6
THE PAINTED BIRD Review
The Painted Bird is an unflinching, excessive tour de misery that is more numbing than poignant.
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7.5
Japan Cuts 2020: EXTRO Review
A love letter to the little guys on the movie set, Extro thinks the world of the lowly extra.
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
9.5
WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES Review
Packing excessive visual inventiveness and striking style into a tight, two-hour runtime, We Are Little Zombies is a joyously manic tragicomedy that needs to be seen to be believed.
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
4
PARALLAX Review
Parallax is a mind-bending, science-fiction film that is relegated to the shallow end of the pool.
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BABYTEETH Review
A sharp and honest confrontation of teenage mortality, Babyteeth is a heartbreaking delight.
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4
BECKY Review
Like a haphazard mix of Home Alone and Straw Dogs, Becky is a hollow revenge thriller that can rarely be taken seriously.
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6.5
A GOOD WOMAN IS HARD TO FIND Review
A Good Woman is Hard to Find is an uncompromising neo-noir exercise levelled by a powerful central performance.
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
7.5
BUTT BOY Review
Butt Boy is the type of utterly singular film that is so adamantly committed to its premise that it completely cuts through its initial absurdity. A presumptive hit at Fantastic Fest; where films are always lauded for their quirks above all else,
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
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THE PERISHED Review
Whether or not writer-director Paddy Murphy intended it, his feature length debut never really shakes the uncomfortable framing of pro-life propaganda disguised as middle-of-the-road horror allegory. The unfathomable attempt by The Perished to weigh in on the unending abortion debate and to
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5.5
ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA Review
Based on a true story or not, Escape from Pretoria is incapable of wringing much tension from its long, arduous prison-escape plot.
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4
DOWNHILL Review
Downhill emerges as a miserable, pained experience that never commits to what it tries to be.
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THE OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2020: LIVE ACTION Review
The live-action films for this year’s Oscar-nominated shorts seemed curated around the sensation of confronting unfortunate situations that none of us can truly plan for.
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THE OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2020: ANIMATION Review
Multi-Oscar-winning director Brad Bird once said that, “Animation is about creating the illusion of life, and you can't create it if you don't have one.” It’s a simple observation that is often taken for granted, one that nonetheless highlights the detectable traces of life found in every pen stroke, clay imprint and line of code collected together to produce this year’s nominees for the Animated Short Films Oscar.
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Slamdance 2020: SHOOT TO MARRY Review
A lovelorn filmmaker attempts to use his craft to find the love of his life in a pathetic, creepy and pitiable act of desperation.
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
5
Slamdance 2020: JASPER MALL Review
Jasper Mall takes you inside the titular mall in Alabama to witness the slow, monotonous process of its closing down.
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Chris’ Top 25 Films of 2019
Chris rounds out our year-end releases with his top 25 movies of the year (number 25 may surprise you!). Click here to check out all of our year-end lists.
25. Cats (Tom Hooper)
The first entry in a best-of-the-year list
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