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FJORD Review
What if you move to a new country after the death of your parents and have to start completely over? The culture, language and religion are foreign to you. You are expected to assimilate to the new society you have entered. Now imagine this new country takes away your 5 young children, due to allegations made against your parenting. What would you do? In Cristian Mungiu's second Palme d’Or-winning film, Fjord, the examination of differing cultures is put on trial. The Gheorg
Willow Steele
Sep 303 min read


HOPE Review
Ko Bum-seok (Hwang Jung-min) is the police chief of Hope Harbor, a small town located near the DMZ in South Korea. He gets a call from his cousin, Ko Sung-ki (Zo In-sung), about a dead cow in the road with unnatural wounds. Rumors begin circulating that a tiger is the culprit, but a trip back into town reveals more unnatural carnage among the cows—and even a farmer. When Bum-seok returns to town, he finds a massacre: buildings torn apart, bodies strewn across the streets, and
Drew Sullivan
Sep 233 min read


LEVITICUS Review
Leviticus follows two gay teens, unaccepted for who they are by the people around them, as they see an entity that's trying to harm them after being subjected to a religious conversion ritual. The entity takes the shape of the person they're most into, in this case each other. Only they can see it, making it impossible to prove to anyone else around them. The two main performances are where this movie shines. Joe Bird plays the protagonist, Naim, and we follow him through a w
Andy Funke
Jun 233 min read


I LOVE BOOSTERS Review
With I Love Boosters, Boots Riley has made another film that feels like it was conceived at 2am by someone who read three books on Marxist theory, watched every heist movie ever made, and then ate something they probably should not have eaten. I mean this as a compliment. Mostly. Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, and Taylour Paige play three working class Bay Area women who steal luxury goods and resell them on the street at prices normal humans can actually afford. They are not crim
Guy Roditty
May 232 min read
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