
Reviews

Influencer Does Something New
A film made by an ambivalent digital native, Influencer sees through the all-too-common and frankly dull Gen X critique of social media…
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Chang Cheh’s Five Shaolin Masters: A Favorite of None
It’s not one of Chang’s best, that’s for sure.
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Shirin Is a Painful Watch
Shirin is a painful watch. There’s no secret to that, and anyone who tells you otherwise is probably bullshitting you. The…
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Sponsored Euthanasia as Dystopia in Plan 75
I can’t imagine a scenario in which a dystopian film about government sponsored euthanasia of elderly citizens could be translated…
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Shttl Is Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen
Shttl is unlike anything you have ever seen: a contemporary black-and-white Yiddish language artificial one-shot film made in Ukraine with a…
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Joyland—Queer Pakistani Film is Transcendent
Saim Sadiq delivers a remarkable directorial debut in Joyland, the first Pakistani film to premiere at Cannes Film Festival. In…
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Notes on the End of an Era
I fully anticipate that was the last time I’ll enjoy myself at a Marvel theatrical screening. I don’t know that…
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Don’t Go Breaking My Heart Is Sports Genre as a Love Triangle
Johnnie To is well known in the West for his action and crime films but, the populist that he is,…
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Polite Society Puts A Few Filmmakers on the Map
Polite Society is a film of big announcements. Between writer and director Nida Manzoor and budding star Priya Kansara, this will…
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The One-Armed Swordsman and Its Interesting Complications
As one of the most important wuxia ever made, I came to The One-Armed Swordsman (1967) for Shaw Brothers production…
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No Technophobes Allowed in Aliens
I’ve always preferred James Cameron’s version of Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) in Aliens to the Ripley of Ridley Scott’s 1979 Alien. A lot…
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Sakra and the Legacy of Donnie Yen
On the proverbial Mount Rushmore of cinematic martial artists, Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung are gimmes. The debate follows them:…
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