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Reviews

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  Both Sides of the Blade 2022

  

  Anna Swanson ★★★½ 1

  there’s an abstract painting in juliette binoche’s apartment that at one point starts appearing turned upside down. someone let me interview claire denis so I can ask about this.

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  Nope 2022

  

  Anna Swanson ★★★★

  it’s so fucking funny that peele made an alien movie as an analogy for the film vs digital debate. who is doing it like him.

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  Masques 1987

  

  Matt Strohl ★★★★

  I think what Chabrol’s most interested in here are the mechanisms of social interaction through which we suppress what we know about each other. At the apex of this we…

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  Robin-B-Hood 2006

  

  john semley

  Wish they made this in the 80s with Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao as the crooks. Or as a full on Lucky Stars joint. Still: it captures that vibe, which…

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  Vengeance 2022

  

  Megan Bitchell ★★ 67

  I get that if you write, direct, and produce a movie you probably feel somewhat entitled to also star in it, but Novak as the lead is kind of what…

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  The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962

  

  Dante Izrael ★★★★½

  JOHN FORD: i am gonna create a Jimmy Stewart that is so wifey

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  La Haine 1995

  

  vee ★★★½

  Technically fantastic and with explosive performances, but doesn’t quite rise above it’s shallow “eye-for-an-eye” ordeal. For a film that attempts to be biting, it doesn’t really interrogate the characters’ circumstances…

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  Moontide 1942

  

  nora ★★★★

  there are parts in this where the camera holds on jean gabin's expression and every time just watching him made me involuntarily tear up. like there's something so emotionally raw…