Sleeper Awakened

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

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YES, GOD, YES (2020)

November 11, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, COMEDY, DRAMA, Y

“isn’t a bad film, just surprisingly slow and unfunny”

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Karen Maine, Natalia Dyer, Timothy Simons, Wolfgang Novogratz, Francesca Reale, Alisha Boe, Parker Wierling
2020, 4, COMEDY, DRAMA, Y
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YESTERDAY (2019)

December 13, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, COMEDY, FANTASY, MUSICAL, Y

“despite being cute, lightly whimsical and intrinsically kind of likable, it suffers from a general malaise”

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Danny Boyle, Himesh Patel, Lily James, Michael Kiwanuka, Alexander Arnold, Kate McKinnon
2019, 5, COMEDY, FANTASY, MUSICAL, Y
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YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE (2017)

December 26, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 8, CRIME, DRAMA, Y

“a hard film that sits like a dark passenger with you long after the credits end”

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Lynne Ramsey, Joaquin Phoenix, Judith Roberts, Alex Manette, Ekaterina Samsonov
2017, 8, CRIME, DRAMA, Y
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YOUR NAME (2016)

January 20, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 6, ANIMATED, DRAMA, FANTASY, FOREIGN, Y
" It pulled itself from a Ranma ½ meets Freaky Friday-inspired generic teen romantic comedy to give itself profundity, symbolism, and a prospect for introspection."
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Makoto Shinkai, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi
2016, 6, ANIMATED, DRAMA, FANTASY, FOREIGN, Y
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YAKUZA APOCALYPSE (2015)

October 20, 2015 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 4, ACTION, COMEDY, FANTASY, HORROR, FOREIGN, Y
"Miike always has ample crazy to go around"
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Takashi Miike, Yayan Ruhian, Lily Franky
2015, 4, ACTION, COMEDY, FANTASY, HORROR, FOREIGN, Y
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YOUNG ONES (2014)

June 27, 2015 by Jacob Nelson in 2014, 5, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, Y
"more potential than actualized film-making."
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Jake Paltrow, Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Shannon
2014, 5, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, Y
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