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Women Talking

by Lillian Crawford

A group of women in a remote Mennonite colony meet in secret in Sarah Polley’s moving adaptation of Miriam Toews’ novel.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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The Tragedy of Macbeth

by Charles Bramesco

Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand take on the most infamous power couple in literary history, care of Joel Coen.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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The French Dispatch

by Hannah Strong

Wes Anderson’s New Yorker-inspired anthology film is a meticulously-crafted love letter to the art of magazine journalism.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Nomadland

by Hannah Strong

Chloé Zhao goes three for three with this extraordinary chronicle of life on the fringes of American society.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Review

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

by David Jenkins

Frances McDormand goes on the war path in director Martin McDonagh’s sensational latest.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Blood Simple. (1984)

by David Jenkins

The Coen brothers heroically bleak debut feature still shines over thirty years since its inception.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Review

The Good Dinosaur

by Adam Woodward

This prehistoric psychedelic western is Pixar’s strangest and most spectacular work to date.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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This Must Be the Place

by Tom Seymour

Paulo Sorrentino and Sean Penn unite for a dark road movie handled with lightness and ease.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Burn After Reading

by Kevin Maher

The Coen brothers strike comedy gold with this thrillingly barmy ensemble farce.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect