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Review of The Power of the Dog (2021)

By Nicholas Barber (220) for BBC (137) on 02 Sep 2021

It's a film which shimmers with intelligence, and if the plot isn't clear until the very last scene, well, it's worth the wait…

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Review of Titane (2021)

By Nicholas Barber (220) for BBC (137) on 16 Jul 2021

Ducournau's beautiful, dark, twisted fantasy is a nightmarish yet mischievously comic barrage of sex, violence, lurid lighting and pounding…

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Review of The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021)

By Nicholas Barber (220) for BBC (137) on 13 Jul 2021

His craftsmanship is so overwhelming that unless you're already allergic to his tics and trademarks, you should get a buzz from the film's…

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Review of Benedetta (2021)

By Nicholas Barber (220) for BBC (137) on 10 Jul 2021

Far from being a steamy nun-sploitation thriller about women with bad habits – well, it's partly that, to be honest – Benedetta is a substantial,…

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Review of Annette (2021)

By Nicholas Barber (220) for BBC (137) on 06 Jul 2021

It's kitsch at times and transcendent at others, but the delicate puppetry and the gonzo ambition will guarantee Annette a cult following…

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Review of Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

By Caryn James (352) for BBC (137) on 01 Jul 2021

There are great concert movies and great socio-political documentaries, but Summer of Soul combines both in one gloriously entertaining and…

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Review of Black Widow (2021)

By Caryn James (352) for BBC (137) on 29 Jun 2021

Black Widow does become typically Avengers at the end, with an overwrought, too-long action scene that plays like a festival of stunt doubles…

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Review of Luca (2021)

By Nicholas Barber (220) for BBC (137) on 16 Jun 2021

Casarosa has crafted a modest and gentle yarn about a few good-natured people in a small area, and their enviably simple way of life…

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Review of Cruella (2021)

By Caryn James (352) for BBC (137) on 26 May 2021

Beavan's costumes are dazzling throughout, including Cruella's glittering red dress at the Baroness's gala…

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Review of A Quiet Place Part II (2021)

By Nicholas Barber (220) for BBC (137) on 18 May 2021

This is a film that is undoubtedly more effective in the dark, with a top-notch sound system and a huge screen, than it would be on a laptop…

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Review of Minari (2021)

By Nicholas Barber (220) for BBC (137) on 17 Feb 2021

Sensitively written and acted, beautifully shot, and with a charming, sparingly used score, Minari is so engaging that it's easy to forget…

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Review of Malcolm & Marie (2021)

By Caryn James (352) for BBC (137) on 22 Jan 2021

Writer and director Sam Levinson, who also created the audacious and enthralling HBO series Euphoria, gives the familiar story a makeover with…

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Review of Nomadland (2021)

By Caryn James (352) for BBC (137) on 17 Dec 2020

McDormand’s commanding, deeply empathetic performance holds the film together…

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Review of Soul (2020)

By Nicholas Barber (220) for BBC (137) on 17 Dec 2020

The more you think about it, the more of a muddle Soul seems to be. But what a gorgeous muddle it is…

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Review of Rebecca (2020)

By Caryn James (352) for BBC (137) on 17 Dec 2020

This new Rebecca feels as if someone at Downton Abbey were having a bad day…

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Review of Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

By Nicholas Barber (220) for BBC (137) on 15 Dec 2020

Jenkins has said that she would have liked the film to be 15 minutes longer. Some viewers might have liked it to be 15 minutes shorter…

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Review of News of the World (2020)

By Caryn James (352) for BBC (137) on 11 Dec 2020

Although the individual episodes are gripping, the plot trajectory is obvious, especially when we arrive at an ending that's easy to see from…

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Review of The Midnight Sky (2020)

By Nicholas Barber (220) for BBC (137) on 09 Dec 2020

If The Midnight Sky has the sombre tone of a high-minded art-house project, it has the bland design, sentimental characterisation and flimsy…

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Review of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

By Caryn James (352) for BBC (137) on 20 Nov 2020

The film takes place largely in two down and dirty rooms, the recording studio and a basement where the band rehearses, but it doesn’t feel…

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Review of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020)

By Nicholas Barber (220) for BBC (137) on 22 Oct 2020

Having been made with a specific political purpose, Subsequent MovieFilm won’t age as well as the previous Borat did…

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