On the big screen Bloodlines was close to an amusement park ride, the steady click of anticipation paired with the knowledge of the impending drop. On small screens that sense of fun will be preserved, though perhaps not as immersively.
Plagued by a recurring violent nightmare, a college student returns home to find the one person who can break the cycle and save her family from the horrific fate that inevitably awaits them.
Its storyline is an old one but The Final Wish is innovative in the telling.
After the death of his father, Aaron returns home to help his grief-stricken mother and to confront his past. Going through his dad's belongings, he comes across a mysterious item that is more than it seems.
In the end, this is less interesting as a portrait of two people who lived dramatic lives and more interesting as a picture of the effect this had on those who knew them.
A personal investigation into the mysterious life of the director's Aunt Sally, an Ethiopian aristocrat-turned-communist-rebel who disappeared after the revolution that lead to the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie.
If you mourn the days when montage was king or have wondered why magic hour lens flare shots seemed to fall out of vogue, then you can fill your boots with Finding The Way Back
Jack Cunningham was an HS basketball phenom who walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater, he may get one last shot at redemption.
Keane himself is performing a tricky act here, juggling the real and the surreal while walking a tightrope of story.
A musician and puppeteer seeking to escape steals an envelope full of cash and escapes to Scotland with his childhood friend Tom to start a new life.. but things don't go as planned.
The film demands and receives a strong and forceful performance from Karelle Tremblay who is more than able to rise to the challenges.
The sleepy town where Léo lives doesn’t offer her much chance of self-fulfilment.
Extricating herself from her mother’s influence and her constricting environment isn’t
easy for the frustrated young woman, yet happiness might be close at hand.
What Sigríður, Markus Englmair, and Ugla have done as writers and writer/director is hang a disaster movie on top of a family drama. That is what makes the film compelling.
Anna Arnardóttir, Iceland's top volcanologist, faces two disasters at once: a volcanic eruption that threatens the safety of the capital city and a love affair that could destroy her marriage.
Nobody could have predicted The Fire Inside turning out to be as impressive as it is.
The story of Claressa 'T-Rex' Shields, a boxer from Flint, Michigan who trained to become the first woman in her country's history to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport.
The force of nature comes to stunning, searing life thanks to the Kraffts' footage, whether it is rivers of magma or gouts of smoke, with the film gradually building the case that they knew exactly the impact of what they were committing to camera would be.
Intrepid scientists and lovers Katia and Maurice Krafft died in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together: unraveling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing the most explosive imagery ever recorded. A doomed love triangle between Katia, Maurice and volcanoes, told through their archival footage.
The performances are relaxed and natural, the focus less on doing than on being.
A maladjusted dad is trying to heal in an experimental therapy group called Infinite Beginnings. Meanwhile, his non-binary kid is getting close with an older man. Their relationship feels both dreamy and concerning-depending on who is watching.
One of the most tightly written films of the year, this is also one of the funniest.
Conned into buying a shady '65 Chrysler, Mike's first date with the girl-next door, Kelsey, implodes as he finds himself targeted by criminals, cops, and a crazy cat lady. A night fuelled by desire, bullets and burning rubber makes any other first date seem like a walk in the park.
First Light doesn't do anything particularly unusual, but strong design, a sensitive script and good performances elevate it far above most of its peers.
A close encounter with mysterious lights sends two teens on the run after one discovers she has extraordinary but dangerous powers.
A thoughtful and lyrical film unafraid to do things differently.
An elderly nun witnesses the aftermath of a young construction worker's fatal accident, compelling her to question the ethical principles of the institution she has devoted her life to.
For those who are living with a 19th century idea of what art is, dismissing fashion as trivial and frivolous, Bolton counters that sometimes "fashion is easier to understand than language itself."
An in-depth documentary about the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's China: Through the Looking Glass exhibition and gala.
Its structure aims for Shakespeare, but is little more than shaky, its dialogue is dire and there is enough ham and wood in the performances to make a perfectly good barbecue.
A wealthy industrialist commissions a private production of Cosi Fan Tutte with an amateur cast whose complicated relationships mirror the themes of the opera itself.
The basketball sequences grab the eye as firmly as the players grasp the ball.
Hanamichi Sakuragi is a delinquent with a long history of getting dumped by girls. After enrolling in Shohoku High School, Hanamichi becomes interested in a girl named Haruko who loves the game of basketball.
By taking away the elements of threat conventionally present in such scenarios, Szczesniak presents a much more interesting portrait of an individual under pressure.
When a kidnapped woman learns secrets about her past, she realises that she must solve a mystery in order to escape.
Fiume O Morte! resists a purely historical reading, instead inviting a present-day sociological perspective in which the authoritarian leader becomes one element within the city’s layered history.
In 1919, Italian poet and fascist Gabriele D’Annunzio occupies the Croatian city of Fiume
and declares it his personal state.
What does deserve attention here is Harvey Davis’ score, which skillfully balances Lifestyle motifs with horror ones to great comic effect.
A struggling actor is hoping her star will rise again with the romcom Renovated Romance, but while on location shooting her hopeful comeback, she finds a cabin in the woods and becomes possessed by a demonic force, causing havoc amongst the crew.
While it's a road well-travelled, here it's a road travelled well.
Eight-year-old Vicky possesses a special power: a hyperacute sense of smell. She spends her days exploring this gift, and lives happily with her mother Joanne, a swimming teacher whom she adores exclusively - to the despair of her firefighter father. When her mysterious aunt Julia suddenly reappears in their lives, secrets from their past resurface both violently and magically.
A lot hinges on Hasson’s performance, and she carries the film’s tonal shifts well.
A young woman undergoes a psychiatric evaluation before her sentencing in an unusual murder trial. But as the tests become more personal and frightening, she begins to question the true motives of her doctors.
As a snapshot of the influence parents bring to bear on their offspring it lacks engagement for the audience and takes the attitude that everyone watching should be enrapt by the self-importance Penn brings to bear.
A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and conman in order to provide for his daughter.
The latter part of the film rapidly devolves into a no-holds-barred celebration of gluttony and mutation, in all the best ways.
A fast food restaurant manager is tasked with relaunching the long-dormant product, Flapjax, and no amount of mysterious warnings or disappearances are going to get in his way.
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