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• Sisters

  Sisters 1972

  

  James Callan ★★★

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

• Hearts Beat Loud

  Hearts Beat Loud 2018

  

  Michael Sicinski ★★½ 1

  [5]

  This is a curiously vapid movie, in the sense that anytime conflict could arise, the film short-circuits it, not so much to avoid a tonal rupture as to stay…

• Jigsaw

  Jigsaw 2017

  

  Jeremy Heilman ★★ 1

  Half-star bonus because I have the throw pillow that the lady used to smother her baby on my sitting room couch.

• On Body and Soul

  On Body and Soul 2017

  

  Michael Sicinski ★★½

  [5]

  My capsule review for Cinema Scope's TIFF coverage:

  In describing the histrionic performances that tend to nab Oscars, Mike D’Angelo has noted that voters and juries often mistake “most…

• Makala

  Makala 2017

  

  Michael Sicinski ★★★½

  [7]

  Kabwita has 15 bags of charcoal precariously strapped to his bicycle.

  He must travel 50 km to the city to sell his charcoal at the market.

  While taking a…

• A Quiet Passion

  A Quiet Passion 2016

  

  Victor Morton ★★★★½ 1

  A QUIET PASSION (Terence Davies, Britain, 2017) 9 R

  On second view, A QUIET PASSION (a title that could not unreasonably be paraphrased A LOVE THAT DARE NOT SPEAK) transparently…

• Broadcast News

  Broadcast News 1987

  

  sjl ★★★★ 2

  Let's break this down....

  Tom is a somewhat shallow but talented man who is actively self-aware and engaged in his chosen profession. His journalistic instincts are sound and compassionate and…

• Creepy

  Creepy 2016

  

  Michael Sicinski ★★★ 8

  [6]

  I miss the old Kiyoshi. The can't-be-sold Kiyoshi. Back in the fold Kiyoshi. That was the bold Kiyoshi. Remember Cure Kiyoshi? That wasn't your Kiyoshi? 'Cause that was my…