Sleeper Awakened

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

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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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LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM (2019)

March 16, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 7, DRAMA, FOREIGN, L, Oscars 2022

“A sweetly touching story with gorgeous vistas”

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Pawo Choyning Dorji, Sherab Dorji, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Kelden Lhamo Gurung, Pem Zam
2019, 7, DRAMA, FOREIGN, L, Oscars 2022
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THE LEDGE (2022)

March 01, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 3, L, THRILLER

“Unfortunately, this one quickly loses its grip and plummets to a hazy fate of obscurity and mediocrity”

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Howard J. Ford, Brittany Ashworth, Ben Lmab, Nathan Welsh, Louis Boyer, Anaïs Parello
2022, 3, L, THRILLER
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LICORICE PIZZA (2021)

January 13, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 8, COMEDY, DRAMA, L, Oscars 2022

“It's a God-awful small affair

To the girl with the mousy hair”

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Paul Thomas Anderson, Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, John Michael Higgins, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Maya Rudolph, John C. Reilly, Bradley Cooper, Benny Safdie
2021, 8, COMEDY, DRAMA, L, Oscars 2022
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THE LOST DAUGHTER (2021)

January 13, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, DRAMA, L, Oscars 2022

“I drank up the harsh and maladaptive take on the burden of children”

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Maggie Gyllenhaal, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Mescal
2021, 7, DRAMA, L, Oscars 2022
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LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (2021)

November 01, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR, L

“A creepy but uneven love letter to vibrant giallo films postmarked by way of London.”

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Edgar Wright, Michael Ajao, Synnove Karlsen, Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg
2021, 6, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR, L
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LAPSIS (2020)

July 19, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, DRAMA, L, SCIENCE FICTION

“science fiction satire about the gig economy, Big Tech, and the battle against stifling capitalism”

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Don Hutton, Dean Imperial, Madeline Wise, Babe Howard, Arliss Howard
2020, 6, DRAMA, L, SCIENCE FICTION
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LUCA (2021)

June 23, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FAMILY, FANTASY, L, Oscars 2022

“it is disappointing that it wasn’t able to make a splash theatrically”

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Enrico Casarosa, Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman, Maya Rudolph, Jim Gaffigan
2021, 6, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FAMILY, FANTASY, L, Oscars 2022
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LOVE AND MONSTERS (2020)

March 22, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, ACTION, COMEDY, L, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2021

“I wanted the main character to parish”

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Michael Matthews, Dylan O'Brien, Jessica Henwick, Michael Rooker, Ariana Greenblatt, Dan Ewing
2020, 5, ACTION, COMEDY, L, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2021
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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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THE LITTLE THINGS (2021)

February 11, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 5, CRIME, DRAMA, L, THRILLER

“Trying to recapture the gritty and disturbed fortitude of 90s Denzel Washington crime thrillers, but failing”

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John Lee Hancock, Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto, Michael Hyatt
2021, 5, CRIME, DRAMA, L, THRILLER
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LUCKY GRANDMA (2020)

December 12, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, L

“enjoyable and chain-smokingly jaunty”

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Sasie Sealy, Tsai Chin, Hsiao-Yuan Ha, Michael Tow, Woody Fu, Yan Xi, Clem Cheung, Eddie Yu, Zilong Zee
2020, 6, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, L
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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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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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THE LION KING (2019)

January 20, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 3, ANIMATED, FAMILY, L, Oscars 2020

“ if the surroundings are CGI, and the characters are CGI, and it is about anthropomorphized animals, with not a single pertinent live action element, is it live action?”

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Jon Favreau, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Oliver, James Earl Jones, Alfre Woodard, Keegan-Michael Key, Eric André, Florence Kasumba, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Donald Glover, Beyoncé
2019, 3, ANIMATED, FAMILY, L, Oscars 2020

LITTLE WOMEN (2019)

January 03, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 7, DRAMA, L, ROMANCE, Oscars 2020

“I laughed, I kind of cried (welling up counts), and I relished near each moment.”

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Greta Gerwig, Timothée Chalemet, Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Meryl Streep, Laura Dern, Eliza Scanlen, Chris Cooper, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel
2019, 7, DRAMA, L, ROMANCE, Oscars 2020
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LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO (2019)

December 25, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 8, DRAMA, L

“Instantly unique, specifically gorgeous, and blatantly powerful”

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Joe Talbot, Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Mike Epps, Danny Glover
2019, 8, DRAMA, L
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THE LIGHTHOUSE (2019)

November 09, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 7, DRAMA, FANTASY, HORROR, L, Oscars 2020

“A swirling cacophony of darkness, crashing water, creeping visions”

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Robert Eggers, Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson, Valeriia Karaman
2019, 7, DRAMA, FANTASY, HORROR, L, 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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LEAVE NO TRACE (2018)

July 25, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 6, DRAMA, L

“Melancholic but hopeful, well realized despite its minimalism. “

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Debra Granik, Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Foster, Dale Dickey, Dana Millican
2018, 6, DRAMA, L
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