Tag: Author: Patrick Preziosi

Booksmart (Olivia Wilde, 2019), Entertainment One, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 105 minutes, Molly (Beanie Feldstein), Amy (Kaitlyn Dever)B
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BOOKSMART

Inspired chemistry is hampered by mishandled subtext in Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut
Non-Fiction / Doubles vies (Olivier Assayas, 2019), Curzon Artificial Eye, France, DCP, colour, sound, 108 minutes, Selena (Juliette Binoche)A
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A Bedroom Farce Laced with Bon Mots, ‘Non-Fiction’ is a Singular Cinematic Look at the Intersection of Art & Modern Capital

Non-Fiction/Doubles vies (Olivier Assayas, 2018, France)
Us (Jordan Peele, 2018), Universal Pictures, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 116 minutes, Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong'o)U
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US

Peele is a commercial director intent on making capital-M Movies
Transit (Christian Petzold, 2018) Curzon Cinemas, Germany, DCP, colour, sound, 101 minutes, Marie (Paula Beer) & Georg (Franz Rogowski)T
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TRANSIT

Christian Petzold's tale of retro-futuristic Fascism on the French coast delivers.
Shirkers (Sandi Tan, 2018), Netflix, USA / UK, 35 mm / DCP, colour, sound, 97 minutes, Sandi TanS
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SHIRKERS

A brave and intensely personal, if not always successful, documentary
Burning / Beoning (Lee Chang-dong, 2018), Thunderbird Releasing, South Korea, DCP, 148 minutes, Shin Hae-mi (Jong-seo Jun)B
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BURNING

Liberates itself of its literary source and sets a new standard of anti-thriller
Suspiria (Luca Guadagnino, 2018), MUBI, Italy/USA, 35mm, colour, sound, 152 minutes, Patricia (Madame Blanc)S
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SUSPIRIA

Guadagnino's passion project is a slog for us
Climax (Gaspar Noé, 2018), Arrow Films, Belgium / France, DCP, colour, sound, 96 minutesC
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CLIMAX

Gaspar Noé's visceral, intense bodily experience is an intoxicating display of excess