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Review of Race (2016)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 23 Feb 2016

Race starts with good intentions and a genuinely inspiring true-life tale, but with a scattered story and shapeless direction, it struggles…

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Review of The Lady in the Van (2015)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 12 Feb 2016

There's not much narrative oomph…

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Review of The Choice (1971)

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 Choice (1987)

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 Son of Saul (2015)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 05 Feb 2016

Nemes's subjective approach means the attendant horrors of Saul's existence - the bodies, fires, executions - are either out of focus or off-camera,…

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Review of The Choice (2016)

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 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 Dirty Grandpa (2016)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 22 Jan 2016

At this late stage of his career, one can't help feel the star of Taxi Driver, The Godfather Part II, Raging Bull and Goodfellas could use…

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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 Forest (2016)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 08 Jan 2016

Consider this a horror movie for wussies…

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Review of The Forest (2016)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 08 Jan 2016

Consider this a horror movie for wussies…

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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 The Big Short (2015)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 22 Dec 2015

McKay's singular achievement is in getting us on side with these outliers…

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