Category: Criticism

Hacksaw Ridge (Mel Gibson, 2016), Lionsgate, USA & Australia, D-Cinema, 136 minutes, Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield)H
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David G. Hughes

HACKSAW RIDGE

Paradoxical and unsubtle war movie with confused morality
Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan, 2016), StudioCanal, USA, D-Cinema, 134 minutes, Randi Chandler (Michelle Williams), Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck)M
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Teodosia Dobriyanova

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA

Top-notch character drama about the thawing of the human heart
La La Land (Damien Chazelle, 2016), Lionsgate, USA, 35 mm / D-Cinema, 128 minutes, Mia (Emma Stone), Sebastian (Ryan Gosling)L
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David G. Hughes

LA LA LAND

A sweeping musical ode to dreamers and romantics
Paterson (Jim Jarmsuch, 2016), Soda Pictures, France / Germany / USA, colour, sound, 118 minutesP
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David G. Hughes

PATERSON

Jim Jarmusch channels Ozu in his poetic meditation on quotidian life
Dog Eat Dog (Paul Schrader, 2016), Signature Entertainment, USA, DCP, 91 minutes, Troy (Nicolas Cage), Mad Dog (Willem Dafoe)D
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David G. Hughes

DOG EAT DOG

Cage and Dafoe are let loose in Paul Schrader's degenerate, post-moral crime caper
Blood Father (Jean-François Richet, 2016), Warner Bros., France, DCP, 88 minutes, Link (Mel Gibson)B
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David G. Hughes

BLOOD FATHER

Mel Gibson resurrects himself in engaging pulp thriller
One More Time With Feeling (Andrew Dominik, 2016), Picturehouse Entertainment , United Kingdom, DCP, 112 minutes, Nick CaveO
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Teodosia Dobriyanova

ONE MORE TIME WITH FEELING

Terror and beauty come together in intimate Nick Cave documentary
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David G. Hughes

THE LEGEND OF TARZAN

Lessons in colonialism and primal sex appeal brings Tarzan back into the pop-culture fray
Room (Lenny Abrahamson, 2015), Universal Pictures, DCP, colour, sound, 118 minutes, Jack (Jacob Tremblay), Ma (Brie Larson)R
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Teodosia Dobriyanova

ROOM

An empathetic and uniquely cinematic adaptation of a book