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Reviews

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  Watching the Pain of Others 2019

  

  Zoe Ligon ★★★★★

  At what point does empathy for others end up hurting us? Massive revelations for me in watching this

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  Don't Look Up 2021

  

  Riley ★ 37

  A feature length (almost *2 & A HALF HOURS*) extension of that post-credit scene from Vice about how people watch too much Fast & Furious to care about “real issues”, practically every…

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  Scream 2022

  

  Riley ★½ 25

  As an attempt to play on the concept of legacy-sequels and media consumption this feels especially stale when Matrix Resurrections is still not even a month old yet. Some decently…

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  Prospect 2018

  

  Abbi Shaw ★★★★

  I particularly enjoy that this film is about exactly what it's about - it works on its own terms, with its own internal logic, and doesn't pander to or work…

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  Nightmare Alley 2021

  

  Siegel™ ★★★★ 18

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! 1989

  

  Emma Fogarty ★★★★

  Pedro Almoldovar directs, a 100 minute comedy starring Antonio Banderas as an ex-mental patient, who kidnaps the object of his affections!

  One wouldn't be blamed for raising an eyebrow at…

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  Compartment No. 6 2021

  

  Kall S ★★★★ 5

  Before Sunrise, but heavily under the influence of vodka
  
  What a brilliant film; a wonderfully unique road movie love story. It’s a largely Finnish look on Russian culture, it’s based…

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  Compartment No. 6 2021

  

  Connor Folse ★★★★

  The hug is maybe the most beautiful moment in film this year.