Sleeper Awakened

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

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CLOSE (2022)

March 11, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 6, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023

“subtly knifing youth acting”

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Lukas Dhont, Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker
2022, 6, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023
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ARGENTINA, 1985 (2022)

March 11, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 6, A, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023

“a tobacco stained real-life political thriller”

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Santiago Mitre, Ricardo Darín, Francisco Bertín, Gina Mastronicola, Santiago Armas Estevarena, Alejandra Flechner, Paula Ransenberg
2022, 6, A, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023
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BARDO: FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS (2022)

March 09, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 4, B, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023

“like grains of sand falling through your fingers, it left me unfulfilled”

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Alejandro González Iñárritu, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid, Daniel Giménez Cacho
2022, 4, B, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023
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EO (2022)

March 07, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 7, DRAMA, E, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023

“more contemplative and empathetically resolute than sad”

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Jerzy Skolimowski, Sandra Drzymalska, Isabelle Huppert, Lorenzo Zurzolo
2022, 7, DRAMA, E, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023
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THE QUIET GIRL (2022)

March 07, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 6, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023, Q

“it wasn’t just a clever title”

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Colm Bairéad, Carrie Crowley, Michael Patric, Andrew Bennett, Catherine Clinch
2022, 6, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023, Q
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2023 OSCAR LIVE ACTION SHORTS

March 05, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023, SHORTS

“Perhaps not the strongest grouping but, like the docs, not full of depression and sadness”

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Cyrus Neshvad, Nawelle Ewad, Sarkaw Gorany, Anders Walter, Pipaluk K. Jørgensen, Mila Heilmann Kreutzmann, Angunnguaq Larsen, Nivi Larsen, Alice Rohrwacher, Alba Rohrwacher, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Tom Berkeley, Paddy Jenkins, James Martin, Seamus O'Hara, Michelle Fairley, Eirik Tveiten, Sigrid Kandal Husjord, Ola Hoemsnes Sandum, Axel Barø Aasen
2022, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023, SHORTS
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LIVING (2022)

February 20, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 5, DRAMA, L, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023

“Just watch Ikiru”

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Oliver Hermanus, Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp, Adrian Rawlins, Jamie Wilkes
2022, 5, DRAMA, L, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023
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TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (2022)

January 30, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 6, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023, T

“I just hoped for more outright levity than the blood from a stone histrionic humor we pick out of the vomit and sandy crumbs”

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Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Deam, Ruben Ostlund, Vicki Berlin, Dolly De Leon, Alicia Eriksson, Woody Harrelson, Zlatko Buric, Sunnyi Melles
2022, 6, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023, T
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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (2022)

January 27, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 7, A, ACTION, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023, WAR

“breathes a dying vigor into the celluloid whisper of a conflict long past”

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Edward Berger, Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Bruhl, Michael Wittenborn
2022, 7, A, ACTION, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023, WAR
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BROKER (2022)

January 13, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 7, B, DRAMA, FOREIGN

“Broker hums his heartsong well”

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Hirokazu Koreeda, Kang-ho Song, Dong-won Gang, Bae Doona, Ji-eun Lee, Lee Joo-young, Park hae-joon
2022, 7, B, DRAMA, FOREIGN
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DECISION TO LEAVE (2022)

January 09, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, CRIME, DRAMA, D, FOREIGN, THRILLER

“Hitchcock meets In the Mood for Love (and Death).”

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Chan-wook Park, Park Hae-il, Tange Wei, Lee Jung-hyun, Go Kyung-Pyo
2022, CRIME, DRAMA, D, FOREIGN, THRILLER
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PROJECT WOLF HUNTING (2022)

January 06, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 6, ACTION, FOREIGN, HORROR, P, SCIENCE FICTION

“the brutality and nonstop intensity either carries you through or leaves you looking for the exit in the first 10 minutes.”

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Hongsun Kim, Seo In-Guk, Dong-Yoon Jang, Gwi-hwa Choi, Dong-il Sung, Park Ho-San, Moon-Sung Jung, Jung So-Min, Kwon Soo-Hyeon
2022, 6, ACTION, FOREIGN, HORROR, P, SCIENCE FICTION
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ADVENT CALENDAR (2021)

December 26, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, A, FOREIGN, HORROR, THRILLER

“For those searching the periphery for a new & wild holiday flick, this is a present worth opening.”

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Patrick Ridremont, Eugénie Derouand, Clément Olivieri, Honorine Magnier, Janis Abrikh
2021, 6, A, FOREIGN, HORROR, THRILLER
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THE ROUNDUP (2022)

September 08, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 7, ACTION, CRIME, FOREIGN, R

“The kind of cop film we are screaming and begging for here in the states”

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Sang-yong lee, Ma Dong-seok, Sukku Son, Gwi-hwa Choi, Heo Dong-Won, Ha-Jun, Ji-Young Park, Yoon Byung-hee
2022, 7, ACTION, CRIME, FOREIGN, R
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TH SADNESS (2021)

June 22, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 3, FOREIGN, HORROR, S

“it just wanted to molest eye sockets and grind genitals against barbwire”

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Rob Jabbaz, Berant Zhu, Regina Lei, Ying-Ru Chen, Tzu-Chiang Wang
2021, 3, FOREIGN, HORROR, S
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RRR (2022)

June 02, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 8, ACTION, DRAMA, FOREIGN, R

“It is pure joy that my feeble words can’t do justice to”

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S. S. Rajamouli, Ram Charan, N.T. Rama Rao Jr., Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Olivia Morris, Shriya Saran, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody
2022, 8, ACTION, DRAMA, FOREIGN, R
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DRIVE MY CAR (2021)

March 21, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 8, D, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2022

“completely riveting and enthralling.”

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March 21, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Park Yu-rim, Perry Dizon
2021, 8, D, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2022
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FLEE (2021)

March 21, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 8, ANIMATED, BIOGRAPHY, DOCUMENTARY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, F, Oscars 2022

“rotoscoping of this autobiographical journey allows the world and the past to open up to us”

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Jonas Poher Rasmussen
2021, 8, ANIMATED, BIOGRAPHY, DOCUMENTARY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, F, Oscars 2022
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PARALLEL MOTHERS (2021)

March 21, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 5, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2022, P

“The structure of the story was so…eccentric.’

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March 21, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Rossy de Palma, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
2021, 5, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2022, P
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THE HAND OF GOD (2021)

March 18, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, DRAMA, FOREIGN, H, Oscars 2022

“Solid, but Sorrentino isn’t always my cup of tea.”

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March 18, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Paolo Sorrentino, Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo, Marlon Joubert, Luisa Ranieri
2021, 6, DRAMA, FOREIGN, H, Oscars 2022
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