Sleeper Awakened

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

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OSCAR 2021 NOMINEE ROUND-UP

April 16, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, COMEDY, DRAMA, FAMILY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021, ROMANCE

“Sometimes you never get around to posting about a film, but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t see them or that I don’t have thoughts. Here are a few”

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April 16, 2021 /Jacob Nelson
Spike Lee, Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Jean Reno, Chadwick Boseman, Jasper Pääkkönen, Mélanie Thierry, Paul Walter Hauser, Autumn de Wilde, Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Mia Goth, Bill Nighy, Dan Scanlon, Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, Pete Docter, Kemp Powers, Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Kornél Mundruczó, Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Ellen Burstyn, Benny Safdie, Molly Parker, Iliza Shlesinger, Regina King, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr., Lance Reddick, Beau Bridges, Ramin Bahrani, Adarsh Gourav, Rajkummar Rao, Priyanka Chopra, Derk Tsang, Dongyu Zhou, Jackson Yee, Fang Yin, Ye Zhou
2020, COMEDY, DRAMA, FAMILY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021, ROMANCE
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THE FATHER (2020)

March 28, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 8, DRAMA, F, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021

“In the abstract, it chills, but in the context of those loved & cherished, it becomes agony”

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Florian Zeller, Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Rufus Sewell, Imogen Poots, Olivia Williams
2020, 8, DRAMA, F, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021
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PINOCCHIO (2020)

March 27, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, DRAMA, FANTASY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021, P

“makeup craftsmanship on display is otherworldly; literally and figuratively”

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March 27, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Matteo Garrone, Federico Ielapi, Roberto Benigni, Rocco Papeleo, Marine Vacth, Gigi Proietti, Massimo Ceccherini
2020, 6, DRAMA, FANTASY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021, P
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A SHAUN OF THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON (2020)

March 26, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FAMILY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021, S, SCIENCE FICTION

“Always a delight”

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Will Becher, Richard Phelan, Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Amalia Vitale
2020, 6, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FAMILY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021, S, SCIENCE FICTION
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CALM WITH HORSES (THE SHADOW OF VIOLENCE) (2020)

March 14, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, CRIME, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN

“Its touching and poignant, with a sheer and true aesthetic.”

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Nick Rowland, Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Koeghan, Liam Carney, Niamh Algar, David Wilmot, Ned Dennehy, Simone Kirby
2020, 6, CRIME, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN
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SENTINELLE (2021)

March 09, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, ACTION, DRAMA, FOREIGN, S

“story with dedicated heart and some appreciated visual aplomb”

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Julien Leclercq, Olga Kurylenko, Marilyn Lima, Michel Nabokoff, Carole Weyers
2021, 6, ACTION, DRAMA, FOREIGN, S
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DUNE DRIFTER (2020)

March 04, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, ACTION, D, SCIENCE FICTION, FOREIGN

“throws its middleweight pounds behind its punches to land some stiff shots”

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Marc Price, Phoebe Sparrow, Daisy Aitkens, Simon Dwyer-Thomas
2020, 5, ACTION, D, SCIENCE FICTION, FOREIGN
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TWO OF US (2021)

March 02, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 2021, 8, DRAMA, FOREIGN, ROMANCE, T

“an elegant and somber triumph”

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Filippo Meneghetti, Barbara Sukowa, Martine Chevallier, Léa Drucker, Jérôme Varanfrain
2019, 2021, 8, DRAMA, FOREIGN, ROMANCE, T
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SAINT MAUD (2021)

February 16, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, DRAMA, HORROR, S, FOREIGN

“trapped terror of dark catholic femininity”

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Rose Glass, Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle, Lily Knight, Lily Frazier
2021, 6, DRAMA, HORROR, S, FOREIGN
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LUZ: THE FLOWER OF EVIL (2019)

February 12, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, FANTASY, FOREIGN, HORROR, L

“moments of splendor paired with the jumbled cultish familial strife”

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Juan Diego Escobar Alzate, Yuri Vargas, Jim Munoz, Sharon Guzman
2019, 5, FANTASY, FOREIGN, HORROR, L
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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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December 30, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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FUNNY BOY (2020)

December 27, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, DRAMA, F, FOREIGN

“at once too thin and overstuffed simultaneously”

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December 27, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Deepa Mehta, Arush Nand, Brandon Ingram, Agam Darshi, Nimmi Harasgama, Ali Kazmi, Rehan Mudannayake
2020, 5, DRAMA, F, FOREIGN
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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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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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December 21, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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December 07, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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November 13, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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October 28, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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October 23, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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October 22, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Lee Cronin, Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, Kati Outinen, James Cosmo
2019, 5, DRAMA, FOREIGN, H, HORROR
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