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Reviews

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  The Lair 2022

  

  Daniel Gorman ★★

  Perfectly watchable, particularly for DTV fans who aren’t necessarily bothered by iffy acting and effects of variable quality. But a particular disappointment for Marshall fans hoping for a return to…

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  Close 2022

  

  JayleFou ★★½

  Standard queer coming of age film with occasional moments of visual beauty. Dhont’s visual filmmaking is rather dull, insisting on realism without much movement in the frame, that being said…

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  Close 2022

  

  dir_shirabaron ★★★★½

  so subtle and yet so powerful… a reminder of the sensitivity of all children, even the ones who seemingly assimilate with peers. This film beautifully captures the way children watch…

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  Knock at the Cabin 2023

  

  ryan ★★★★½ 4

  Above all else, Shyamalan is a master of spatial relations: a value Hollywood mostly left wayside after its classical period. Still, his charting of interiors is anything but classical. He’s…

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  Grand Illusion 1937

  

  JayleFou ★★★★ 1

  A film about how war both heightens barriers between people, through prejudice, borders, class, racism, etc. But yet it is a film that shows how war also destroys those barriers.…

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  Crooklyn 1994

  

  JayleFou ★★★½

  Spike Lee always manages to create comfortable atmospheres that are welcoming and joyful even in his suspenseful films. The dance club in BlackKklansman, the other dance club in Da 5…

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  Bros Before 2022

  

  ashley ★★★★

  the t4t knuckle tats… yeah this was phenomenal. hyperpop the movie. so long suburbia takes its dick out. the scene where billy and elijah talk on the phone is probably one…

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  Bros Before 2022

  

  Cathy Brennan ★★★★

  Hot and fun