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Film Review – Blitz
Steve McQueen is one of our finest filmmakers, whose works feature a level of intelligence, passion, and artistry that few have matched. His Widows (2018) was my number one film of its year, and Small Axe (2020) was one of the most ambitious projects in recent memory. With that in…
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Film Review – Emilia Pérez
Emilia Pérez (2024) is one of the most curious films of the year. Whether that is a good or bad thing will be up to the viewer. Certainly, it is an ambitious undertaking. Writer/director Jacques Audiard (in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, and Nicolas Livecchi) has crafted a large…
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Film Review – Anora
Writer/director Sean Baker has made a name for himself by focusing his stories on the margins of society. His characters are constantly trying to make ends meet in the hopes of achieving the “American Dream” – whether that is a home, someone to love, or simply finding…
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Film Review – Heretic
Children who grow up in the Mormon Church (or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) go on a mission when they approach 18 or 19 years old. The expectation is that these missions should spread the word about the Mormon faith and bring…
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Film Review – Music by John Williams
Hundreds of years from now, people will revere composer John Williams the same way we do of Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart. Some might already put him on that pedestal now. His music has come to transcend generations, embedding into our collective consciousness like a fond memory. There…
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Film Review – Conclave
Electing a new Pope is a sacred one steeped in rituals and looking to God for guidance. On the other hand, it is also a popularity contest or at least one that examines all the potential candidates for how virtuous they are in the eyes…
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Film Review – Woman of the Hour
Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, Woman of the Hour (2023) is a tense and insightful thriller in which a struggling actor crosses paths with a serial killer on the television show The Dating Game in the 1970s. But Kendrick – along with screenwriter Ian McDonald – doesn’t just focus on this brief…
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Film Review – The Apprentice
Imagine taking the scene between Matthew McConaughey and Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) – in which the former gives advice to the latter on how to be a successful stockbroker – and expanding it out to feature length. What you end up with would probably resemble The Apprentice (2024).…
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