A stark, sombre drama with barely a second’s worth of levity, Chinonye Chukwu’s Clemency is heavy, punishing stuff. It courts the kind of emotional extremes... Read More
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There are monsters, and then there are monsters! Here, on this fertile, bounteous planet, the monsters take a combative stance against the earth that gave... Read More
“History never repeats itself but it rhymes.” That Mark Twain quote is a wonderfully reoccurring motif that pops up in Waves, the third film from... Read More
In Judy, Renée Zellweger is at the top of her game playing a Hollywood legend at the bottom of hers Biopics of legendary figures almost... Read More
James Mangold’s thrilling race car drama stars Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as Ken Miles, two racing legends at the center of... Read More
Funny how things have a tendency to endure when there’s a bit of money behind them. Funnier still how that tendency barely seems to dwindle... Read More
The early career path of a breakthrough filmmaker can be a treacherous one. Respond to Hollywood’s call and you risk selling out; pursue an independent... Read More
Everything old is new again! Five or ten years back, a gentle little comedy like Late Night might have come and gone without a trace. It was... Read More
Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, the romance drama set in 18th-century French high society has all the boxes checked: stunning cinematography, elegant... Read More
Elia Suleiman’s latest is a dryly comedic essay film on the Palestinian identity In the same vein as his previous films, but perhaps less structured... Read More
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