Overflowing with pure emotion and evocative visuals, I’m Still Here depicts a nation’s anguish, grit, and struggle for the truth through the eyes of a loving mother and her family, solidly anchored by Torres’ profoundly affecting performance.
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A Complete Unknown 2024
A handsome musical biopic that wears its heart on its sleeve, A Complete Unknown distinguishes itself just enough with Mangold’s kinetic direction, a capable ensemble, and excellent soundwork.
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Little Big Women 2020
A bittersweet tale of love, family, and honour, Little Big Women mines riveting drama from a strong female-centered narrative. The film may be a slow burn, but patient audiences will be rewarded with heartfelt dialogue, spellbinding cinematography, and a terrific ensemble led by Chen Shu-fang, who gives an award-worthy turn as the steely, long-suffering matriarch.
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Under the Skin 2013
I am genuinely torn about Under the Skin. Abstract, campy, and inexplicably entrancing, the film is probably filled with more subliminal imagery than I can ever possibly grasp, but I chose to interpret it as a story of assimilation — of how a nameless alien, through prolonged exposure to humans, begins to shed her extraneous tendencies and embrace our notions of decency, compassion, and autonomy.
But for everything the film does right, there is another element that keeps it from…
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