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Hong Chau

Kinds of Kindness movie review: twilight zones of contention

Mon, Jun 24, 2024
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A mad monstrosity of a movie: absurdist, enigmatic, perverse. Lanthimos’s typical grotesque humor is on full display. Yay for a film that actually attempts to capture how insane the world is today?

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daily stream: Hong Chau, very small before she got very big

Wed, Apr 05, 2023
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2017’s Downsizing is on Paramount+ in the US, Prime in the UK.

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my picks for tonight’s 95th Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2022’s films) (winners indicated)

Mon, Mar 13, 2023
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I correctly guessed 13 out of the 23 categories, which is a little better than how I did last year.

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AWFJ 2022 EDA Awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 17, 2023
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The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and Women Talking tie for the most awards, at four apiece.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Apr 27

Fri, Apr 27, 2018
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There are no new movies opening in wide release in the US today that are written or directed by women, and none about women. In limited release, Juliette Binoche, Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, and Alia Shawkat are looking for love, with varying degrees of success.

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Downsizing movie review: let’s get small (LFF 2017)

Wed, Dec 20, 2017
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Absolutely stupendous: smart, funny, poignant, a true original. A thrilling odyssey of ideas that takes its sci-fi concept to the very edges of extrapolation.

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