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Reviews: Dìdi from Sundance 2024

February 5, 2024

Dìdi follows Chris Wang during the summer between middle and high school. Chris spends his days hanging with his boys getting into trouble.

Reviews: And So It Begins from Sundance 2024

February 2, 2024

Final Rating: 2/5 While we are still in the midst of the 2024 Oscars season at the moment, the race for the 2025 Oscars…

Reviews: Memory

January 29, 2024

Memory, directed by Michel Franco, is a melancholy musing on what it means to be alone, surrounded by people.

Reviews: The Teachers’ Lounge

January 22, 2024

A school is subject to a series of thefts, and as the staff attempt to find the culprit, the utilization of tension as the uncomfortable situation that has arisen unfolds.

Reviews: Concrete Utopia

January 9, 2024

In South Korea’s Concrete Utopia, from Eom Tae-hwa, a biblical level earthquake has flattened all of Seoul, except for a single apartment building complex.

Reviews: Godzilla Minus One

December 18, 2023

Godzilla has always been a franchise straddling a line of spectacle with commentary. Being able to hold both is what allows Godzilla Minus One to have that universal appeal.

Reviews: Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

December 15, 2023

In Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, we’re treated to a slice of life that shows a group of women laying bare their innermost thoughts and feelings while sharing a sauna.

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.

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.