A Quiet Place Part II, the Covid-delayed sequel to 2018’s surprise horror hit A Quiet Place, is the rare sequel that (almost) equals its predecessor, a skillfully calibrated exercise in tension with a few new ideas and enough scares to sustain its tightly coiled…
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Michel Franco’s sociopolitical nightmare New Order edges toward an uncomfortable, close-to-reality plausibility where social hierarchies erode amidst a working-class revolt and descent into barbarism. The French-Mexican production is a visually arresting thriller that is cruel, crude and pointed – harrowing and intriguing, undone by…
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What happens in a marital separation when one person moves on and the other is still committed? The power of the superb heartland drama The Killing of Two Lovers comes from its point of view on a failing marriage, told from the perspective of…
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