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Plot Summary: A bleak Irish revenge thriller about two neighboring families on a godforsaken patch of land who let a petty beef spiral into absolute mayhem, told through a non-linear split narrative that forces viewers to question who the real villain is. Director: Christopher Andrews Screenplay: Christopher Andrews Story By: Christopher Andrews, Jonathan Hourigan Cinematography: Nick Cooke Music: Hannah Peel Producers: Ivana MacKinnon, Jacob Swan Hyam, Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, Jean-Yves Roubin, Cassandre Warnauts Starring: Christopher Abbott as Michael O'Shea Youssef Quinn as young Michael Barry Keoghan as Jack Colm Meaney as Ray O'Shea Nora-Jane Noone as Caroline Grace Daly as young Caroline Paul Ready as Gary Aaron Heffernan as Lee Susan Lynch as Peggy O'Shea   ***SPOILER ALERT*** Grim, ...

Plot Summary: Based on the autobiographical essay by Dai Igarashi, this Japanese drama follows a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) as he navigates between the hearing and deaf worlds, exploring themes of identity, family, and belonging. Director: Mipo O Screenplay: Takehiko Minato Based on: Autobiographical essay by Dai Igarashi Starring: Ryô Yoshizawa as Dai Igarashi Denden as Yasuo Suzuki (Grandfather) Akito Imai as Yosuke Igarashi (Father) Akiko Oshidari as Akiko Igarashi (Mother) Yûsuke Santamaria as Yukihiko Kawai   ***SPOILER ALERT*** The Nine-Year Vanish Today we're looking at Living in Two Worlds by Japanese director Mipo O. My actual review is going to be pretty short, so I'm going to lead with some research I did on the movie and stick my review at the very end. When Mipo O's ravishing 2014 drama The Light Shines Only There won her internat...

Plot Summary: A high-priced stripper named Anora impulsively marries the partying son of a Russian oligarch, only to face the wrath of his family's fixers who are determined to erase their Vegas wedding and get rid of her. Director: Sean Baker Screenplay: Sean Baker Producers: Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker Cinematography: Drew Daniels Editor: Sean Baker Starring: Mikey Madison as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Mark Eydelshteyn as Ivan "Vanya" Zakharov Yura Borisov as Igor Karren Karagulian as Toros Vache Tovmasyan as Garnik Aleksei Serebryakov as Nikolai Zakharov Darya Ekamasova as Galina Zakharova Luna Sofía Miranda as Lulu Lindsey Normington as Diamond   ***SPOILER ALERT*** My Prude Ass vs. The Mindless Never Ending Party So, I'm late to the Oscars party again, bringing you my very ...

Plot Summary: A Portuguese immigrant struggles to maintain her dignity while working in a dehumanizing warehouse job in Scotland, where algorithmic management and productivity targets slowly chip away at her humanity. Director: Laura Carreira Screenplay: Laura Carreira Producer: Jack Thomas-O'Brien Cinematography: Karl Kürten Editor: Helle Le Fevre Music: Ines Adriana Production Companies: Sixteen Films, Bro Cinema Starring: Joana Santos as Aurora Inês Vaz as Vera Piotr Sikora as Kris Neil Leiper as Ben Leah MacRae as Anne   ***SPOILER ALERT*** A Punch to the Gut I Wasn't Expecting Let me start this with a Portuguese expression: "que nó no estômago." What a punch in the stomach. I am completely blown away by On Falling. This is the most relevant movie I've seen in maybe five years. I...

Plot Summary: Three women navigate their complex lives in Mumbai - a nurse whose husband lives in Germany, her roommate in a forbidden interfaith relationship, and an older widow returning to her coastal hometown. Director: Payal Kapadia Screenplay: Payal Kapadia Producers: Thomas Hakim, Julien Graff Cinematography: Ranabir Das Editor: Clément Pinteaux Music: Topshe, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou Starring: Kani Kusruti as Prabha Divya Prabha as Anu Chhaya Kadam as Parvathy Hridhu Haroon as Shiaz Azees Nedumangad as Dr. Manoj   ***SPOILER ALERT*** My Wife and I Almost Fell Asleep Let me start this review with a very mature Homer Simpson reference: BOOOOOOOORING. Yes, this movie is tedious as f***. My wife and I tried to watch this together, and I think it took us about three hours to finish. We just started talking abo...

Plot Summary: A stay-at-home mother who fears she may be turning into a dog becomes increasingly isolated while her husband travels for work, leading her to embrace her feral tendencies as a form of liberation. Director: Marielle Heller Screenplay: Marielle Heller Based on: Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder Producers: Anne Carey, Thiago Andreo Barbosa Nogueira, Marielle Heller, Sue Naegle, Christina Oh, Amy Adams, Stacy O'Neil Cinematography: Brandon Trost Editor: Anne McCabe Music: Nate Heller Starring: Amy Adams as Mother Scoot McNairy as Husband Arleigh and Emmett Snowden as Son Jessica Harper as Norma Zoë Chao as Jen Mary Holland as Miriam Archana Rajan as Liz   ***SPOILER ALERT*** This Movie Gets It The 2025 BFI London Film Festival is just about over, so I decided to dig back into last year...

Plot Summary: An FBI agent with unique psychic abilities is assigned to track down a mysterious serial killer known as "Longlegs" who has been murdering families through apparent demonic possession since the 1970s. Director: Osgood Perkins Screenplay: Osgood Perkins Producers: Dan Kagan, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Nicolas Cage, Dave Caplan, Chris Ferguson Cinematography: Andrés Arochi Tinajero Editors: Greg Ng, Graham Fortin Music: Zilgi Starring: Maika Monroe as Lee Harker, an FBI agent Lauren Acala as young Lee Nicolas Cage as Longlegs (Dale Ferdinand Kobble), an elusive Satanic serial killer Blair Underwood as Agent William Carter, one of Lee's superiors Alicia Witt as Ruth Harker, Lee's religious mother Michelle Choi-Lee as Agent Browning, one of Lee's superiors Dakota Daulby as Agent Fisk, Lee's partner Kierna...