a crisp 90 minutes of female-driven wuxia, yes please!
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The Assassin 2015
Astounding image-making, obviously, but the insistence on plot, while being so elliptical in its telling, and the focus on character growth while being so detached in its emotion, makes this a challenging film for me to love. Maybe it will grow on me. But two viewings in and it hasn't yet.
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The Girl with the Needle 2024
A punishing viewing experience in which the only balm is admiration for the craftsmanship. Eggers meets Haneke.
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La Chimera 2023
Alice Rohrwacher is a magician and one of our best working directors. Her newest does not disappoint. She is in love with the materiality of the form—the objects captured and the texture of film itself. Playfulness and reverence exude from her every frame. Her films suggest both a timeless vintage and a madcap modern spirit.
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