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FILM REVIEWS


RICEBOY SLEEPS
An uneven but often quietly touching first hour makes you sit up and notice the relatable story of this Canadian-Korean film, which makes...
Sep 24, 2023


NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED
The highly personal narrative is the main reason you keep watching No Dogs or Italians Allowed even though the stop-motion animation is...
Aug 13, 2023


SICK OF MYSELF
A dark comedy that lacks a bite, with lead characters beyond redemption: only if you can stomach that uninviting mix you might find some...
Jul 17, 2023


THE QUIET GIRL
Unassuming yet potent, small-scale yet with an enormous heart: this Irish gem takes a simple story but enriches it with characters you'll...
May 14, 2023


CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH
The movie definitely has things going for it, but it hardly ever takes the good ideas in the script and runs with them, which results in...
May 12, 2023


ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
Watching the Venice Film Festival winner is a bit of a schizophrenic experience as two different films, both with their merits, seem to...
Apr 27, 2023


VIOLENT NIGHT
It might be just another version of the tried-and-tested Die Hard formula, but Violent Night is mostly bloody fun, with David Harbour as...
Apr 5, 2023


THE LOST KING
Despite a story that has enough elements to make for a diverting small-time hero film The Lost King is more winter of discontent than it...
Apr 3, 2023


DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS
Never mind the fact that the film looks like a Saturday morning cartoon, even as an innocuous palate cleanser amid bigger superhero...
Mar 25, 2023


LA NUIT DU 12 (THE NIGHT OF THE 12th)
An intriguing idea is explored clumsily in La Nuit du 12, which never decides whether it wants to be a small drama or a big suspenseful...
Mar 23, 2023


KNOR (OINK)
The slight plot of Oink, the first stop-motion feature from the Netherlands, isn’t nearly enough to hold your attention but the cute...
Mar 16, 2023


EMPIRE OF LIGHT
Empire of Light doesn’t know what kind of movie it wants to be and on the few instances it does start to get interesting, a cliché script...
Mar 13, 2023
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