Review: Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson’s โGhost Storiesโ
โNyman and Dysonโs film is so full-bloodedly cinematic that it leaves one wondering how on earth they captured this on the stage.โ
โNyman and Dysonโs film is so full-bloodedly cinematic that it leaves one wondering how on earth they captured this on the stage.โ
โIn the end, the humor fades away in favor of political machinations, but the filmโs killer gags are still numerable.โ
โThe Hollywood dream lives on proudly in โThe Disaster Artist.โโ
โโCall Me by Your Nameโ skips through time like a dream, or a calcified, powerful memory.โ
โHorror is a genre that believes, rightly, that young people are the future.โ
โDare I say it, but โJeune Femmeโ is as ripe for an American remake as any film Iโve seen on this year’s festival circuit.โ
โMuch like โLeviathan,โ the film is oppressively bleak.โ
โVivian Qu’s โAngels Wear Whiteโ is another realist, slow cinema meditation on the social troubles in China.โ
โโMudboundโ plays the game and begins with a white man, but, throughout the course of an epic tale, it arrives at a moving destination.โ
โThis kind of world recreation doesnโt come cheap, and itโs a delight to see a filmmaker of Haynesโ caliber given such a worthy budget.โ
โโLean on Peteโ hits the mark emotionally and reveals itself to be a poised, moving film.โ
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