Entertaining but not thought-provoking, and never fully commits to the depth its premise seems to promise.
Category: Festival Coverage
“Boy Kills World”
A total assault on the senses in the form of a weird, violent thrill ride that’s cool in bloody bursts but ultimately feels empty.
“The Brutalist”
Boring, overly theatrical, and weighed down by a miscast performance from Felicity Jones, this film is epic in scope, but not in execution.
“The Exiles (Los Tortuga)”
A deeply introspective drama that captures the emotional weight of grief and the complexities of familial love.
“Queer”
A tiresome and hallucinatory introspective exploration of a man caught in the grip of addiction and loneliness.
“Body Odyssey”
Stylistically, the film comes across as a confrontational abstract performance art piece that’s meant to provoke.
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