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Hereditary

The Lodge movie review: stuck in miserably mushy snow

Thu, Feb 27, 2020
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This exasperating movie is so obnoxious it could be deliberately trolling us. Wants to have its ambiguous cake and eat it, too, smothered in a gloomy frosting. *extremely pinches nose in despair*

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Midsommar movie review: välkommen to weird Ikea

Fri, Jul 05, 2019
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It’s hard to escape the sense that Ari Aster is getting off on Florence Pugh sobbing and screaming as he fetishizes her terror and torment. And none of it is in the pursuit of any meaning or message.

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AWFJ 2018 EDA Awards winners announced

Thu, Jan 10, 2019
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Our most honored films are Roma (five awards), The Favourite (four awards), and Can You Ever Forgive Me? (three awards).

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OFCS 2018 awards winners announced

Wed, Jan 02, 2019
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Roma wins four awards including Best Picture; Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is Best Animated Feature.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Thu Jun 14

Fri, Jun 15, 2018
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Toni Collette fights family demons; Sylvia Syms fights to stay with her husband; Mc Linn Da Quebrada fights bigotry.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Jun 08

Fri, Jun 08, 2018
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Does every wide release in North America this week feature a female protagonist or female ensemble? Wow.

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Hereditary movie review: the haunting is coming from inside the family (Sundance London 2018)

Tue, Jun 05, 2018
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The sinister ambiance has a terrible grace, but its raw and honest portrait of grief and guilt is ultimately diminished by the supernatural horror that is also at play.

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