Seeing the characters so inverted brings the show back to its roots, but this time viewers know both sides of the story from the start.
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REVIEW: Brea Grant’s Frenetically Fun Dark Horror Comedy ‘12 Hour Shift’ (2020) Flies Past
Grant’s film treads a fine line of stone-faced humour, exploitation, and bloody violence, but a female centric cast and memorable performances make this an energetic and curious calling card
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REVIEW: ‘Away’ (2019) is a Wondrous Artistic Achievement
See it on the biggest screen, with the best sound and in the darkest room, Zilbalodis’ remarkable animation will make you feel like you’re flying
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REVIEW: The ‘Pieces of a Woman’ (2020) Don’t Add Up
As the film unfolds, “She’s Good” feels symptomatic of Pieces of a Woman’s overall disinterest in the layers of Martha’s emotions, especially her grief.
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REVIEW: ‘Durgamati’ (2020) is Cursed with Weak Writing
Right off the bat, G. Ashok’s Durgamati – The Myth, a remake of the director’s own 2018 film Bhaagamathie, rides on misdirection.
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REVIEW: ‘The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart’ (2020) Proves Disco Doesn’t Suck
“A joy to watch… [a] documentary not so much concerned with hard historical facts as it is with the brothers as they experienced each other, themselves, and their fame.” How Can You Mend A Broken Heart begins with the quintessential. A pared down, echoey version of “Stayin’ Alive”—probably the Bee Gees song to end all…
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REVIEW: Jim Cummings is Back With a Bite in ‘The Wolf of Snow Hollow’ (2020)
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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