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Nov 8, 2019 · A girl the size of a Tolkien giant looms over Jesper like the Abominable Snowman that took Daffy Duck as a pet. A group of kids on sleds insult Jesper as they zoom over a hill, their hatefulness such an afterthought that even the hero seems confused by how to react. Arriving at Smeerensburg on a ferry, Jesper's jaw drops as he gazes at the ...
Mar 22, 2019 · Most of “Dragged” is shot in low light, especially the final hour, but Zahler has a great sense of space and blocking, which helps keeps the film engrossing. And he draws a fascinating, world-weary performance from Gibson, who reminds one how good he can be with the right material.
A Most Violent Year. There's a kind of 1970s American movie that's catnip to directors who grew up in the '80s and '90s while watching that sort of movie on cable TV and home video. It's visually and thematically dark, and very male. It has Rembrandt lighting and a palette dominated by paper-bag brown, burnt yellow, leprous emerald, and dirty ...
Dec 11, 2019 · "The Last Black Man in San Francisco" is too full of life to be simply angry about the forces arrayed against Jimmie, and tenderness and humor arise from its gorgeous heart. Talbot’s film becomes sentimental in the most cinematic way —w hile it mourns an urban landscape losing its soul, it just as intensely celebrates identity and ...
Dec 25, 2019 · Ip Man 4: The Finale. Movies about the legendary martial artist Ip Man have become their own small industry. Wong Kar-Wai ’s “ The Grandmaster ” is the best of the recent works about the Foshan-born icon, but Wilson Yip ’s “Ip Man” series is tough to beat for charm and verve. Yip started his career as an irreverent genre re ...
May 6, 2021 · You don’t really root for anyone in this film. They are criminals engaged in contests of will. But the film is not a value-neutral exercise. There is an undertone of lament to a lot of the violent action. Every character made their bed and must lie it. More often than not, it’s a deathbed. Now playing in theaters.
Apr 5, 2019 · Peterloo. In St. Peter’s Field in Manchester, England, in 1819, an assembly of protesters urging parliamentary reform and workers’ rights was set upon by the British cavalry, who killed 18 and wounded nearly 1,000. The massacre, which came to be called Peterloo, can be seen as a foundational milestone of class struggle not just in England ...
