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TIFF 2022 REVIEW: ‘Triangle of Sadness’ – Ruben Östlund’s Satirical Dark Comedy Is a Riot
“Östlund can dress entertainment in an intellectual cloak and give it a unique taste like no one else” There’s no doubt that Ruben Östlund is one of the best mockers of contemporary cinema today. As the director has mentioned, his previous films The Square (2017) and Force Majeure (2014) were about people trying to avoid…
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Jean-Luc Godard: A Life with a Beginning, Middle and an End, but not Necessarily in That Order
It would be hard to believe that cinema’s most revolutionary voice would go gentle into that good night. On the 13th of September 2022, and entirely in keeping with the fearlessness that marked out his creations, the 91-year-old iconoclast chose a time and place of his own making. As a critic, Godard railed against bourgeois…
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“Only the Parts of Us Will Ever Touch Only the Parts of Others”: Hotboxing Human Connection in ‘Compartment No. 6’ (2021)
‘Kuosmanen wipes away this alternative story, and instead history is relegated to the sidelines of this film about forging human connection based on little other than present circumstances and emotional necessity.’
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TIFF 2022 REVIEW: Mia Goth Catches the Light in ‘Pearl’ (2022)
“An ode to the dawn of cinema and a reminder of the death of the American Dream.” At the height of the Spanish Influenza and the coup de grace of World War I, an isolated farmhouse occupies acres of land in the southern United States. Inside lives Pearl (Mia Goth), a spirited and passionate young…
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TIFF 2022 REVIEW: ‘Aftersun’ Dives Head First into the Deep End
A24’s newest endeavour takes the plunge but comes up weak in Aftersun
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Not Racist, Just Lonely: The Rampant Use of Orientalism in ‘Lost in Translation’ (2003)
“Ultimately, in ‘Lost in Translation,’ it is through the act of reinforcing the stigmatized image of an Asian man, rather than the act of challenging it, that the main theme of the film is established.”
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REVIEW: ‘Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story’ (2022) Is Intimate and Powerful All at Once
Caught between the pain of being celebrated under a persona that solely elicits pain and being terrified of what might transpire with honesty, Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story ultimately illustrates how much richer the world is when people are free to be who they are.
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Marilyn Monroe the Actress: 6 Underrated Roles
“Despite her eternal infamy, Monroe has never received the credit she deserves for her acting ability. Her talent extended far beyond a curvaceous figure and a perfect smile.”
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‘King Richard’ (2021) and its Focus on Flawed Fatherhood
But if you’re looking for a movie about the sisters and their trip to stardom, as some critics mistakenly did, it’s yet to be made. This one’s resolutely about their father and his struggle that made theirs count, and why he’s a beacon to other fathers like him, wrestling with their own flaws.
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