Sleeper Awakened

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

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PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (2019)

March 27, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 9, DRAMA, FOREIGN, P, ROMANCE

“sheer artistry in motion, every magical moment”

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Céline Sciamma, Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino
2019, 9, DRAMA, FOREIGN, P, ROMANCE
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REVENGE (2017)

March 24, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 7, ACTION, FOREIGN, R, THRILLER

“dust covered neon gunshot to that new pseudo-genre”

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Coralie Fargeat, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe
2017, 7, ACTION, FOREIGN, R, THRILLER
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BURNING (2018)

March 23, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 6, B, DRAMA, FOREIGN

“it didn’t maintain the thrill when it needed it the most”

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Chang-dong Lee, Ah-In Yoo, Steven Yeun, Jong-seo Jun, Soo-Kyung Kim
2018, 6, B, DRAMA, FOREIGN
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A BLUEBIRD IN MY HEART (2018)

February 14, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 5, 2018, B, DRAMA, FOREIGN

“Roland Møller - I see him as a Danish Idris Elba. There is a gravitas, physicality, and steely allure to him”

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Roland Møller, Jérémie Guez, Lola Le Lann, Veerle Baetens, Lubna Azabal
5, 2018, B, DRAMA, FOREIGN
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THE CAVE (2019)

February 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 6, C, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2020, WAR

“worthy and insightful peer into some atrocious human horrors”

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Feras Fayyad
2019, 6, C, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2020, WAR
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CORPUS CHRISTI (2019)

February 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 7, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2020

“darkly fun and letting the dramatic tension germinate”

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Jan Komasa, Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycembel, Lukasz Wardejn, Leszek Lichota, Barabara Kurzaj
2019, 7, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2020
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LES MISÉRABLES

February 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 6, CRIME, DRAMA, FOREIGN, L, Oscars 2020

It isn’t the next La Haine

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Ladj Ly, Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Jeanne Balibar, Issa Perica
2019, 6, CRIME, DRAMA, FOREIGN, L, Oscars 2020
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PAIN AND GLORY (2019)

February 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 7, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2020, P

“Banderas owns the screen, melting into this pained, adrift, and struggling artist”

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Antonio Banderas, Pedro Almodóvar, Nora Navas, Asier Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz
2019, 7, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2020, P
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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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THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY (2019)

February 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, DOCUMENTARY, E, FOREIGN, 7, Oscars 2020

“ access is extraordinary, as is the summation”

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Petra Costa
2019, DOCUMENTARY, E, FOREIGN, 7, 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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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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Alejandro Landes, Sofia Buenaventura, Kaen Quintero, Julianne Nicholson, Moises Arias, Julián Giraldo
2019, 8, DRAMA, FOREIGN, M, THRILLER
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TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID (2017)

December 07, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 6, FANTASY, FOREIGN, HORROR, T

“blackly shaded and psychologically viscous as molasses”

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Issa López, Paola Lara, Juan Ramón López
2017, 6, FANTASY, FOREIGN, HORROR, T
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THE GANGSTER, THE COP AND THE DEVIL (2019)

December 03, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 7, ACTION, CRIME, DRAMA, FOREIGN, G

“it really is Is just f*cking cool”

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Won-Tae Lee, Dong-seok Ma, Mu-Yeol Kim, Kim Sungkyu
2019, 7, ACTION, CRIME, DRAMA, FOREIGN, G
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PARASITE (2019)

November 18, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 9, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, P, THRILLER, Oscars 2020

Fan-f*cking-tastic!

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Bong Joon Ho, Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jeong Jo, Woo-sik Choi, Hye-jin Jang, So-dam Park, Myeong-hoon Park
2019, 9, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, P, THRILLER, Oscars 2020
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LET THE CORPSES TAN (2018)

September 30, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 6, FOREIGN, L, THRILLER

“beautiful visions of carnal pleasures and elicit violence groggily shimmy through your perception”:

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Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, Elina Löwensohn, Stéphane Ferrara, Bernie Bonvoisin, Michelangelo Marchese, Pierre Nisse, Marc Barbé
2018, 6, FOREIGN, L, THRILLER
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THE FAREWELL (2019)

August 23, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 7, COMEDY, DRAMA, F, FOREIGN

“fairly fantastic film that kind of evokes that tender emotion”

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Lulu Wang, Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Aoi Mizhuara, Shuzhen Zhao
2019, 7, COMEDY, DRAMA, F, FOREIGN
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ASH IS THE PUREST WHITE (2018)

August 09, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 6, A, CRIME, DRAMA, FOREIGN, ROMANCE

“A film that rumbles and smolders beneath the surface”

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Zhangke Jia, Tao Zhao, Fan Liao, Yi'nan Diao
2018, 6, A, CRIME, DRAMA, FOREIGN, ROMANCE
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POSSUM (2018)

April 19, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 4, DRAMA, FOREIGN, THRILLER, P

“tattered suburban brown, dirty British scowls and a clutching inability to destroy a puppet”

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Matthew Holness, Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong
2018, 4, DRAMA, FOREIGN, THRILLER, P
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