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Society of the Snow (2023) Review
Society of the Snow / La Sociedad de la Nieve (2023)Director: J.A. BayonaScreenwriters: J.A. Bayona, Bernat Vilaplana, Jaime Marques, Nicolás CasariegoStarring: Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Esteban Bigliardi, Diego Vigezzi, Fernando Contingiani “This is a place where life is impossible. Out here, we are an anomaly.” On October 13, 1972, a plane carrying 45…
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‘Blazing Saddles’ at 50 – Review
Blazing Saddles (1974)Director: Mel BrooksScreeenwriters: Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Alan UgerStarring: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Slim Pickens, Mel Brooks, Burton Gilliam, Alex Karras, David Huddleston, Liam Dunn, John Hillerman, George Furth, Jack Starrett, Carol Arthur, Richard Collier, Robyn Hilton, Dom DeLuise “They could never make Blazing Saddles…
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The Color Purple (2023) Review
The Color Purple (2023)Director: Blitz BazawuleScreenwriter: Marcus GardleyStarring: Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins Over the years, there have been multiple adaptations of Alice Walker’s 1982 novel “The Color Purple”. Most notably, the book had previously been adapted for the screen in the 1985 film directed by Steven Spielberg. Almost…
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Argylle (2024) Review
Argylle (2024)Director: Matthew VaughnScreenwriters: Jason FuchsStarring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Henry Cavill, Dua Lipa, John Cena, Samuel L Jackson, Catherine O’Hara, Sofia Boutella, Ariana DeBose Matthew Vaughn has done quite a bit for action films in the 21st century. Between Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class, and the Kingsman franchise, he has certainly made…
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The Zone of Interest (2023) Review
The Zone of Interest (2023)Director: Jonathan GlazerScreenwriter: Jonathan GlazerStarring: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller Are you sitting comfortably? Good. You ought to be. You’re reading this on a machine that uses rare materials mined by children, on internet you access through a system of wiring that deteriorates ecosystems, in a space that would once act as…
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Rye Lane (2023) Review
Rye Lane (2023)Director: Raine Allen-MillerScreenwriter: Nathan Byron, Tom MeliaStarring: David Johnson, Vivian Oparah, Poppy Allen-Quarmby, Simon Manyonda, Benjamin Sarpong-Broni It’s difficult to grow up in the UK without some kind of affinity for the USA. Americana is so engrained in our cultural consciousness that you naturally start to wonder why we don’t have our own…
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American Fiction (2023) Review
American Fiction (2023)Director: Cord JeffersonScreenwriter: Cord JeffersonStarring: Jeffrey Wright, Issa Rae, Erika Alexander, Sterling K. Brown, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction plays like a novel. It drifts from the sandy homes of coastal Massachusetts to the slimy center of the LA literary scene like a changing breeze. Witty banter about race…
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Anatomy of a Fall (2023) Review
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)Director: Justine TrietScreenwriters: Justine Triet, Arthur HarariStarring: Sandra Hüller, Samuel Theis, Milo Machado Graner, Swann Arlaud, Antoine Reinartz Justine Triet unfolds entrenched systemic misogyny in her Oscar-nominated courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall, a pointed and wordy multilingual picture that features one of the great performances of 2023. French director and…
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All of Us Strangers (2023) Review
All of Us Strangers (2023)Director: Andrew HaighScreenwriter: Andrew HaighStarring: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy, Jamie Bell The newest queer movie to have turned the internet upside down has finally been released in the UK, leaving those who see it in floods of tears at screenings around the country. The question is: do tears equate…
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‘Sleeping Beauty’ at 65 – Review
Sleeping Beauty (1959)Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, Les ClarkScreenwriters: Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Ted Sears, Ralph Wright, Milt BantaStarring: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen, Taylor Holmes, Bill Thompson, Marvin Miller In the world of animation, Disney films are typically lauded for…