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Review: Fragmented plot creates complex portrait of identity

By Patrick Mazzella, Staff Writer • April 24, 2023

Questions of identity and cultural assimilation find their way into director Davy Chou’s newest film "Return to Seoul."

Review: Irish coming-of-age drama is quietly moving

By Matt Minton, Co Life and Culture Editor • March 29, 2023

"The Quiet Girl" is a remarkably moving Irish film, empathetically portraying themes of childhood adolescence and loss.

Review: Period drama gives stunning portrait of Emily Brönte

By Lily Lipka, Staff Writer • March 21, 2023

Although the events of director Frances O’Connor’s "Emily" are somewhat fictional, the film gives Emily Brönte a second life.

Review: Emotionally vapid drama has nothing to say

By Matt Minton, Co Life and Culture Editor • February 1, 2023

Following the success of Florian Zeller's "The Father," it was difficult to imagine that "The Son" would disappoint. It is sadly quite terrible.

Review: Powerful ensemble grounds story of survival

By Patrick Mazzella, Staff Writer • February 1, 2023

Following attacks from the men in their colony, a group of women deliberate on whether to stay and fight or leave in Sarah Polley's "Women Talking."

Review: Period drama leaves viewers in a state of wonder

By Sydney Brumfield, Senior Writer • December 7, 2022

"The Wonder" tells a beautiful story about overcoming trauma, loss and grief, thriving on the use of nuances and subtleties throughout.

Review: Jennifer Lawrence leads tender drama about trauma

By Lily Lipka, Staff Writer • November 19, 2022

The A24-produced film "Causeway" beautifully explores trauma, led by terrific performances from Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry.

Review: Drama depicts the threats that gentrification poses

By Sydney Brumfield, Staff Writer • April 16, 2021

“Concrete Cowboy” is a successful call to action for viewers to educate themselves about the current problems with increased gentrification.

Review: Dramatic film weighed down by soundtrack

By Elijah de Castro, Staff Writer • February 15, 2021

For the women of the new Mandarin-language Netflix film, fate has rigged their family on a slippery slope of grief.

Review: Film captures realistic panic of war

By Antonio Ferme • January 17, 2020

Set during World War I, “1917” is a grand-scaled epic directed and co-written by Sam Mendes. Mendes based the premise of the story loosely on a tale his grandfather told him when he was a boy. The...

Review: “Kingdom” shows the horror of zombies and social class

By James Baratta • February 4, 2019

Netflix original series “Kingdom” takes zombie-horror to a whole new level. A pandemic looms over a version of feudal Korea, ruled by the totalitarian Haewon Cho Clan and its mysteriously distant...

Review: “Sex Education” gets real about sex

By Olivia Riggio • January 20, 2019

British Netflix series “Sex Education” portrays many aspects of teenagehood unrealistically. However, unlike many other plots about teens, it succeeds in its honest, realistic depictions of sex.