On Swift Horses, a period melodrama about hidden love and sexual identity in 1950s America, is so tasteful it makes you wish it would cut loose with the abandon its characters experience in their frequently heated moments of self-discovery. Featuring an attractive cast led…
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In his beautifully mounted spellbinder Sinners, writer-director Ryan Coogler (Black Panther, Creed) mixes tones, styles and genres to supremely entertaining heights in a boldly confident piece of studio movie showmanship. Across a sumptuous, 137-minute picture about a pair of ne’er-do-well twin brothers returning from the big…
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Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s Warfare is a relentless, war is hell exercise delivering exactly what its title promises: an immersive descent into the chaos of combat. Collaborators on last year’s provocation Civil War (Garland helmed with Mendoza as military advisor), the pair has…
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Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza didn’t set out to make just another war film. After working together on last year’s provocative button pusher Civil War, their creative partnership evolved when a conversation about potential future collaborations turned into something far more personal. The resulting…
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