The garbage truck scene is one of the greatest cinematic moments of the year.
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Red, White and Blue 2020
The first of the three Small Axe movies I've seen that has felt like an anthology entry rather than a fuller effort--- at least by the high standard that McQueen…
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Lovers Rock 2020
Even with all the sensuousness and sway and the killer jukebox this is fraught with tension, the feeling of something illicit here, something simmering. It's a party but it's also…
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Alien Resurrection 1997
Look, if you’re gonna continue the series after Alien 3, there are worse ways to do it. The crew isn’t as memorable this time around, and Whedon doesn’t turn off…
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Field of Dreams 1989
Second installment of Friday Nights with Kevin
Boomer shit pinning for the '60s despite the fact that the movie's timeline is almost a decade too late for 35-year-old Kevin Coster…
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The Assistant 2019
Just because it’s minimalist, that doesn’t mean it isn’t also aesthetically simplistic. Just because it’s accurate, that doesn’t mean it isn’t also narratively slight. I heard someone describe this as…
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Never Rarely Sometimes Always 2020
“Girl problems.”
“Did it hurt?”
“It’s just uncomfortable.”Hittman doesn’t belabor it or circle back, but there’s a stacked deck quality to Autumn’s background that doesn’t totally sit well with…
Lists
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FernandoFCroce 20 films
54th Golden Horse Nominees
Sam C. Mac 19 films
Podcast Fodder: Films Discussed on the Bad Idea Podcast
Steve Carlson 187 films
Films Discussed on The Cinephiliacs
Peter Labuza 124 films
Hou Hsiao-hsien List
Sam C. Mac 18 films
The Steve Carlson Box Set
Kent M. Beeson 11 films