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May 30, 2017 Matthew Jones

Review: Things to Come (L’Avenir, 2016) ★★★★★

Things to Come is a French-German philosophical drama film, written and directed by Mia Hansen-Love, about a brilliant educator coping

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May 29, 2017 Matthew Jones

Review: Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête, 2014) ★★★½

There have been a number of film adaptations of Gabrielle-Suanne Barbot de Villeneuve’s famous fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast.

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May 27, 2017 Matthew Jones

Review: The Windmill (2016) ★½

The Windmill (also released as The Windmill Massacre) is a 2016 Dutch horror/drama film from director Nick Jongerius. The story

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May 24, 2017 Matthew Jones

Confronting Rape in the New French Extremity

At times, how we go about interpreting films has little to do with story arc or character development, and more

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May 23, 2017 Matthew Jones

Review: Train to Busan (부산행, 2016) ★★½

South Korea has become a powerhouse in the horror and horror-thriller genre over the last decade and a half. There

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May 21, 2017 Matthew Jones

Review: 20 Centimeters (20 Centímetros, 2005) ★★★★½

When first introduced to 20 Centimeters, I was understandably skeptical. A musical about a narcoleptic transgender woman with a 20-centimeter

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May 20, 2017 Matthew Jones

Review: Waiting for the Hearse (Esperando la Carroza, 1985) ★★★

Films that are based on plays, or are produced by those who have spent years in theatre, are often readily identifiable,

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May 17, 2017 Matthew Jones

Review: Sightseers (2012) ★★★★

Sightseers is a 2012 horror-comedy film directed by Ben Wheatley (and co-produced by Edger Wright of the Three Flavours Cornetto

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May 14, 2017 Matthew Jones

Review: Bad Education (La Mala Educación, 2004) ★★★★½

Rating: ★★★★½ out of 5 It takes a highly nuanced approach to filmmaking and scriptwriting to create characters that are 1)

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May 10, 2017 Matthew Jones

Review: Strike (1925) ★★★★

Sergei Eisenstein’s first feature film, Strike, serves as a prime example of the revolutionary techniques and artistic vision of the

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May 6, 2017 Matthew Jones

Review: Les Invites de Mon Pere (2010) ★★★½

Les Invites de Mon Pere, or My Father’s Guests, is a 2010 French comedy film, written and directed by Anne

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May 3, 2017 Matthew Jones

Review: Kung Fury (2015) ★★★½

Kung Fury is a Swedish short film (with a runtime of about 30 minutes) written, directed by, and starring David

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April 27, 2017 Matthew Jones

Review: M (1931) ★★★★½

As Fritz Lang’s first sound film, M (1931) stands out as a hallmark achievement of the early sound era and

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April 22, 2017 Matthew Jones

Review: Mother’s Day (1980) a film by Charles Kaufman

Mother’s Day (1980), written and directed by Charles Kaufman (brother of Troma co-founder Lloyd Kaufman), tells the story of three

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April 19, 2017 Matthew Jones

Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) ★★

There is something to be said for any film that takes risks. And in a sense, every film production takes

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April 15, 2017 Matthew Jones

Review: Grabbers (2012) ★★★

Grabbers (2012) is an Irish horror-comedy pub film, written and directed by Jon Wright. The story follows an alcoholic policeman,

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April 12, 2017 Matthew Jones

Review: Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922) ★★★½

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922) was the earliest screen adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Though the filmmakers never had

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