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Toni says: “This debut feature from Chile’s Gaspar Antillo deserves Buried Treasure consideration and for Use Of Music In A Film. It is a well-made small-town story about a man recalling his past of being bullied for his appearance, in

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Toni says: “This pairs well as a coming of age film with 37 SECONDS (also excellent) from Japan, yet it is unique in observation of a controversial ritual that Kanto is introduced to be part of, as a sort of

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Part of the Small Axe Amazon Prime series. Michael says: “The first film of McQueen’s SMALL AXE series explores the landmark 1971 trial that exposed anti-black racism by the London police. When Frank Crichlow opened his restaurant, Mangrove, to serve

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Michael says: “Polish director Szumowska has been a regular on the festival circuit with such films as ELLES (starring Juliette Binoche) and THE OTHER LAMB, released in the U.S. this year, but hasn’t quite broken through to the art-house circuit.

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Toni says: “This is a haunting, animated, surreal take on a dog’s life, with the backdrop of sometimes loving, sometimes abusive homes over the years. This would be great for Buried Treasure, as it was a bit more obscure but

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Michael says: “You may be wondering how I ended up watching a movie about college students called SHITHOUSE. It’s a good question. As I wrap up my viewing before it’s time to nominate, I’m intentionally moving away from serious dramas

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Bob says: “Radha Blank wrote, directed, and starred in this film about a character named Radha Blank. Is it autobiographical? I imagine it must be, at least in part. “The Radha in the film was the recipient of an award:

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Michael says: “In a beautiful homage to the films of the French New Wave, first time feature director Zheng Lu, takes a melancholy look at a young woman returning home to divorced parents and wandering streets and the memories of

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Michael says: “GIRAFFE is an interesting film, one that uses elements of fiction and documentary to explore our fragile sense of identity and place. Dara is an historian who is working on an oral history project on a Danish Island

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Michael says: “**MILD SPOILERS**“Sandra Wollner’s second feature film as writer and director has stirred up a bit of controversy. It was pulled from the Melbourne Film Festival following criticisms by two psychologists (one who watched the first 20 minutes of the

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Diane says: “TIME is a documentary that covers 20 years in the life of a family waiting for the father to be released from prison. Surprisingly, it’s not commentary on our criminal justice system, but about how the woman outside

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Part of the SMALL AXE Amazon Prime series. Diane says: “I’ve been wanting to see Steve McQueen’s set of SMALL AXE movies (on Amazon Prime), so natch I picked a short one—only an hour long. LOVERS ROCK is the title,

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Diane says: “This Polish animated feature is eliciting lots of divided critique. ‘Abrasive,’ ‘grotesque,’ and ‘grimy acid trip’ are some of the descriptors used, even when reviewers ultimately come down on the positive side. Since I expect animation to be

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Just Another Christmas (2020)

Nobody Knows I’m Here (2020)

The Decline (2020)

Ainu Mosir (2020)

Mangrove (2020)

Never Gonna Snow Again (2021)

A Whisker Away (2020)

Marona’s Fantastic Tale (2020)

Shithouse (2020)

Other Music (2020)

The Infiltrators (2020)

The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)

The Last Shift (2020)

The Cloud in Her Room (2022)

Giraffe (2020)

The Trouble with Being Born (2021)

Time (2020)

Lovers Rock (2020)

Kill It and Leave This Town (2020)

Tread (2020)