‘Tokyo Vice’ Season 1 Review
A potential Yakuza based noir that devolves into a relationship-centric mess Let me preface this by saying that I don’t hate HBO’s original series Tokyo Vice. In fact, I find it quite entertaining and I like the overall theme and look of it. J.T. Rogers has created an amazing visual that shows the dirty underworld…
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‘Bookie’ Season 1 Review
A Max Original Comedy that pays off. There are many shows that fly under the radar and never get their flowers until after they are off the air and far gone until a random search or algorithm dredge them up from the depths. Champaign ILL and How to Make It in America are two that…
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ Review
The Boy and the Heron is another crowning achievement from the returning Japanese auteur, Hayao Miyazaki. 9/10 It’s the tale as old as time, critically acclaimed artist “retires” and comes back with new work years later. It happens in almost every aspect of art but not everyone is Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki is one of the…
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HCAF23: ‘Mami Wata’ Review
C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi’s Mami Wata is a gorgeously stylized and pensive retelling of the West African folklore story of the titular deity. 8/10 This year I’ve tried my best to expand my knowledge of some regions that go a bit underseen in world cinema. I can say confidently that I found myself watching more films…
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HCAF23: ‘Q’ Review
Jude Chehab’s Q is a breathtakingly complex documentary that looks at the intricacies of a matriarchal religious order in the lives of three generations of women. 8/10 Documentaries are an essential part of any film festival I have covered whether it was films like A House Made of Splinters, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,…
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‘Concrete Utopia’ Review
Concrete Utopia is a thrilling dystopian drama that observes the complexities of class warfare and those who aim to manipulate it. 8/10 South Korea is a country whose cinema has been steadily delivering some of the best films of the last couple of years. Who can forget the iconic moment hearing Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite announced…
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