eating between meals. That rules out snacks at the movies....
I watched Ma Rainey's Black Bottom a while back and enjoyed it very much, but since it had been out a while I didn't write a review. And then it's a movie of a play. Lately I finally got around to...
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I was watching a lot on screeners anyway so it's not a complete change even if I do miss going to movie theaters and seeing films on the big screen with...
By the way in spite of my negative remarks about Steve McQueen the director, his recent "Small Axe" anthology is really good and I included LOvers Rock from it in my Ten Best Movies of 2020, as did...
My pleasure, thank you!
Doing what I can...
EMERALD FENNELL: PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2020)
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CAREY MULLIGAN IN PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Diary of a damaged #MeToo revenge hobbyist
Promising Young...
SHATARA MICHELLE FORD: TEST PATTERN (2019)
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BRITTANY S. HALL AND WILL BRILL IN TEST PATTERN
Invaded lives
Test Pattern leaves you hanging, and I...
LEE ISAAC CHUNG: MINARI (2020)
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ALAN S. KIM AND STEVEN YEUN IN MINARI
TRAILER
Asian Americans get an iconic story, understated and touching
...
FLORIAN ZELLER: THE FATHER (2020)
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EMILY COLEMAN AND ANTHONY HOPKINS IN THE FATHER
Elder care
Film depictions of dementia proliferate as the issue...
BARNABY THOMPSON: PIXIE (2020)
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DARYL MCCORMACK, BEN HARDY, AND OLIVIA COOKE IN PIXIE
A pretty pickle and a ruthless lass
Butch Cassidy and the...
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Petite fille/Little Girl
Lineup Announced for 26th Edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema
UniFrance and Film at Lincoln Center announce the...
GILLIAN WALLACE HORVAT: I BLAME SOCIETY (2020)
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GILLIAN WALLACE HORVAT IN I BLAME SOCIETY
Killer debut
An ultra-indie feature debut by Gillian...
SARAH SHERMAN, ZACHARY RAY SHERMAN: YOUNG HEARTS (2021))
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ANJINI TANEJA AZHAR AND QUINN LIEBLING IN YOUNG HEARTS
TRAILER
This is an adorable...
CLAIRE DENIS: L'INTRUS (THE INTRUDER) (2004)
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MICHEL BUTOR IN L'INTRUS
Terminal odyssey
Before L'Intrus ("The Intruder") I'd seen other Denis...
ELIZABETH LO: STRAY (2020
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THE ISTANBUL STRAY DOG ZEYTIN IN THE FILM ZEYTIN
The world of Zeytin, a stray dog living life on the streets of Istanbul. ...
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FULL LINEUP
Films listed chronologically by year of domestic theatrical release from the most recent.
SPECIAL SCREENING
Red Post on Escher Street
Dir. Sion Sono. 2020. 148 min.
Q&A with...
Press release. I will feature reviews of some of these films here if I can. It's a wide-ranging selection to which I've kindly been granted screener access by Michael Lieberman of Metrograph.
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