Wonder Woman 1984, the follow-up to Wonder Woman (2017) that was everything its sequel is not, is a befuddling and oftentimes infuriating film to watch for all of its hollow, performative gestures of …
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The latest from Song of the Sea and The Secret of Kells director Tomm Moore, along with Ross Stewart sharing directing duties, is a visual feast. Wolfwalkers may not hit at the same level of emotional…
‘Sound of Metal’ review: An uncompromising character study anchored by Riz Ahmed’s tour de force performance
Bruising in its delivery and blistering in its fall out, Sound of Metal is an astonishing, fully visceral experience anchored entirely by a tremendous performance from Riz Ahmed. Sound of Metal tells …
‘Nomadland’ review: Chloé Zhao’s latest stuns by finding humanity in the smallest of moments
Chloé Zhao has an ability to capture the unseen America in a way that sets her apart from any of her contemporaries. There’s no romance in her stories – they are simply facts of life and t…
Album review: Worldwide superstars BTS once again raise their own bar on “BE”
In what might be the supergroup’s most cohesive album in years, BTS (comprised of RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook) has produced an album that is, for better and worse, uniformly theirs in…
‘On the Rocks’ review : Sofia Coppola’s latest is beautifully made but unfortunately vacant
Sofia Coppola has made a career of finding the poignant in daily minutia and intricate beauties in the sublime. Hers is an eye that gravitates to pastel colors, touch-starved intimacies, ornate decade…
AFI 2020 review: ‘Sound of Metal’ is an uncompromising character study anchored by Riz Ahmed’s tour de force performance
Bruising in its delivery and blistering in its fall out, Sound of Metal is an astonishing, fully visceral experience anchored entirely by a tremendous performance from Riz Ahmed. Sound of Metal tells …