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Review of Le Cœur de Madame Sabali (2015)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 05 Feb 2016

Starting with this seemingly glum premise, The Heart of Madame Sabali adds in absurdist comedy, surreal drama and inventive, super-stylized…

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Review of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 05 Feb 2016

The story doesn't work as popcorn entertainment or as serious docudrama, and 13 Hours often feels conflicted and confused (something we never…

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Review of The Choice (1976)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 05 Feb 2016

Even as Travis and Gabby fuss and feud, everyone around them is thinking, Can't these two crazy kids see they're made for each other…

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Review of The Finest Hours (2016)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 29 Jan 2016

With its sepia-toned period detail and earnest Eisenhower-era feel, this stoic seafaring adventure comes close to being hokey…

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Review of Hurt (2015)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 15 Jan 2016

Starting as a deeply sad character study, the film becomes a deeper investigation of identity, fame and failure…

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Review of Norm of the North (2016)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 15 Jan 2016

You might expect a clichéd fish-out-of-water comedy. But, no. Norm of the North is so lazy, sloppy and confusing, it can't even pull off clichés…

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Review of Hurt (2015)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 15 Jan 2016

Starting as a deeply sad character study, the film becomes a deeper investigation of identity, fame and failure…

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Review of Goodnight Mommy (2015)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 08 Jan 2016

Goodnight Mommy is not easy to watch, but with elegant cinematography, impeccable pacing and a thrumming sense of dread, Franz and Fiala make…

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Review of The Hateful Eight (2015)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 01 Jan 2016

Even when pulled down by his worst impulses and most self-indulgent tics, Tarantino can pull off scenes that possess a mad, bad, unsettling…

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Review of Carol (2015)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 23 Dec 2015

Haynes looks back on mid-century conformity without camp or condescension…

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Review of Sisters (2015)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 17 Dec 2015

Often hilarious but frequently frustrating, this raucous raunch comedy suffers from a common problem, especially with Saturday Night Live reunion…

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Review of Sisters (2015)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 17 Dec 2015

Often hilarious but frequently frustrating, this raucous raunch comedy suffers from a common problem, especially with Saturday Night Live reunion…

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Review of Sisters (2016)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 17 Dec 2015

Often hilarious but frequently frustrating, this raucous raunch comedy suffers from a common problem, especially with Saturday Night Live reunion…

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Review of Brooklyn (2015)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 11 Dec 2015

With sure but small gestures, Ronan manages to suggest both luminous innocence and reserves of strength that Eilis is only beginning to understand…

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Review of In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 11 Dec 2015

In the Heart of the Sea is neither history nor myth but a hokey, unworkable Hollywood mix of the two…

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Review of Al Purdy Was Here (2015)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 03 Dec 2015

Al Purdy Was Here is not a definitive portrait, and probably isn't meant to be…

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Review of Creed (2015)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 25 Nov 2015

Doing some deft shadow boxing with the increasingly wheezy, cheesy Rocky legacy, Coogler honours its 1976 roots -- getting some poignant support…

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Review of Spotlight (2015)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 20 Nov 2015

Spotlight is a tight, economical model of understated craft…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 20 Nov 2015

With grander goals than the earlier movies, Mockingjay Part 2 has some bigger flaws, but it's grounded in a remarkable central performance…

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Review of Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 13 Nov 2015

Gibney doesn't offer a big, final Sorkin-style statement…

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