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A Hero — Asghar Farhadi

A Hero is Farhadi’s best work in a minute, still hampered by the director’s anonymous formal style, but otherwise delivering another masterful work of drama.…

Sex Appeal — Talia Osteen

The tame, backwards Sex Appeal has very little appeal indeed. New Hulu original Sex Appeal is tailor-made to be watched at sleepovers by undiscerning pretween girls…

Introduction — Hong Sang-soo

Introduction bears a fitting title, as it feels like something distinctly new within Hong’s self-reflexive oeuvre. It’s somewhat reductive to observe that Hong Sang-soo,…

The Last Thing Mary Saw — Edoardo Vitaletti

The Last Thing Mary Saw is sedate bit of moody horror that takes an array of cinematic reference points and flattens them until there’s…

The Runner — Boy Harsher

Boy Harsher’s foray into filmmaking is a bit clunky, but The Runner certainly doesn’t lack for ambition or vibes. Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller…

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Scream — Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett

January 12, 2022

2022’s Scream is a sincere betrayal of the franchise’s legacy and devoid of Craven’s masterful craft and play. A rejoinder to a dead subgenre, Wes Craven’s 1996 film…

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A Hero — Asghar Farhadi

January 19, 2022

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Sex Appeal — Talia Osteen

January 19, 2022

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Introduction — Hong Sang-soo

January 18, 2022

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The Last Thing Mary Saw — Edoardo Vitaletti

January 18, 2022

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The Runner — Boy Harsher

January 17, 2022

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On Dangerous Ground — Nicholas Ray

January 17, 2022

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Belle | Mamoru Hosoda

January 14, 2022

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by Morris Yang• Film• Horizon Line• Featured

Italian Studies | Adam Leon

January 14, 2022

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The Trout — Joseph Losey

January 14, 2022

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The House — Various Directors

January 13, 2022

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Brazen — Monika Mitchell

January 13, 2022

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The Whaler Boy — Philipp Yuryev

January 12, 2022

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The Pink Cloud — Iuli Gerbase

January 11, 2022

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Shattered — Luis Prieto

January 11, 2022