Authors: Daniel Kirkham
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Damn These Heels! Film Review: Empty Orchestra
Empty Orchestra is a tender and moving document of Boxcar Karaoke’s fondly shared memories. … read more
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Film Review: Asteroid City
For all of Asteroid City’s careful layers of contrivance, it shows a collage of delicately emotional characters. … read more
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Film Review: Black Orpheus
In Black Orpheus, a sense pervades that the events are animated by the breath of the past and will restate themselves again and again. … read more
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Film Review: Infinite Sea
Where so much sci-fi asks, “What would this mean for humanity?” Infinite Sea asks, “What would this mean for a human?” … read more
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BYU International Cinema Series: 03.22–25
While Zebraman, Memoria, 1982 and A Man called Ove offer drastically different stories & tones, they’re united by themes of isolation, community and connection. … read more
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This is Where We Meet: Nina Ognjanović on Where the...
Nina Ognjanović’s self-assessment makes of her debut feature, Where the Road Leads, as a coming-of-age western, makes perfect sense. … read more
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Film Review: M3GAN
Knowingly a little goofy, new horror film M3GAN excavates its scares from the deepest, most plasticky recesses of the uncanny valley. … read more
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Film Review: The Eternal Daughter
Joanna Hogg’s work is deeply personal, and in a year of reflective works, The Eternal Daughter is one of the strangest, most tender and very best. … read more
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Film Review: Four Samosas
The team behind Four Samosas clearly put a lot of thought and finesse into its presentation—if only they had a more polished script to present. … read more