Sleeper Awakened

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

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SORRY WE MISSED YOU (2020)

December 07, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, DRAMA, FOREIGN, S

“a naturalness that invites and embeds within you”

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Ken Loach, Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Stone, Katie Proctor
2020, 7, DRAMA, FOREIGN, S
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MANK (2020)

December 05, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, BIOGRAPHY, COMEDY, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2021

“An animated and blustery silver-tongued affair”

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David Fincher, Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tom Pelphrey, Arliss Howard, Tuppence Middleton, Joseph Cross, Tom Burke, Charles Dance
2020, 7, BIOGRAPHY, COMEDY, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2021
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HILLBILLY ELEGY (2020)

December 02, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, DRAMA, H, Oscars 2021

“not enjoyable, enriching, or a satisfactorily detailed tale”

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Ron Howard, Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Owen Asztalos
2020, 4, DRAMA, H, Oscars 2021
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RELIC (2020)

November 30, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, DRAMA, HORROR, R

“blends metaphor and malicious materiality into a creeping dread”

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Natalie Erika James, Robyn Nevin, Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote
2020, 7, DRAMA, HORROR, R
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DRIVEWAYS (2020)

November 18, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, DRAMA, D

“charming and quaint little family feature”

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Andrew Ahn, Lucas Jaye, Hong Chau, Brian Dennehy
2020, 6, DRAMA, D
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YES, GOD, YES (2020)

November 11, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, COMEDY, DRAMA, Y

“isn’t a bad film, just surprisingly slow and unfunny”

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Karen Maine, Natalia Dyer, Timothy Simons, Wolfgang Novogratz, Francesca Reale, Alisha Boe, Parker Wierling
2020, 4, COMEDY, DRAMA, Y
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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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#ALIVE (2020)

October 23, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, A, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR

“An otaku gets stuck in his apartment during the zombie apocalypse”

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Il Cho, Ah-In Yoo, Shin-Hye Park, Bae-soo Jeon
2020, 6, A, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR
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THE HOLE IN THE GROUND (2019)

October 22, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, DRAMA, FOREIGN, H, HORROR

“Hole is an enticing creeper that gives a little too much away”

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Lee Cronin, Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, Kati Outinen, James Cosmo
2019, 5, DRAMA, FOREIGN, H, HORROR
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CUTIES (2020)

October 20, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN

“never done to aggrandize or proliferate, but to recognize, analyze, and critique that penchant within our modern world to precipitantly plant the mature despite its harmful fruit”

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Maïmouna Doucouré, Fathia Youssouf, Médina El Aidi-Azouni, Esther Gohourou, Ilanah Cami-Goursolas, Myriam Hamma, Maïmouna Gueye
2020, 6, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN
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THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (2020)

October 17, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, DRAMA, T, Oscars 2021

“packs a dramatic punch while coyly slipping in some wry humor”

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Aaron Sorkin, Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, John Carroll Lynch, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Rylance, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Shenkman, Danny Flaherty, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella
2020, 7, DRAMA, T, Oscars 2021
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A SERIAL KILLER'S GUIDE TO LIFE (2020)

October 13, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 3, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, FOREIGN, S

“helma and Louise by way of Fight Club, with the lightest dusting of a God Save America sprinkled on top.”

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Staten Cousins Roe, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Katie Brayben, Poppy Roe
2020, 3, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, FOREIGN, S
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SWALLOW (2020)

October 02, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, DRAMA, THRILLER, S

“A modern young June Cleaver lost in the swallowing void of upper crust emptiness”

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Carlo Mirabella-Davis, Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell, Denis O'Hare, Elizabeth Marvel, David Rasche
2020, 6, DRAMA, THRILLER, S
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BECKY (2020)

October 01, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, ACTION, B, DRAMA, HORROR

A Joker for tween girls

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Joanathan Milott, Cary Murnion, Lulu Wilson, Kevin James, Joel McHale, Amanda Brugel, Robert Maillet
2020, 4, ACTION, B, DRAMA, HORROR
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DOGS DON'T WEAR PANTS (2019)

September 28, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 7, D, DRAMA, FOREIGN, ROMANCE

“beautiful moments of palatable pain and tangible tenderness”

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J.-P. Valkeapää, Pekka Strang, Krista Kosonen, Jani Volanen, Oona Airola, Ilona Huhta
2019, 7, D, DRAMA, FOREIGN, ROMANCE
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WRATH OF SILENCE

September 10, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 7, ACTION, CRIME, FOREIGN, DRAMA, W

“Its action is vital and naturalistic”

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Yukun Xin, Wu Jiang, Yang Song, Wenkang Yuan
2018, 7, ACTION, CRIME, FOREIGN, DRAMA, W
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SPUTNIK (2020)

September 07, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR, S, SCIENCE FICTION

“smooth and classy seemingly decent budgeted Russian sci-fi that has a serious half of a problem”

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Egor Abramenko, Oksana Akinshina, Fedor Bondarchuk, Pyotr Fyodorov
2020, 5, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR, S, SCIENCE FICTION
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I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS (2020)

September 04, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, DRAMA, I, THRILLER

“Not for all or even many, but brilliant nonetheless”

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Charlie Kaufman, Jessie Buckley, Jesse Plemons, Toni Collette, David Thewlis, Colby Minifie, Guy Boyd
2020, 7, DRAMA, I, THRILLER
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TESLA (2020)

August 24, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, T

“fanciful dallies between dry history and delusional panache”

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Michael Almereyda, Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Kyle MacLachlan, Jim Gaffigan, Lucy Walters, Rebecca Dayan
2020, 4, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, T
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CAPONE (2020)

August 19, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, BIOGRAPHY, C, CRIME, DRAMA

“Hardy grumbles, gruffs, and grunts through an invested but incomprehensible Alphonse Capone”

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Josh Trank, Tom Hardy, Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon, Al Sapienza, Kyle McLachlan, Jack Lowden, Noel Fisher
2020, 4, BIOGRAPHY, C, CRIME, DRAMA
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