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Review of Breathe (2015)

By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 08 Sep 2015

Right up until the film’s very closing moments, in which the carefully maintained tension and tone snaps under the ratchet of one melodramatic…

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Review of The Young Kieslowski (2014)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 07 Sep 2015

There's a charmer in here that's a fake-out of the most welcome kind…

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Review of A Bigger Splash (2015)

By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 05 Sep 2015

Its very wonkiness is one of the things that makes A Bigger Splash a good time — the sense of a filmmaker, perhaps aware that the story he's…

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Review of Steve Jobs (2015)

By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 05 Sep 2015

A deliriously quick-footed and orchestrally pitched character study, Steve Jobs is an ambitious, deeply captivating portrait of the high cost…

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Review of The Transporter Refueled (2015)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Playlist (3,871) on 04 Sep 2015

Amidst this goofiness, Skrein proves a serviceable Statham replacement, capable of executing elaborate martial arts-inspired fight moves, glowering…

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Review of Everest (2015)

By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 04 Sep 2015

Salvatore Totino's crisp 3D photography and Kormakur's way with a clear, fluid, thrilling action sequence show off the mountain in immensely…

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Review of Beasts of No Nation (2015)

By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 04 Sep 2015

Matching Fukunaga's proven storytelling grace with a story truly worth the telling, the result is explosively authentic and yet lyrical, making…

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Review of Room (2015)

By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 04 Sep 2015

Room has unforgettable, must-witness performances, and its soulful mother and son narrative is one of the most touching dynamics you’ll see…

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Review of The Danish Girl (2015)

By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 04 Sep 2015

The fact is that both actors are very good, even if trapped in the amber of Hooper's overweeningly tasteful direction…

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Review of When Animals Dream (2014)

By Nikola Grozdanovic (99) for The Playlist (3,871) on 04 Sep 2015

It’s a narrative vacuum big enough to make you mad at this melancholy werewolf drama for not being, at the very least, good…

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Review of Suffragette (2015)

By Chris Willman (63) for The Playlist (3,871) on 04 Sep 2015

If only Carey Mulligan had been inspired to protest for the right to a better script for Suffragette, an overly schematic look at the struggle…

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Review of Black Mass (2015)

By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 03 Sep 2015

There is nothing underneath the glossy surface and no real insight into what made this man tick — and despite how creepy he looks here, Bulger…

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Review of Spotlight (2015)

By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 02 Sep 2015

It's the best film McCarthy has ever made: restrained, intelligent and grown-up, but unfolding with the pacing and rhythm of a thriller…

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Review of The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)

By Katie Walsh (1,279) for The Playlist (3,871) on 02 Sep 2015

It’s clear that the Panther legacy lives on, and Nelson’s film is a necessary primer for understanding the party — in it’s own words…

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Review of Meru (2015)

By Nicholas Laskin (10) for The Playlist (3,871) on 02 Sep 2015

Meru is a flawed but deeply riveting account of what happens when men walk right up to the edge of madness…

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Review of Chloe and Theo (2015)

By Gary Garrison (43) for The Playlist (3,871) on 02 Sep 2015

Chloe And Theo should have been a film about Theo: a complex man taking on an unfamiliar world he is not particularly fond of, with little…

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Review of Creep (2015)

By Drew Taylor (218) for The Playlist (3,871) on 31 Aug 2015

Creep is a tiny movie whose uniqueness feels positively seismic…

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Review of Creep (2014)

By Drew Taylor (218) for The Playlist (3,871) on 31 Aug 2015

Creep is a tiny movie whose uniqueness feels positively seismic…

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Review of The Second Mother (2015)

By Nikola Grozdanovic (99) for The Playlist (3,871) on 31 Aug 2015

Ultimately, the main source of power behind The Second Mother is found in its effortless skips between character study, family drama, and silent…

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Review of Zipper (2015)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for The Playlist (3,871) on 28 Aug 2015

A monologue delivered by a senator played by Richard Dreyfuss is so clunky, that he might as well have broken the fourth wall in order to make…

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