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…of commercial cinema. As the artists note, “If it were just about a [color] standard, no more than 20 prototypes would have been necessary. Obviously, the format offered an opportunity…
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Starring: Cung Le | Qingxiang Wang | Tony Chiu-Wai Leung | Ziyi Zhang
…astonishing scene of Ip Man and a sizable group of adversaries fighting in the rain, the speed of edits and sounds of combat combining in dizzying tension to highlight dramatically…
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Rating: 4.9
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Gorรด Inagaki | Koji Yakusho | Masachika Ichimura | Takayuki Yamada | Yusuke Iseya
…team, coming up with a plan, displaying great leadership, patience, and calm; he ultimately fights both his old comrade and alpha villain Naritsugu, even delivering a righteous lecture on how…
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Ben Sharrock
Starring: Amir El-Masry | Grace Chilton | Kwabena Ansah | Vikash Bhai
…scenes [feat. Sidse Babett Knudsen THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY] I’ve seen in ages.) It all sounds terminally quirky, and it almost is—until you take in the painterly landscapes, the subtle…
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Levan Akin
Starring: Ana Javakishvili | Bachi Valishvili | Kakha Gogidze | Levan Gelbakhiani
Michael says: “Wow. This one took me by surprise, and I really loved it. A coming-of-age story about a young man growing up in a traditional, conservative town in Georgia…
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Craig Johnson
Starring: Bret Loehr | Carr Thompson | Mark Duplass | Melissa Leo
…disappointment; it almost feels like more of a practice film in that way. Either way, it’s still a pretty decent coming-of-age story, whether the age is 15 or 35. 3…
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Jun Kunimura | Kippei Shiina | Ryo Kase | Takeshi Kitano | Tomokazu Miura
…it with bloody and creative outbursts of violence that are nevertheless dispassionate. “Kitano also, after long practice, knows how to use his face and slumped body to communicate the grind…
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Valentyn Vasyanovych
Starring: Andriy Rymaruk | Lily Hyde | Liudmyla Bileka | Vasyl Antoniak
…soldiers Ivan and Sergei suffer from PTSD, and blow off steam with some target practice that escalates into a startling conclusion. The next day, Ivan commits an act that gets…
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Rating: 3.2 cats
Director: Niki Caro
Starring: Cliff Curtis | Grant Roa | Keisha Castle-Hughes | Rawiri Paratene | Vicky Haughton
…in it’s inherent belief in value or limits based on gender, but that it is damaging to a community. And when a community is threatened pushing one part down will…
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Rating: 4.4
Director: Werner Herzog
Thom says: “This stunning documentary follows a Texas death row inmate up to & shortly after his execution. One of the points that comes across the best is that the…
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