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Review

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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Review

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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Review

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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Review

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
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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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Review

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
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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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Review

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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Review

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