Category: film reviews

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América, Uma História Bem Portuguesa

This is a comedy… of sorts, about a Russian immigrant in Portugal who’s married to a small-time crook who starts to make a living out of selling fake passports to illegal immigrants. Ah, the Land of the Free.

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Frances Ha (2012)

Frances Ha is an absolutely delightful comedy that captures just what it’s like to be a young woman discovering yourself.

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Squid and the Whale, The

Noah Baumbach’s film is a great look at the breakdown of a family going through divorce that is simultaneously hilarious and depressing.

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Paradise: Love

The first in Ulrich Seidl’s trilogy, Paradise: Love explores just how people sometimes try to find passion in all the wrong ways.

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Trance (2013)

Danny Boyle’s Trance is a trippy film to watch thanks to its Inception-like gimmick and multiple twists throughout its running time.

2

So Young (Chinese Film)

College days, friendships, and falling in and out of love as years pass by, friendships fade, reunions happen, connections are rekindled; all in the name of nostalgia.

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90 Minutes (Norwegian Film)

Eva Sorhaug’s second feature film, four years after Cold Lunch, starts in a soft manner but ends intensely, aiming to make a psychological study of three men through three different unrelated stories.