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OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE: Isn't Quite Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE: Isn’t Quite Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre is not a movie we need per se, but for those enthusiasts of Guy Ritchie, it might have been just enough for them.

WOLF GARDEN: An Exercise In Too Many Ideas
WOLF GARDEN: An Exercise In Too Many Ideas

While it had the potential to be something more, as it was, Wolf Garden tried to do too many things and never found a solid identity.

THE AMAZING MAURICE: Rather Meh-rice
THE AMAZING MAURICE: Rather Meh-rice

The Amazing Maurice is cute, and just fine for kids, but for adults it has a hard time living up to its own name.

Inquiring Minds: THE POD GENERATION
Sundance Film Festival 2023: THE POD GENERATION & LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND

In the latest report from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Kevin L. Lee reviews The Pod Generation and Landscape With Invisible Hand!

AFTER LOVE: Waiting On The Awful Truth

After Love, serviceably directed but only marginally engrossing, feels too much like a long wait for a heavy hammer to fall.

Horrific Inquiry: JACK FROST (1997)
Horrific Inquiry: JACK FROST (1997)

Its absurdity may run its course, but proves not every aspect of Jack Frost needs to be put on ice. 

LADY CHATTERLY’S LOVER: A Pensively Romantic Adaptation
LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER: A Pensively Romantic Adaptation

Lady Chatterley’s Lover will surprise audiences with how much investment in its characters it is able to achieve.

THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER: The Ghosts of Our Memories
THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER: The Ghosts of Our Memories

Is The Eternal Daughter a scary movie in the traditional sense? No, but it will send shivers down your spine and into your soul.

A GAZA WEEKEND: Finding Bliss Through Troubled Times
A GAZA WEEKEND: Finding Bliss Through Troubled Times

A Gaza Weekend is a timely parable that extends an open invitation to empathise with the “other”.

THE KILLING TREE: Not Too Jolly Christmas Horror Comedy
THE KILLING TREE: Not Too Jolly Christmas Horror Comedy

The Killing Tree had the potential to be an over-the-top Holiday horror classic, but the practical effects moments are overshadowed by bad CGI.

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN: A Heartbreaking And Hilarious Existential Masterpiece
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN: A Heartbreaking And Hilarious Existential Masterpiece

The Banshees of Inisherin is one of Martin McDonagh’s greatest and most assured efforts as a filmmaker yet.

London Film Festival 2022: THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
London Film Festival 2022: THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Featuring incredible performances all-around, and some of the best writing you’re going to see this year, The Banshees of Inisherin not one to miss.

Heartland International Film Festival 2022: WOMEN TALKING, SHE SAID, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN & GOOD NIGHT OPPY
Heartland International Film Festival 2022: WOMEN TALKING, SHE SAID, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN & GOOD NIGHT OPPY

In our last report from the 2022 Heartland International Film Festival, Emily Wheeler reviews four more films!

London Film Festival 2022: TRIANGLE OF SADNESS And Value Of Blunt Catharsis
London Film Festival 2022: TRIANGLE OF SADNESS And The Value Of Blunt Catharsis

On some level, it feels like a cinematic equivalent of the anti-establishment political cartoons that were once so pervasive in cultural discourse.

New York Film Festival 2022: WILL-O’-THE-WISP & ONE FINE MORNING
New York Film Festival 2022: WILL-O’-THE-WISP & ONE FINE MORNING

This dispatch features two great films involving passionate love affairs — but, apart from that, they could not be more radically different.