The tightly-wound, violent energy and the spiralling personal drama coexist in ways I’ve not experienced outside of Cummings’ oeuvre.
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REVIEW: ‘A Ghost Waits’ (2020) is a Heart-wrenching and Hilarious Horror Comedy
A Ghost Waits creates a delicate tonal balance of humor, genuinely tender moments, and existential dread that never lets the audience escape the emotional turmoil of life and death.
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REVIEW: ‘American Utopia’ Shows David Byrne Is As Good As He Ever Was
David Byrne has the most calming presence I’ve ever witnessed. 36 years after the ground-breaking Stop Making Sense, David Byrne is still taking our expectations of concerts and theatre, elevating them to a higher level that only a frontman like him could do. Stop Making Sense was more than just a concert, it was performing…
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LFF REVIEW: ‘Supernova’ (2020) Shines Bright with Glowing Performances
Supernova is a tender, devastatingly gorgeous road trip, brooding with introspection.
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NYFF REVIEW: ‘I Carry You With Me’ (2020) Tenderly Examines the Price of the American Dream
More than a love story, I Carry You With Me (Te Llevo Conmigo) (2020) tells an immigrant tale of longing and sacrifice. With immense empathy for its characters, this film probes at the myth of the American dream and revels in the melancholy its premise promises.
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LFF REVIEW: ‘Stray’ (2020) is as Soulful and Humane as Anything You’ll See This Year
The absence of deliberate human voice lends a real sense of time and place into a rare window of a world that is, perhaps not a pleasure to experience but is, by the time it finishes, profound and essential.
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LFF REVIEW: ‘The Disciple’ Explores the Importance of Musical Culture
The Disciple wants you to look back at your own traditions and disciplines
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REVIEW: ‘Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story’ (2020) Responds to the Elephant in the Room
It is difficult to reconcile with the documentary’s use of this footage and how it shapes the film’s narrative.
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REVIEW: ‘She Dies Tomorrow’ (2020) Searches For Meaning In Our Ruptured Reality
The most ambitious horror films are those that transcend their premise to engage with the daunting questions that pervade the human experience. While an intriguing concept can certainly take a film quite far, delving into our collective anxiety goes so much further. She Dies Tomorrow proves itself as a haunting addition to the genre by tackling the most human subject of all: the inevitability of death.
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REVIEW: ‘Japan Sinks 2020’ (2020) Gives Disaster Stories Just a Little New Life
A good show with genuine surprises and admirable optimism, but one much too cautious to reach the greatness it dabbles in
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