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“It’s not the edge of the knife — it’s the business end of the blade.”
“It’s not the edge of the knife — it’s the business end of the blade.”
“Altman balances searing interpersonal conflicts with a visual rhythm that’s downright whimsical.”
Mike and Anya submitted this draft on August 25, 2017 — one day before Tobe Hooper passed away at age 74.
“Dunst remains in control of her persona, but she’s also at the mercy of Hollywood scheming.”
“With ‘Meadowland,’ Reed Morano doesn’t shy away from pain, and neither should Netflix viewers.”
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“This is a love story expressed through gaping structural absences.”
“The vomit moment in ‘Dead Bang’ is unfailingly human.”
“With great color, style and technique, Ford haunts the audience with the disappointments of our absurd world.”
“Lyne does not believe in the ‘New Man.'”
“Unexplored potential aside, there is a deeper issue which casts ‘Ingrid Goes West,’ for me at least, in a pale rather than neon light.”
“Hittman has created a powerful, sensual film about identity, loss and the complicated space that often lies between desire and expectation.”
“In ‘Single White Female,’ being fixated with a person’s looks, behavior and personality represents a fetishization of that person as a whole.”
“‘Rampart’ can never step out of the shadows.”
“The transformation of 1980s synth pop from a frequently mocked fad into a respectable modern genre has been glorious to behold.”
“‘Hounds of Love’ makes an intriguing case for suggestion in place of an all-out, sensationalized show.”
“‘Day of Anger’ is a tightly-structured film about societal influencers and people on the fringe that need somebody in their corner.”
“Marie Antoinette has become queen and left her partying days behind.”
“‘Withnail & I’ is chock-full with digs and insinuations of homoeroticism, some of them crude, others more subtle and rife with dramatic potential and longing.”