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  The Whale 2022

  ★★★ Watched 18 Mar 2023

  Aronofsky’s career-long obsession with the grotesque is well and alive here, but the whole thing feels so hammy; his relinquishment of his signature visual style comes at a cost of producing a spectacle devoid of subtlety and nuance. Which ultimately works well for Branden Fraser, who gives a career-defining performance as a mammoth monument to anguish and grief.

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  The World After Us 2021

  ★★★½ Watched 12 Mar 2023

  Despite treading on familiar tropes of a struggling young artist in love, this slice-of-life drama eschews melodramatic excesses for something much more authentic that packs a lot of heart. A confident debut from French filmmaker Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas.

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  Between Two Dawns 2021

  ★★★½ Watched 15 Jan 2023

  A taut morality play that unfolds with compelling subtlety and restraint. A commendable directorial debut from Turkish filmmaker Selman Nacar.

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  Godzilla 2014

  ★★ Watched 23 Aug 2014

  "One of the pleasures the movie offers is the thought that actors who have done splendid work elsewhere. . . are being paid well for shouting, grimacing and spouting expository claptrap."

  —A. O. Scott, THE NEW YORK TIMES

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