'Speak No Evil' is an exercise in patience that rewards its viewer with a gruesome and truly nasty finale.…
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« read »Advertisements When someone says, “I was born in the wrong era,” it usually means two things: they’re easily charmed by aesthetics, and they don’t contemplate historical social issues too deeply. Both statements apply to Ellie, the protagonist of Edgar Wright’s Venice-premiering Last…
« read »Céline Sciamma returns with another breathtaking feature, this one bringing her back to exploring the complexities of childhood.…
« read »Lucile Hadžihalilović’s 'Earwig' is a delirious journey through a dreamscape, where the unexplained is what makes it inexplicably entrancing.…
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Ana Lily Amirpour brings her signature mashup of styles, genres, and inspiration to her third feature, which follows a young woman with mind control powers on a trippy odyssey of self-discovery.…
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