Sleeper Awakened

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

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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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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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COLLECTIVE (2020)

December 21, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 9, C, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021

“might be the best journalism doc or film I have ever seen”

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Alexander Nanau
2020, 9, C, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021
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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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THE MAN WHO FEELS NO PAIN (2019)

November 13, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, ACTION, COMEDY, FOREIGN, M

“a martial arts superhero-type adventure, via Indian sensibilities and culture smashed with a flamboyant American aesthetic”

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Vasan Bala, Abhimanyu Dasani, Radhika Madan, Mahesh Manjrekar, Gulshan Devaiah, Shweta Basu Prasad
2019, 5, ACTION, COMEDY, FOREIGN, M
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KILLERS WITHIN (2019)

October 30, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 4, CRIME, FOREIGN, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, K

“its main selling point is the reptillians”

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Paul Bushe, Brian O'Neill, Sue Walsh, Jeff Doyle, Johnny Elliott, Sinead O'Riordan, Sam Lucas Smith
2019, 4, CRIME, FOREIGN, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, K
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VIOLENCE VOYAGER (2019)

October 28, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, FOREIGN, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, V

“a little succor at the sinewy teat of the strange”

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Ujicha, Kellen Goff, Derek Petropolis, Aoi Yûki, Saki Fujita, Nao Hanai
2019, 5, FOREIGN, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, V
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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 WRATH (2019)

October 14, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 4, FOREIGN, FANTASY, HORROR, W

“reliance on jump scares when some of the mood setup is creepily effective was a mistake”

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Young-sun Yoo, Hong-il Choi, Yeong-hie Seo, Na-Eun Son
2019, 4, FOREIGN, FANTASY, HORROR, W
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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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LUZ (2019)

October 09, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 4, FOREIGN, HORROR, L, THRILLER

“evocative “retro fantastique”, but with a dour european oppression”

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Tilman Singer, Luana Velis, Johannes Benecke, Jan Bluthardt, Lili Lorenz
2019, 4, FOREIGN, HORROR, L, THRILLER
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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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THE COURIER (2019)

September 09, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 3, ACTION, CRIME, C, FOREIGN

“might pass your time, but you wouldn’t be out of bounds to just pass it by”

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Zackary Adler, Olga Kurylenko, Gary Oldman, Amit Shah, Alicia Agneson, Dermot Mulroney, Calli Taylor
2019, 3, ACTION, CRIME, C, FOREIGN
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WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIE! (2020)

September 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, ACTION, COMEDY, THRILLER, W, FOREIGN

“ballsy violent expressionism”

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Kirill Sokolov, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Vitaliy Khaev, Evgeniya Kregzhde, Michael Gor
2020, 6, ACTION, COMEDY, THRILLER, W, FOREIGN
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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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GET DUKED (2020)

August 28, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, ACTION, COMEDY, HORROR, FOREIGN, G

“a comedy without the funny is a fail”

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Ninian Doff, Eddie Izzard, Kate Dickie, James Cosmo, Kevin Guthrie, Jonathan Aris, Alice Lowe, Samuel Bottomley, Viraj Juneja, Rian Gordon, Lewis Gribben, Georgia Glen
2020, 4, ACTION, COMEDY, HORROR, FOREIGN, G
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SEA FEVER (2020)

July 28, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR, S

“definitely investing enough to keep you locked in for its watery entirety”

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Neasa Hardiman, Hermione Corfield, Jack Hickey, Olwen Fouéré, Dougray Scott, Connie Nielsen, Ardalan Esmaili, Elle Boukaze
2020, 6, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR, S
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THE POOL (2019)

July 23, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 3, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR, P

“It just becomes untenable and overwrought, almost to the point of a joke. If only it was funny...”

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Ping Lumpraploeng, Theeradej Wongpuapan, Ratnamon Ratchiratham
2019, 3, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR, P
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