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Review of Awaken (2021)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 07 Apr 2021

After the perpetual dormancy of our lives this past year, humanity is on the verge of reawakening, and Awaken is a worthy testament to just…

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Review of Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 02 Feb 2021

The actual experience of watching this gonzo dystopian samurai western is far from the shock-a-minute journey that one would expect, but even…

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Review of On the Count of Three (2022)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 01 Feb 2021

Even if the last act doesn’t succeed as intended, On the Count of Three threads the difficult task of finding the humor in hopelessness while…

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Review of Roald Dahl's The Witches (2020)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 21 Oct 2020

With a grand score by Alan Silvestri that kicks up at every possible turn and extravagantly over-the-top Hathaway performance, this update…

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Review of Feels Good Man (2020)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 03 Sep 2020

It’s a depressing, disturbing journey to witness, but an essential one to see the machinations of evil that pervade and influence our daily…

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Review of Irresistible (2020)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 22 Jun 2020

This tedious film’s biggest issues don’t lie with its simplification of politics or often taking the feel-good easy route, but rather how…

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Review of The King of Staten Island (2020)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 08 Jun 2020

It’s the director’s most emotionally attuned and narrowly focused work, a film in which our attention is not pulled along by heavy dramatic…

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Review of The Vast of Night (2019)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 27 May 2020

While a few too-prescient touches pull one out of the experience and its inevitable conclusion leaves a bit to be desired, The Vast of Night…

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Review of The Trip to Greece (2020)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 18 May 2020

The narrative might get a touch too solemn, injecting a bit of reality when it comes to unanticipated hardships, but some welcome closure is…

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Review of The Hunt (2020)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 11 Mar 2020

It’s the kind of escapist action film and politically-tinged revenge tale that could actually spark a discussion rather than the reaction…

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Review of The Hunt (2020)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 11 Mar 2020

It’s the kind of escapist action film and politically-tinged revenge tale that could actually spark a discussion rather than the reaction…

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Review of The Hunt (2020)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 11 Mar 2020

It’s the kind of escapist action film and politically-tinged revenge tale that could actually spark a discussion rather than the reaction…

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Review of Minari (2021)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 01 Feb 2020

One of the most subtly striking decisions in Minari is to not focus on the major moments in their path towards the American Dream, but rather…

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Review of Falling (2021)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 01 Feb 2020

Mortensen is clearly attuned to the emotional toll of maintaining such a relationship—loving someone even if they don’t show any love back—but…

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Review of Boys State (2020)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 01 Feb 2020

What makes Boys State so compelling is it appeals both to the most cynical and hopeful of viewers…

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Review of The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 31 Jan 2020

The tell-all exposé on why exactly The Last Thing He Wanted is a failure on almost every level is likely many years away, but it’s been…

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Review of The Nest (2020)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 28 Jan 2020

The finishing of the narrative puzzle isn’t as graceful as the mindful setting of its pieces, but this is a rare director who has something…

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Review of Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 28 Jan 2020

Providing levity and comfort to ideas of mortality, Kirsten Johnson has illuminated the sweet embrace of death…

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Review of The Nest (2020)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 28 Jan 2020

The finishing of the narrative puzzle isn’t as graceful as the mindful setting of its pieces, but this is a rare director who has something…

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Review of Shirley (2020)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 27 Jan 2020

Where Decker’s film excels is in the innovative perspective brought to each moment and the talented ensemble that gets to grab ahold of the…

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