Sleeper Awakened

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

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NOMADLAND (2020)

February 22, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 8, DRAMA, N, Oscars 2021

“The crush of modern society and the new gig economy juxtaposed with the idyllic & frett freedom of the wayfarer”

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Chloé Zhao, Frances McDormand, David Strathairn
2021, 8, DRAMA, N, Oscars 2021
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A PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2020)

December 29, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 8, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, P, Oscars 2021

“immersive and corrosive and subversively eruptive”

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Emerald Fennell, Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison, Sam Richardson, Adam Brody, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Connie Britton, Gabriel Oliva, Chris Lowell, Molly Shannon, Alfred Molina
2020, 8, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, P, Oscars 2021
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POSSESSOR (2020)

November 03, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 8, DRAMA, HORROR, P, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER

“Possessor strikes me as the kind of understated brilliance that will be looked back upon as staggering and seminal”

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Brandon Cronenberg, Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sean Bean, Rossif Sutherland, Tuppence Middleton
2020, 8, DRAMA, HORROR, P, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER
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CRIP CAMP (2020)

September 11, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 8, C, DOCUMENTARY, Oscars 2021

“truly grapples that cold hollow walnut that I call a heart”

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James Lebrecht, Nicole Newnham
2020, 8, C, DOCUMENTARY, Oscars 2021
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FEELS GOOD MAN (2020)

September 06, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 8, COMEDY, DOCUMENTARY, F

“the symbiosis of ideas and the Internet”

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Arthur Jones
2020, 8, COMEDY, DOCUMENTARY, F
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NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS (2020)

July 16, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 8, DRAMA, N

“dislodges you from complacency and thrusts you into the experience of this woman”

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Eliza Hittman, Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin
2020, 8, DRAMA, N
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HONEYLAND (2019)

February 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 8, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, H, Oscars 2020

“Stellar human drama on par with anything”

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Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov
2019, 8, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, H, Oscars 2020
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FOR SAMA (2019)

February 03, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 8, BIOGRAPHY, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, F, Oscars 2020, WAR

“a record not only for her daughter but for the world, to see what we allowed to happen”

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Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
2019, 8, BIOGRAPHY, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, F, Oscars 2020, WAR
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I LOST MY BODY (2019)

February 02, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 8, ANIMATED, DRAMA, FOREIGN, I, ROMANCE, Oscars 2020

“completely entrancing mix of bizarre adventure, a cinematic interpretation of sense memory, a coming of age romance”

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Jérémy Clapin, Hakim Faris, Victoire Du Bois, Patrick d'Assumçao
2019, 8, ANIMATED, DRAMA, FOREIGN, I, ROMANCE, Oscars 2020
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1917 (2019)

January 10, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, DRAMA, N, WAR, 8, Oscars 2020

“aligns itself well in the annals of indisputable cinematic glory”

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Sam Mendes, Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Colin Firth, Andrew Scott, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Madden
2019, DRAMA, N, WAR, 8, Oscars 2020
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UNCUT GEMS (2019)

December 31, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 8, CRIME, DRAMA, U

“masters of their craft putting me in a hole of pulverizing despair”

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Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, Lakeith Stanfield, Eric Bogosian
2019, 8, CRIME, DRAMA, U
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MARRIAGE STORY (2019)

December 26, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 8, COMEDY, DRAMA, M, ROMANCE, Oscars 2020

“engaging humor, mundane naturalness, and profound pain”

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December 26, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Noah Baumbach, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Laura Dern, Ray Liotta, Alan Alda, Azhy Robertson
2019, 8, COMEDY, DRAMA, M, ROMANCE, Oscars 2020
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LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO (2019)

December 25, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 8, DRAMA, L

“Instantly unique, specifically gorgeous, and blatantly powerful”

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December 25, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Joe Talbot, Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Mike Epps, Danny Glover
2019, 8, DRAMA, L
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MONOS (2019)

December 24, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 8, DRAMA, FOREIGN, M, THRILLER

“Lord of the Flies meets Kids as they journey down the dark river of Apocalypse Now”

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December 24, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Alejandro Landes, Sofia Buenaventura, Kaen Quintero, Julianne Nicholson, Moises Arias, Julián Giraldo
2019, 8, DRAMA, FOREIGN, M, THRILLER
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APOLLO 11 (2019)

December 16, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 8, A, DOCUMENTARY

“had me feeling the danger and excitement,”

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Todd Douglas Miller
2019, 8, A, DOCUMENTARY
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AVENGERS: ENDGAME (2019)

April 26, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, A, COMIC BOOK, 8, ACTION, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2020

“Avengers Endgame can be summed up in one word: satisfying”

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April 26, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Chadwick Boseman, Brie Larson, Tom Holland, Karen Gillan, Zoe Saldana, Evangeline Lilly, Tessa Thompson, Rene Russo, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Tom Hiddleston, Danai Gurira, Benedict Wong, Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Letitia Wright, Tilda Swinton, Jon Favreau, Hayley Atwell, Natalie Portman, Marisa Tomei, Taika Waititi, Angela Bassett, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, William Hurt, Cobie Smulders, Sean Gunn, Winston Duke, Linda Cardellini, Frank Grillo, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Hiroyuki Sanada, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Redford, Josh Brolin, Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Carrie Coon, Emma Fuhrmann, John Slattery
2019, A, COMIC BOOK, 8, ACTION, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2020
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COLD WAR (2018)

March 01, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 8, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2019, ROMANCE

“There is a magical mix of grim and bittersweet, with each frame and each scene housing a hope, hidden in the reluctantly oppressive. “

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March 01, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Pawel Pawlikowski, Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza
2018, 8, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2019, ROMANCE
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SHOPLIFTERS (2018)

January 26, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 8, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2019, S

“Shoplifters slowly coils you in an entrancingly satisfying blanket of warmth and affection from the bitter cold of the world around. “

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January 26, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Hirokazu Koreeda, Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki
2018, 8, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2019, S
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THE RIDER (2017)

December 27, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 8, DRAMA, R, WESTERN

“A lithe and sad tumbleweed blowing across the echoed loneliness of crippled dreams and flittered glory”

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December 27, 2018 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Chloé Zhao, Brady Jandreau, Mooney, Tim Jandreau
2017, 8, DRAMA, R, WESTERN
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YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE (2017)

December 26, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 8, CRIME, DRAMA, Y

“a hard film that sits like a dark passenger with you long after the credits end”

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December 26, 2018 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Lynne Ramsey, Joaquin Phoenix, Judith Roberts, Alex Manette, Ekaterina Samsonov
2017, 8, CRIME, DRAMA, Y
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