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Reviews: Monster

December 14, 2023

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest film, Monster, is an exploration of this idea of how to interpret what is communicated to you.

263: Make/Remake The Wages of Fear and Sorcerer

December 12, 2023

Make/Remake examines how two films that share the same story. This time we are looking at 1953’s ⁠The Wages of Fear⁠ and ⁠1977’s Sorcerer⁠.

Reviews: Napoleon

December 7, 2023

Director Ridley Scott gives us another historical epic in all its grandeur. He’s back in the saddle with Joaquin Phoenix in the title role of Napoleon.

Reviews: Total Trust

December 6, 2023

Total Trust, follows two human rights lawyers in China as well as a journalist, and their families as they face the struggles of its oppressive ‘party’ system.

262: A24 Retrospective – Barely Lethal

December 5, 2023

We are looking at the 2015 A24 film ⁠Barely Lethal⁠. The film stars Hailee Steinfeld as a teenaged secret agent who runs away to be a regular high schooler.

Reviews: DOCNYC Diary

December 4, 2023

The DOCNYC film festival recently wrapped up and we have reviews for five of the films that screened including Beyond Utopia, 20 Days in Mariupol and more.

Reviews: Gran Turismo

November 29, 2023

The highlight of Gran Turismo are the racing scenes, which are skillfully shot and edited, the film’s pace keeping up with the cars.

261: McCarthyism in Noir

November 28, 2023

It’s Noir-vember, this year we are looking at McCarthyism in film noir with three films, ⁠On The Waterfront⁠, ⁠Storm Center⁠ and ⁠Witch Hunt⁠.

Reviews: Perfect Days

November 23, 2023

Perfect Days starring veteran actor Koji Yakusho as toilet cleaner, we are eased into the slice of life adventures of this blue collar laborer.

Reviews: Bad CGI Gator

November 22, 2023

A group of teens being chased by a clearly computer-animated alligator is a great premise for a joke. And then it keeps trying to do it again with diminishing returns.