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FILM REVIEWS


THE PALE BLUE EYE
The Pale Blue Eye never comes within touching distance of the tales Edgar Allan Poe built his reputation upon, as the mystery gets more...
Jan 9, 2023


CONFESS, FLETCH
The lead role fits Hamm very snuggly, while the script has a pleasing mix of suspense, humour and intrigue. But there is also something...
Jan 7, 2023


THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
The miracle of this Irish variant on classic Greek tragedy is that it manages to spin a surprisingly layered, deeply moving tale out of...
Jan 6, 2023


FIRE OF LOVE
The film strings together the wonderful images the central couple shot of vulcanic activity, while Fire of Love also displays a genuine...
Jan 3, 2023


STRANGE WORLD
The positives outweigh the negatives in Strange World, which always keeps you entertained with easily relatable characters, fun action...
Jan 2, 2023


WHITE NOISE
What’s supposed to be a darkly comedic look at mid-eighties America in Baumbach’s hands becomes a woefully unfunny, numbingly talkative,...
Jan 1, 2023


MATILDA THE MUSICAL
Despite a nearly two hour runtime there isn't a dull moment in the picture, which includes unbridled fantasy and an assortment of...
Dec 27, 2022


MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
It is often said that the smallest creatures can achieves great things. Marcel The Shell and the movie that bears his name prove that....
Dec 26, 2022


GLASS ONION
From the beginning the picture is just slightly off: there are too many celebrity cameos, the actual plot takes an awful long time to get...
Dec 24, 2022


AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
The second Avatar film will probably have an even lesser cultural footprint than the first, as James Cameron pummels you with bad...
Dec 23, 2022


BARDO: FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS
Bardo indulges too much in its own surreal idiosyncrasies and has hardly any interest in satisfying anyone else but the director and his...
Dec 22, 2022


THE SWIMMERS
It's never clear what exactly drives the protagonists, both because the script doesn't address it properly and because the actors are...
Dec 20, 2022


GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO
You'd be hard-pressed to call Pinocchio a bad film, but it's a lot closer to a let-down than it is to a triumph, partly because Guillermo...
Dec 19, 2022


LE OTTO MONTAGNE
The true standout of the picture is the poetic mood that director of photography Ruben Impens manages to give the images. They transcend...
Dec 16, 2022
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