This Bloody Hong Kong Crime Movie Loses The Plot Despite Being A Visual Feast

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This Bloody Hong Kong Crime Movie Loses The Plot Despite Being A Visual Feast

In the middle of a busy Hong Kong intersection, as snow falls on the streets, two gunmen unleash a barrage of gunfire on an unsuspecting crowd. Before the night is through, a hospital will be bombed and the scion of…

Colby Minifie and Kate Burton’s Visceral Body Horror ‘The Surrender’ Is a Gory Exploration of Grief

One of the deepest and most difficult love stories there is, the relationship between a mother and daughter can be, at times, a total nightmare. This is perhaps never more apparent than in Julia Max's The Surrender, in which Colby…

‘A Pale View of Hills’ Review: This Understated Gem Reveals a Side of Post-WW2 Japan You’ve Never Seen Before

How deep do the scars of war run? Kei Ishikawa's take on A Pale View of Hills, based on Kazuo Ishiguro's book of the same name, explores a new perspective on the world and how it heals after the devastation…

A Mournful Miracle Of A Film Evokes Heartbreak Similar To ‘Aftersun’ But 1990s Lagos, Nigeria [Cannes]

No matter how surreptitiously Folarin (Sope Dirisu) thinks he’s acting, his perceptive young sons Remi (Chibuike Marvellous Egbo) and Akin (Godwin Egbo) pick up on the nuances of his behavior. A flirtatious smile with a woman who’s not their mother…

Léa Drucker Gives A Flawless Performance In Dominik Moll’s Intense Thriller On Police Brutality

Dominik Moll’s crime thriller, Dossier 137 , serves up an intense inspection of malignant police institutionalism. Like in many of his previous works, the director has a knack for exploring sociopolitical concepts on the spectrum of morality. Here, he does…

Our Favorite Grandpa and Grandson Are Back for More Witty, Absurd Interdimensional Adventures

When Rick and Morty first aired in 2013 on Adult Swim, it quickly excited fans with the titular grandpa and grandson's intergalactic and interdimensional misadventures that spanned each episode. Between the crude, yet clever humor of each mind-boggling exploit and…

We Need To Talk About Hershel

Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 Episode 3. The premiere episode of The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 saw Maggie (Lauren Cohan) being forced to go back to New York…

Richard Linklater’s Dull Recreation Of The ‘Breathless’ Shoot Is An Astonishing Misunderstanding Of What Made Jean-Luc Godard Great [Cannes]

“The offscreen is more evocative”, says a Jean-Luc Godard lookalike in “Nouvelle Vague,” Richard Linklater’s Palme d’Or contender at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. It is an astonishing inclusion in a film that is, ultimately, nothing more than a painstakingly…

This Bloody Hong Kong Crime Movie Loses The Plot Despite Being A Visual Feast

Colby Minifie and Kate Burton’s Visceral Body Horror ‘The Surrender’ Is a Gory Exploration of Grief

‘A Pale View of Hills’ Review: This Understated Gem Reveals a Side of Post-WW2 Japan You’ve Never Seen Before

A Mournful Miracle Of A Film Evokes Heartbreak Similar To ‘Aftersun’ But 1990s Lagos, Nigeria [Cannes]

Léa Drucker Gives A Flawless Performance In Dominik Moll’s Intense Thriller On Police Brutality

Our Favorite Grandpa and Grandson Are Back for More Witty, Absurd Interdimensional Adventures

We Need To Talk About Hershel

Richard Linklater’s Dull Recreation Of The ‘Breathless’ Shoot Is An Astonishing Misunderstanding Of What Made Jean-Luc Godard Great [Cannes]

Though Still Appealing To Musical Lovers & Theater Buffs, It’s The Story That Keeps Us Coming Back To Fame

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