A bravissim[o/a] LGBTQ+ tribute w. depth-heavy multi-perspective doc exposition on gender identity, vicissitude, oppression, existentialism, isolation, trans progres. activism: beautiful, sweeping, & impresionante as bucolic Italy countryside. 9.2/10.
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Category: Drama/Indie
Heojil Kyolshim (2022)
The Directorial Palme D’Or For 2022 Aggrandizes S. Korea’s Lengthy Resumé Of Viral Pedigree Cinema/TV; a serpentine mystery-thriller x mercury noir x wry comedy x romance w. anfractuous themes: woe, toxicity, gaslighting, lust. 9.3/10.
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Les Bonnes Étoiles [Broker] (2022)
Once-a-generation does a film release at such a perfect temporal amalgamation of politics & climate: a baby box project at a time of Roe v. Wade chaos & farcical caper on community, faith, agency, ethics, $, trafficking,.. w. career role by Kang-ho. 8/10.
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Holy Spider (2022)
Brazen, Egregious, Milieu-Apropros Persian Noir/True-Crime Nightmare, Abassi’s wicked chastizement of evil banality & fundamentalist hypocrisy in mecca stuns – even if gets ~lost between axiom x amorality & weak courtroom-drama arc. 7.1/10.
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The Batman (2022)
Raw, powerful, emotional, dark, mature, noir love-letter to Golden-Age Hollywood & Se7en/Arrow/TAS/Daredevil/Nirvana-themed nihilistic detective origin story of gloom, chiaroscuro, tragedy, malfeasance, rage w. Best CC Performance: R.P. 8.7/10.
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Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (2022)
The Humble Origins, Gascönade, Moxie, Twstd Fantasy, Dropout, 808’s, Heartbreak, Flashing Lights, Presidency, Fashion, Religion, & Oracular Graduation Of The New Gen. MJ, JYAT: worthy, hypercreative, street-ground, valorous indie KW doc. 8.7/10.
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Bel-Air (2022)
The New Prince Standard For Reboots & Proof Of Grassroots Filmmaking Talent By Viral YouTube Origins, Bel-Air’s fresh modern perspective & tonal remix of the icon 90’s sitcom is genius – even if Peacock’s version pales to MC’s original video. 6.2/10.
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Elvis (2022)
Though CLC Reiterates Baz Luhrmann Is The Greatest Visual Director Alive & T.H. Dazzles, Elvis is a biopic generations too-late: having lost ~all cache, released in U.S. crisis, & badly miscast: gothy nonlookalike who can’t sell the guttural uh-huh. 5/10.
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The Northman (2022)
A true [lost] action/adventure epic from visionary horror director Robert Eggers & blood/mysticism-soaked Viking revenge odyssey version of Hamlet w. painstaking 10th-century period authenticity & stellar pedigree Skarsgård-led ensemble. 7.8/10.
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Strawberry Mansion (2022)
A hyperimaginative time/space-bending fantasia dreamscape & new cult-classic contrastively juxtaposing the ethereal freedom, limitlessness, mystery, euphoria, life of imagination w. etiolate, grayscale euthanization of govt. & capitalism. 9.5/10.
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