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Film Review: Dahomey
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Mati Diop Not Rated There are 7000 historical artifacts from the kingdom of Dahomey that were stolen. The French colonial rule took these for the taking, and nowadays the objects sit for viewing at the Paris museum Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, just waiting there. Sitting.…
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Film Review: Young Hearts
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Anthony Schatteman Starring Lou Goossens, Marius De Saeger, Geert Van Rampelberg, Emilie De Roo Not Rated Young Hearts, for better and for worst, is mostly sweet and unassuming. And this is mostly by design; it wants to be cozy, comfort version of these kinds of stories, a Close…
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Film Review: The Apprentice
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Ali Abbasi Starring Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova, Martin Donovan R Honestly, in the wake of the 2024 US elections, The Apprentice is a film that seems more and more less like a warning or an omen and more like a solemn realization. You would think that…
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Film Review: Anora
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Sean Baker Starring Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian R Anora (or Ani, as everybody calls her) is a sex worker. A stripper specifically, though she isn’t opposed to some “side gigs” so to speak if it helps pays the bills. In one of the most…
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Film Review: Solo Leveling: ReAwakening
By Matthew Moorcroft Unsure Directed by Shunsuke Nakashige Starring Taito Ban, Genta Nakamura, Haruna Mikawa, Reina Ueda Not Rated There is a moment in Solo Leveling‘s first season that makes it pretty clear what it’s intentions are off the bat, and it’s exceptionally early. When our lead, Sung Jin-woo (Shun Mizushino in Japanese), heads to…
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Film Review: The Substance
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Coralie Fargeat Starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Christian Erickson R Immediately after walking out of The Substance for the first time with my large crowd of festival goers, it felt like I was walking out of a concert. Adrenaline pumping, blood racing. I rush home to…
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Film Review: Sharp Corner
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Jason Buxton Starring Ben Foster, Cobie Smulders, William Kosovic, Gavin Drea Not Rated Within it’s first 10 minutes, Sharp Corner opens with a literal bang. A botched quickie in a new home is turned suddenly violent as a car veers out of control and crashes into our lead’s…
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Film Review: Maria
By Matthew Moorcroft Weak Recommendation Directed by Pablo Larrain Starring Angelina Jolie, Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Kodi Smit-McPhee R Pablo Larrain’s trilogy of women centric stories (unofficially and unwiedly called “Trilogy of important 20th century women”) is mostly defined by two very key ingredients. Firstly, each film is less of a straight up biopic and…
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Film Review: Flow
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Gints Zibalodis PG The best way to describe Flow, a new ambitious animated feature from Latvian director Gints Zibalodis, is that of “tech demo”. This isn’t necessarily a good or bad thing (though to some it may seem like faint praise), but as an animated film made entirely…
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Film Review: The Count of Monte Cristo
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière Starring Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Anais Demoustier, Laurent Lafitte Not Rated One of the most adapted and beloved books of the 19th century, we are graced with yet another adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo. This time, it comes courtesy…
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