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Review: Our Departures

Posted on December 7, 2018 by

As a Canadian film acquaintance put it, Our Departures is a classic Shochiku release: sentimental, not too dramatic, and warmly funny in spots. It’s also about the importance of family, even if the family in question is unconventional, but, then, … Continue reading →

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Interview with Im Sang-soo

Posted on December 3, 2018 by

The following interview was conducted at the Pusan International Film Festival in October 2006. It originally appeared in The Japan Times. The interview with Im Sang-soo takes place in a karaoke room in the basement of the Paradise Hotel. Though … Continue reading →

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Review: The Cakemaker

Posted on December 2, 2018 by

Israeli director Ofir Raul Graizer’s debut feature is a deceptively wicked take on romantic transference in that his strikingly unusual plot devices don’t seem that striking when they happen since they are so seamessly woven into the fabric of the … Continue reading →

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Review: Hereditary

Posted on December 1, 2018 by

By far the most effective element in Ari Aster’s debut horror movie is Toni Collette’s face. Hereditary veers wildly and often incomprehensibly between domestic psychological drama and occult mystery, and the only thing holding it together is Collette’s command of … Continue reading →

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Review: Killing

Posted on November 29, 2018 by

Director Shinya Tsukamoto wants people to come to his latest feature prepared for something different, which may sound like quasi-spoiler fodder given that it’s Tsukamoto’s first genuine genre film, namely a jidaigeki or, more familiarly, a samurai flick. But anyone … Continue reading →

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Review: Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Posted on November 24, 2018 by

Artist biodocs would seem to be easier to pull off than artist biopics, as long as there’s enough available footage. Eric Clapton has been more or less a star since he emerged in mid-60s England as a blues guitar prodigy … Continue reading →

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Review: It Comes at Night

Posted on November 22, 2018 by

At first blush, this fairly modest horror movie by upstart Trey Edward Shults feels like a pale reflection of A Quiet Place, which is probably this year’s most successful horror movie. Both films are about families hiding out in the … Continue reading →

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