Sleeper Awakened

WITHOUT FILM, SOMETHING SLEEPS INSIDE US AND SELDOM AWAKENS. THE SLEEPER MUST AWAKEN.

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PETITE MAMAN (2021)

February 02, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 2022, 7, DRAMA, FANTASY, FOREIGN, P

“Tender, lithe and estimable.”

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Céline Sciamma, Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne, Margot Abascal
2021, 2022, 7, DRAMA, FANTASY, FOREIGN, P
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RED ROCKET (2021)

January 25, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, COMEDY, DRAMA, R

“entertaining, engrossing, and edifying”

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Sean Baker, Simon Rex, Bree Elrod, Suzanna Son
2021, 7, COMEDY, DRAMA, R
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THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (2021)

January 24, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, ROMANCE, W, Oscars 2022

“dwelled in the sober reality of the human condition with wit and guile”

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Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Maria Grazia Di Meo, Herbert Nordrum, Joachim Trier
2021, 7, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, ROMANCE, W, Oscars 2022
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THE LOST DAUGHTER (2021)

January 13, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, DRAMA, L, Oscars 2022

“I drank up the harsh and maladaptive take on the burden of children”

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Maggie Gyllenhaal, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Mescal
2021, 7, DRAMA, L, Oscars 2022
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CARD COUNTER (2021)

December 09, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, C, DRAMA, THRILLER

“pervasive existential angst and soul consuming stalk”

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Paul Schrader, Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe, Bryan Truong
2021, 7, C, DRAMA, THRILLER
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TITANE (2021)

October 13, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, DRAMA, FOREIGN, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER, T

“revels in its insanity and blazes its own trail into an inexplicable immensity”

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Julia Ducournau, Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Bertrand Bonello
2021, 7, DRAMA, FOREIGN, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER, T
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PIG (2021)

July 22, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, DRAMA, P, THRILLER

“we get the idea of a Grizzly Adams John Wick, dive into “food workers Fight Club”, but mostly get a beaten and bloody The Limey in the cutthroat Portlandia food world”

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July 22, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Michael Sarnoski, Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin
2021, 7, DRAMA, P, THRILLER
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SHIVA BABY (2020)

July 17, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, COMEDY, DRAMA, S

“It’s a juicy, tense and involving dramatic bagel, slathered with rye wit, salacious brine, and caustic uncertainty.”

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Emma Seligman, Rachel Sennott, Danny Deferrari, Fred Melamed, Polly Draper, Molly Gordon, Dianna Agron
2020, 7, COMEDY, DRAMA, S
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THE SPARKS BROTHERS (2021)

July 12, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, BIOGRAPHY, DOCUMENTARY, S

“it feels near impossible not to soak in the euphoria of the adventure or foment esteem for Sparks talent & triumphs”

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Edgar Wright
2021, 7, BIOGRAPHY, DOCUMENTARY, S
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RIDERS OF JUSTICE (2021)

June 09, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, ACTION, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, R

“The ultimate cinematic brooder stoics over every frame”

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Anders Thomas Jensen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Lars Brygmann, Nicolas Bro, Gustav Lindh, Roland Møller
2021, 7, ACTION, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, R
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PSYCHO GOREMAN (2020)

May 24, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, COMEDY, FANTASY, HORROR, P, SCIENCE FICTION

“the most bleeding-edge bonkers blood-splattered Power Rangers episode you have ever seen”

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Steven Kostanski, Nita-Josee Hanna, Owen Myre, Matthew Ninaber, Steven Vlahos, Adam Brooks, Alexis Kara Hancey, Kristen MacCulloch, Anna Tierney
2020, 7, COMEDY, FANTASY, HORROR, P, SCIENCE FICTION
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THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN/QUO VADIS, AIDA? (2020)

April 14, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, 7, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2021, Q

“A couple of politically charged and vitally felt dramas about refugees, but I would definitely speak to my embracing of Man over Quo”

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April 14, 2021 /Jacob Nelson
Jasmila Zbanic, Jasna Djuricic, Izudin Bajrovic, Kaouther Ben Hania, Yahya Mahayani, Dea Liane, Koen De Bouw, Monica Belucci
2020, 6, 7, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2021, Q
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JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (2020)

February 27, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, J, Oscars 2021

“Kaluuya is pure fire on screen; like a Neolithic blaze enrapturing and warming the shivering proto humans gathered around it”

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February 27, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Shaka King, Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, Algee Smith, Martin Sheen, Dominique Thorne
2021, 7, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, J, Oscars 2021
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MINARI (2021)

February 15, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2021

“the struggle of growing up, growing anew, and growing together - in land and in heart”

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Lee Isaac Chung, Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Alan S. Kim, Noel Cho, Will Patton, Yuh-jung Youn
2021, 7, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2021
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MASS (2021)

February 03, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, DRAMA, M

“cutting journey on the double edged sword of pain that is the lonely search for truth of the parents of a mass shooting”

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Fran Kranz, Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Ann Dowd, Reed Birney, Breeda Wool
2021, 7, DRAMA, M
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ANOTHER ROUND (2020)

December 30, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, A, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021

“Dismaying and droll, depending on which side that bottle cap falls for you”

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Thomas Vinterberg, Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Marie Bonnevie, Susse Wold
2020, 7, A, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021
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BAD EDUCATION (2020)

December 29, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, B, BIOGRAPHY, CRIME, COMEDY, DRAMA

“Hugh Jackman killed it”

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Cory Finley, Hugh Jackman, Ray Romano, Allison Janney, Welker White, Annaleigh Ashford, Geraldine Viswanathan
2020, 7, B, BIOGRAPHY, CRIME, COMEDY, DRAMA
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WOLFWALKERS (2020)

December 26, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, ANIMATED, FAMILY, FOREIGN, W, Oscars 2021

“Endearing and touching, as most almost all Cartoon Saloon films are”

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December 26, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Sean Bean, Simon McBurney, Maria Doyle Kennedy
2020, 7, ANIMATED, FAMILY, FOREIGN, W, Oscars 2021
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THE NEST (2020)

December 25, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, DRAMA, N, ROMANCE, THRILLER

“subtle cryptic spirit of dourness that torments the film”

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December 25, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Sean Durkin, Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Oona Roche, Charlile Shotwell
2020, 7, DRAMA, N, ROMANCE, THRILLER
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MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (2020)

December 24, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, DRAMA, MUSICAL, BIOGRAPHY, Oscars 2021

“delivers power, emotion, and a vivid cinematic ferocity”

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December 24, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
George C. Wolfe, Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman, Michael Potts, Jeremy Shamos
2020, 7, DRAMA, MUSICAL, BIOGRAPHY, Oscars 2021
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