Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Review
This review was originally part of our 2022 Venice Film Festival coverage. In the past 70 years, Alejandro G. Iñárritu is the only director to win the Best Director Oscar in back-to-back years (for Birdman and then The Revenant). That…
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The Retaliators | Film Threat
The Die Hard holiday brutality subgenre is alive and living in New Jersey, as evidenced by the over-the-edge Christmas thriller The Retaliators, directed by Samuel Gonzalez Jr., Michael Lombardi, and Bridget Smith. The screenplay by Darren Geare and Jeff Allen Geare introduces the…
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Asif Kapadia’s Film Of ‘Woyzeck’ Ballet Breathes New Life Into A Fiery Play [LFF]
When it first ran as an English National Ballet production in 2021, “Creature” received some fairly damning reviews from the UK theater critics. It was branded pitilessly inaccessible, muddled in its execution, and irredeemably gloomy in its outlook. A year…
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Gray’s Latest is Uninspiring & Noncommittal [SDIFF]
Home Movie Reviews Armageddon Time Review: Gray’s Latest is Uninspiring & Noncommittal [SDIFF] Armageddon Time excels at capturing naiveté, but under commits to sharing the truths of racial disparity when it comes to the American dream. Michael Banks Repeta and…
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Anna Gunn Stars in Dreadful Thriller
The very first shot of The Apology suggests the kind of movie that would make many thriller and horror fans happy. It may not seem like much, but the aerial take instantly establishes that whatever happens next will be in…
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Damien Chazelle’s Latest Is an Orgy of Excess
Damien Chazelle always likes to start his movies with a bang, whether through an intense drum solo in Whiplash, a Jacques Demy-inspired dance number in La La Land, or a harrowing plane crash piloted by Neil Armstrong in his last…
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Prime Video Wants To Transport You To A Dull, Incoherent Future
Few recent sci-fi programs have premiered with the same fanfare and anticipation as Prime Video’s “The Peripheral,” dropping its first two episodes on the Amazon streamer on October 21st with a weekly rollout to follow. It’s got that Bezos money,…
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Credits Among Friends | Film Threat
In Credits Among Friends, directed by Alexis Ramirez and written by Stephen Olson, a group of friends have a movie night reunion which gets heated when secrets are revealed. Brian (Dustin Teuber) brings his new date, Julie (Dominique Alessi), to movie…
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Noah Centineo and Laura Haddock Shine in Spy Series
Noah Centineo gets too much flack. After playing Peter, the male lead in Netflix's To All the Boys trilogy, as well as starring in other teen rom-coms from the streamer such as Sierra Burgess is a Loser and The Perfect…
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Charlotte Wells’ Debut Feature Is Poignant & Powerful
Home Movie Reviews Aftersun Review: Charlotte Wells' Debut Feature Is Poignant & Powerful Wells masterfully weaves the past and present together, and it’s in the exploration of one’s memory where the drama is at its best. Paul Mescal and Frankie…
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A Hilariously Playful Tribute To Cinema With An Amazing Cast
Hosted by Helen Mirren, the venerable public television staple “Documentary Now!” enters its 53rd season. Or so goes the running joke that ties together the fourth season of the satirical IFC comedy, back after a nearly four-year hiatus. Although Bill…
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True Story of Poisoning Gets Superficial Dramatization
Home TV Reviews 'Litvinenko' Review: True Story of 2006 Poisoning Gets Superficial Dramatization Featuring David Tennant as the murdered Russian defector, this series doesn't give full life to the man or his subsequent death. Image via AMC+ November 1, 2006.…
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