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Plan 75 (2022) 95% EDIT “Hayakawa’s quietly realist treatment of the dystopian premise makes for haunting viewing.” – Sight & Sound Dec 8, 2023 Full Review Kill Boksoon (2023) 79% EDIT “Kill Boksoon is as progressive as it is formulaic, veering between straight-laced action and poignant family drama. ” – The Verge Apr 4, 2023 Full Review The Fabelmans (2022) 92% 2/5 EDIT “As this semi-autobiographical film plods on, there is an unshakeable sense that in reaching for the stars, The Fabelmans instead lands somewhere more mediocre and disappointing.” – CineVue Jan 25, 2023 Full Review Decision to Leave (2022) 94% EDIT “Park never makes clear the film’s true protagonist or antagonist, criminal or victim. Instead, he leaves us with an excruciatingly ambiguous puzzle about love, innocence, and truth.” – The Verge Oct 28, 2022 Full Review Carter (2022) 32% EDIT “What Carter sets out to accomplish in action, choreography, and set design, it pulls off with great aplomb. However, those looking for a more character-driven story... might find Carter’s 132-minute runtime a bit too overwhelming.” – The Verge Aug 5, 2022 Full Review WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn (2021) 75% 4/5 EDIT “Capturing Neumann's fall from grace, this film illuminates some of the most hard-hitting professional and social anxieties of our age.” – CineVue Aug 16, 2021 Full Review Monsoon (2019) 87% 4/5 EDIT “Tracing ambivalent pasts and ambiguous futures, Monsoon grows into a brooding portrait of immigrant displacement -- one marked by a ceaseless yearning.” – CineVue Sep 29, 2020 Full Review Proxima (2019) 86% 4/5 EDIT “It's a fiery mix of ambition, mother-daughter love, female empowerment and childhood dreams -- the gravities of each masterfully held together in the film, like planets in the canvas of space, revolving harmoniously around the sun.” – CineVue Jul 30, 2020 Full Review Freedom Fields (2018) 91% 4/5 EDIT “Freedom Fields is both a love letter to the sport and a sharp critique of post-revolution Libya -- penned with hope, but also inked with frustration.” – CineVue Jun 4, 2019 Full Review Varda by Agnès (2019) 98% 4/5 EDIT “Though it does not reach the heights of her gloriously charming last film, Faces Places, it is still a cathartic, bittersweet swansong from one of cinema's most endearing and adored auteurs.” – CineVue May 22, 2019 Full Review Amazing Grace (2018) 99% 4/5 EDIT “Amazing Grace, in a way, is a sweet homage not just to music, but also to the patient art of filmmaking. It paints a sincere portrait of a talented artist at work.” – CineVue May 17, 2019 Full Review Jellyfish (2018) 84% 3/5 EDIT “It's anchored by a strong performance from BIFA-nominated Liv Hill and a few downright hilarious punchlines, though the film suffers from an underdeveloped cast of supporting characters and some over-the-top dialogue.” – CineVue Feb 15, 2019 Full Review
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