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Carson Lund

United States

Winter Brothers (2017)

Publish Date: March 23, 2018
"The film is a feat of formal conception and craftsmanship (...) [Pálmason is] a filmmaking force to watch (…) Rating: *** (out of 4)"

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Porto (2016)

Publish Date: November 8, 2017
"What's special about 'Porto' (...) is the relative internalization of its influences, which feel secondary to its larger grappling with a timeless emotional enigma (…) Rating: *** (out of 4)"

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Lover for a Day (2017)

Publish Date: September 24, 2017
"'Lover for a Day' is yet another of Phillippe Garrel’s densely anecdotal studies of romantic fidelity (…) Rating: ***½ (out of 4)"

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Western (2017)

Publish Date: September 18, 2017
"In a supremely understated style, Grisebach sets this all-too-modern scenario in motion and charts the ways in which power and privilege unconsciously manifest themselves (…) Rating: *** (out of 4)"

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Ascent (2016)

Publish Date: June 5, 2017
"Subtle manipulations of essentially static source material elevate what may have been a dry educational video in less savvy hands to something moving, cryptic, and incantatory (…) Rating: *** (out of 4)"

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The Woman Who Left (2016)

Publish Date: May 14, 2017
"[It] excels at capturing the grubby texture and atmosphere of ghostly estrangement (...) [It] suffers by resembling arty, didactic bloat when it most begs for a more sophisticated dramatic touch (…) Rating: ** (out of 4)"

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The Death of Louis XIV (2016)

Publish Date: March 27, 2017
"Catalan prankster Albert Serra's film ultimately emerges as a compact, improbably riveting viewing experience (…) Rating: *** (out of 4)"

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Autumn, Autumn (2016)

Publish Date: March 8, 2017
"A deft realist miniature that operates as both a record of everyday spaces and a document of the emotionally charged, albeit ephemeral, human dramas that pass through them (…) Rating: *** (out of 4)"

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The Human Surge (2016)

Publish Date: February 23, 2017
"'The Human Surge' might easily be mistaken for a particularly interminable YouTube video, unfolding as it does like the aimless time-killing of bored boys without much to do (…) Rating: * (out of 4)"

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Hermia & Helena (2016)

Publish Date: September 21, 2016
"A gratifying experience. In fact, it may be Piñeiro’s most inspired and thrilling work to date, exhaustive in its means of keeping the viewer off balance and yet rich in its emotional implications (…) Rating: ***½ (out of 4)"

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The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)

Publish Date: September 14, 2016
"What does distinguish 'The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum', however, is the assertiveness of its stylistic deployments (...) Form follows content in lock step (…) Rating: *** (out of 5)"

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Out 1 (1971)

Publish Date: November 3, 2015
"'Out 1' subtly pivots into a more reflective mode for its final hours (...) Unfortunately, this progression does little to shed new light on the preceding hours, which remain roundabout distractions (…) Rating: **½ (out of 4)"

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The Front Page (1931)

Publish Date: August 12, 2015
"'The Front Page' is a fitfully shrewd piece of early sound filmmaking that's had the tough luck of being overshadowed by two superior remakes (…) Rating: *** (out of 5)"

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The Vikings (1958)

"An underappreciated relic from the heyday of 70mm super-productions"

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