Shoplifters focuses its observant gaze on an accidental family, living on the fringes of society, around us but unseen by us.
Category: Drama
Marvin (2017) – Movie Review
Choosing to thread too many stories, Marvin doesn’t land any of them, leaving us instead with a fragmented look at a character that doesn’t hold up to that level of detail.
Leto (2018)
Shot in a rich, evocative black-and-white, Leto offers a unique look at the lives of rock musicians in 80s Leningrad.
Leave No Trace (2018)
In its slow and contemplative tone, Leave No Trace demands your full attention, and will reward it with a heartfelt study of adulthood and solitude.
Woman at War (2018)
The concept is great, but the execution fumbles with its greatest asset, which is the comedic aspect of the story. It is far too silly to be serious, and far too serious to be funny.
Sorry To Bother You (2018)
Next time someone tells you they’ve seen it all, show them this.
First Man (2018)
First Man is slow -too slow- which I am comfortable with, but it is also long -too long- which is harder to ignore. Hand in hand with its tranquil pace and its fixation to detail, though, comes a sense of upping the stakes, and when the flight comes, it is awe-inspiring.
Heartstone (2016) – Movie Review
Heartstone is tough, and unapologetically so, but there is a wounded beauty to it, in its dimly lit nights and its sparks of humanity between the sea and the rocks.
The Sisters Brothers (2018)
I don’t know what I expected from something titled “The Sisters Brothers”, but certainly not this movie. It is a Western through and through, but tonally it mixes drama with comedy and action with introspection.
Girl (2018)
Girl had the potential of being a deep, introspective discussion of trans acceptance and integration, but its extensive dance interludes bloat its runtime and its refusal to address many of its own open questions diminishes its emotional throughline.
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