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My Favorites by Martin TowersMar 9, 20246:58 pm
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Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan in Drive Away Dolls

Drive-Away Dolls (2024) – Movie Review

Drive-Away Dolls has all the elements of a classic Coen production: there is a crime, there are various characters moving on either side of the law, and absolutely nobody knows what they’re doing.

Drama by Martin TowersMar 6, 20243:17 pmMarch 3, 2024
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Claire Foy and Andrew Scott in All of Us Strangers

All of Us Strangers (2024) – Movie Review

Is a heavy hand bad when it works?

My Favorites by Martin TowersMar 2, 20245:16 pm
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Timothée Chalamet in Dune: Part Two

Dune: Part Two (2024) – Movie Review

It is so rare for a movie to deliver on a promise to the extent that Dune: Part Two does on everything the first part promised.

Drama by Martin TowersFeb 17, 20243:52 pmFebruary 16, 2024
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Masaki Suda and Koji Yakusho in The Father of the Milky Way Railroad

The Father of the Milky Way Railroad (2023) – Movie Review

It’s hard to recommend a movie that swerves so wildly from Wikipedia article to TV drama, even with two great performances at its core. I will say that trapped in the confines of a trans-Atlantic flight, it made me cry like six times, so make of that what you will!

Drama by Martin TowersFeb 14, 20248:43 pmFebruary 13, 2024
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Cailee Spaeny in Priscilla

Priscilla (2024) – Movie Review

Between Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis (which I hated) and Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla (which I mostly liked), I think it’s time to prohibit biopics from involving the real subject or their descendants in their production.

Drama by Martin TowersFeb 5, 20246:48 pm
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The Zone of Interest (2023) – Movie Review

Is it gauche to say I just expected more? The problem, for me, is that I don’t know what new shades of the well-treaded concept of the banality of evil this movie fills in that require more than, say, the first couple of scenes to play out.

Drama by Martin TowersJan 31, 20247:59 pm
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Koji Yakusho in Perfect Days

Perfect Days (2023) – Movie Review

How can an ode to normalcy become extraordinary?

My Favorites by Martin TowersDec 31, 20233:05 pmDecember 31, 2023
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Alma Poysti and Jussi Vatanen in Fallen Leaves

Fallen Leaves (2023) – Movie Review

What better way to end the year than with a tender love story, bone-dry humor, and the hardships of the proletariat in the eternal nights of Finland?

Drama by Martin TowersNov 2, 202310:01 amNovember 3, 2023
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Teo Yoo and Greta Lee in Past Lives

Past Lives (2023) – Movie Review

Past Lives is the Brief Encounter for our era, a masterpiece of wounded romance.

Drama by Martin TowersOct 29, 202311:39 am
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The Boy and the Heron (2023) – Movie Review

While visually as stunning as any other Ghibli, Miyazaki’s latest lacks depth in its story and characters.

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