Reviews

Peau d’âne (1970) – Film Review

If there has ever been a truly fairy tale adaptation put into film that is undoubtedly it. The insane production design work in this film with insane sets, magical locations, amazing dresses, and crazy make-up really immerse the audience member in a fantastic medieval reality where kings and queens, princes and princesses, peasants and servants, and even fairies exist.

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Dheepan (2015) – Film Review

Jacques Audiard’s Palme d’Or winning film is a great look into the difficulties that immigrants in Europe go through their adaptation process in after arriving in Europe, moreover, coming as war refugees, with a nice little twist of action on top of its preeminent social criticism.

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A Most Violent Year (2014) – Film Review

Study on capitalism, greed, corruption, and the falsity of the so-called American Dream presented through the occurrences of a businessman, perfectly played by Oscar Isaac, in his quest of growing his “honourable” heating oil business in the New York of 1981.

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Cerdita (2022) – Film Review

One of the horror sensations of the year, the feature debut from Carlota Pereda is a perfectly paced movie jumping from drama and social criticism (with its depiction of bullying and fat-shaming, and its effects on the victims) to thriller to full horror.

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