Sleeper Awakened

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

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ONE MORE SHOT (2024)

August 25, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2024, 5, ACTION, FOREIGN, O

"doesn’t excel to something more than a decent gimmicky flared action afternoon"

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August 25, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
James Nunn, Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, Alexis Knapp, Tom Berenger, Waleed Elgadi, Meena Rayann, Hannah Arterton
2024, 5, ACTION, FOREIGN, O
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MAYHEM! (FARANG) (2023)

August 25, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 6, ACTION, FOREIGN, M

"It is brutal, in a way that you feel like Josh Brolin should be screaming it in your face"

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August 25, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
XavierGens, Nassim Lyes, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Vithaya Pasringarm, Olivier Gourmet
2023, 6, ACTION, FOREIGN, M
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THE BOY AND THE HERON (2023)

March 10, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 7, ANIMATED, B, FANTASY, FAMILY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2024

“the craft was spectacular and the experience enduring”

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March 10, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Hayao Miyazaki, Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon
2023, 7, ANIMATED, B, FANTASY, FAMILY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2024
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ZONE OF INTEREST (2023)

March 10, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 8, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2024, WAR, Z

“cumulative sublime portrait of cratering darkness”

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March 10, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Christian Friedel, Sandra Huller, Jonathan Glazer
2023, 8, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2024, WAR, Z
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ANATOMY OF A FALL (2023)

March 10, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 8, A, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2024, THRILLER

“Raw, riveting, and real”

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March 10, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Justine Triet, Sandra Huller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Samuel Theis
2023, 8, A, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2024, THRILLER
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TALK TO ME (2023)

February 17, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 6, FOREIGN, HORROR, T

“A fresh horror film worthy of talking about”

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February 17, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou, Sophie Wilde, Sarah Brokensha, Ari McCarthy, Miranda Otto, Joe Bird, Jett Gazley, Zoe Terakes
2023, 6, FOREIGN, HORROR, T
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SISU (2023)

May 27, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 5, ACTION, FOREIGN, S, WAR

“older Finnish Wick merc’in Nazis was a pretty apt description”

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May 27, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Jamari Helander, Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Mimosa Willamo
2023, 5, ACTION, FOREIGN, S, WAR
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FIST OF THE CONDOR (2023)

April 20, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 7, ACTION, F, FOREIGN

“ruminative grace of nature and its intertwining with peak physicality of the fighting”

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April 20, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Marko Zaror, Eyal Meyer, Fernanda Urrejola, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza
2023, 7, ACTION, F, FOREIGN
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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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March 11, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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March 11, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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March 09, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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March 07, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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March 07, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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March 05, 2023 /Jacob Nelson
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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February 20, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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January 30, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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January 27, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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January 13, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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January 09, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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January 06, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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