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  • A Complete Unknown

    ★★★★

  • Hundreds of Beavers

    ★★★½

  • Thelma

    ★★★★

  • Nosferatu

    ★★★

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  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★★★

    Taking the Steve Jobs approach to the musical biopic was quite effective. A captivating film with tremendous performances that successfully avoided the cliches and eye-roll inducing trappings of the genre.

  • Saturday Night

    Saturday Night

    ★★★★½

    One of my favorite films of the year. This masterfully constructed, intricately detailed and immediately engrossing staging of the fabled 90 minute period before the first airing of Saturday Night Live manages to convey a fly on the wall experience that feels as thrilling as a hostage situation and as funny as the show it depicts. Performances, cinematography, editing, choreography, sound mix all exhibit virtuosity and create the completely immersive illusion of following Lorne Michaels around as he tries to…

  • Wicked

    Wicked

    ★★★★★

    What is this feeling so sudden and new…oh it’s pure joy!

  • The Crow

    The Crow

    ★★★

    1994 was a weird time.

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