Titles, I mean, that seem so deeply embedded in the hole of precious that they sounds like satires.
When Pomegranates Howl may be Australia’s Oscar submission, but this 2020 film is actually (a) an Afghan-Australian co-production, (b) written and directed by Granaz Moussavi, an Iranian woman, and (c) set in Kabul, which of course is a whole different (one could say horrific) thing now.
To my great surprise and delight, Christy Hall‘s Daddio, which I was remiss in not seeing during last year’s Telluride...
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7:45 pm: Okay, the initial light-hearted section (repartee, wedding, hospital, afterlife Joey Pants, healthy diet) was enjoyable, but Jesus, when...
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It took me a full month to see Wes Ball and Josh Friedman‘s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
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Unless Part Two of Kevin Costner‘s Horizon (Warner Bros., 8.16) somehow improves upon the sluggish initial installment and delivers something...
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For me, A Dangerous Method (2011) is David Cronenberg‘s tastiest and wickedest film — intense, sexually upfront and occasionally arousing...
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