Didi doesn’t soften the blows of early adolescence in the way many coming-of-age stories tend to, which only serves to make it all the more comforting.…
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Daughters is essential viewing in its insistence that we sit with the pain, grief, and ongoing that countless American families sit with daily under the oppression of the modern, for-profit prison system.…
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‘All of Us Strangers’ chooses, quite movingly, to look at loving as something stabilizing and true.…
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'Saltburn' fails to present Oliver’s infiltration of the Catton family, and his slurping up of their blood and guts, with a ruggedness or rawness [...] 'Saltburn' wants the idea of being nasty to be enough for us.…
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Sara Margrethe Oskal’s directorial debut heartbreakingly modernizes the love story, offering us a tale that will stand the test of time.…
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Ironically turning a familiar tale on its head, 'Sleep' is a curious and enjoyable directorial debut.…
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Surprising and subtle, 'A Match' is peerless as it excavates the meaning of marriage in a small family.…
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This documentary about a mother and her four daughters is a landmark achievement, haunting and unforgettable.…
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Irreverent as it is smart, 'Andragogy' searingly reminds us that even when we’re stupid, we still are worthy of love.…
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Existentially poignant as it is allegorical, 'The Teachers’ Lounge' is an intricate achievement.…
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