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‘Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2’ Review: An Ambitious Big-Sky Experience

The most anticipated film of the Venice Biennale this year was the epic Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2, which landed with something of a whimper instead of the bang it truly deserves. Kevin Costner’s project, the first part of which had its world premiere in Cannes this past …

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Agatha All Along First 4 Review

‘Agatha All Along’ Review: The First 4 Episodes

Agatha All Along, with Kathryn Hahn, is the latest from Marvel Television and is a solid Halloween watch.  Ever since Avengers: Endgame, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been scrutinized. Fans have felt that the post-Infinity Saga films and television series have lacked focus. While engaging characters have entered the equation, it’s …

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Lollipop Movie Review

‘Lollipop’ Review: Life-affirming Drama Propelled by Strong Performances

The title of writer-director Daisy-May Hudson’s latest feature, Lollipop, hearkens to a sticky-sweet childhood candy and its colorful, innocent connotations. Yet this film opens with a collect phone call playing over the BFI funding title card, notifying the recipient that it is from a British prison and how to decline …

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Gala and Kiwi Movie Review

Gala & Kiwi Review: Enthralling Two-hander Deals Too Many Twists (Edinburgh)

Stories of young adulthood’s unique growing pains are familiar fodder for feature films, and writer, director, and film editor Axel Cheb Terrab’s first feature Gala & Kiwi is a startling, rough-around-the-edges look at a friendship gone awry in these turbulent years. This time of life immediately after leaving one’s family …

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My Everything Movie Review

‘My Everything’ Movie Review: Anne-Sophie Bailly’s Drama (Venice)

The empty nest is notoriously difficult for parents to deal with, but My Everything (Mon Inséparable) has taken a fresh angle to this ordinary dilemma: the adult son who’s ready to flee the coop has an intellectual disability. Joël (Charles Peccia Galletto) is in his late twenties/early thirties and lives …

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He Aint Heavy Movie Review

‘He Ain’t Heavy’ Review (Melbourne International Film Festival)

The performances in He Ain’t Heavy are so emotional that it takes a while to notice the movie is essentially a three-hander, between Jade (Leila George), her little brother Max (Sam Corlett), and their mother Bev (Greta Scacchi, Ms. George’s real-life mother). They live in Perth in western Australia and …

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Rings of Power Season 1 Review

‘LOTR: The Rings of Power’ Season 1 Review – A Triumphant Return to Tolkien’s World

The story of Middle Earth has always been fascinating. J.R.R. Tolkien left no stone unturned to create one of the most detailed and immersive fictional worlds in the history of literature. Whether it was The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, or Silmarillion, Tolkien’s Middle Earth saga is undoubtedly a …

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The Outrun Movie Review

‘The Outrun’ Movie Review: Rote Evocation of Astonishing Memoir

Amy Liptrot’s breathtakingly poignant and unsparing memoir The Outrun has been acclaimed by critics and adored by readers across the world since its 2016 publication. Eight years later, the book loses none of its effect – the description of a very personal journey through familial mental illness, addiction, substance abuse, …

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The Bohemian Movie Review

‘The Bohemian’ Movie Review: A Musical Biopic at its Most Sumptuous

Not much is known about Josef Mysliveček – the 18th-century composer at the center of writer and director Petr Václav’s lavish historical biopic The Bohemian – in the English-speaking musical world. It is known he was on good terms with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as the two composers vied for recognition …

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