‘Madre’ Review: A Mother’s Unraveling Sparks an Elusive Connection in This Powerful Drama

Filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen takes an epic, elliptical approach to intimate material that could’ve been exploitative, but is instead deeply humane.
‘Madre’ Review: A Mother’s Unraveling Sparks an Elusive Connection in This Powerful Drama

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Minari (2021) October 16, 2021

A24 never disappoints. The legendary indie company (which was behind the likes of Moonlight, Ex Machina, Room, and Hereditary) has produced another vibrant film. To be fair, Minari will not be everyone’s cup of tea. It is slow. It is gentle. It isn’t entertaining either. But make no mistake: this film is high art. It is […]

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Three Floors October 16, 2021

One building in Rome, 3 apartments, 3 families each with their own stories. Yet their stories are about to collide, quite literally in the beginning, and then figuratively though no less forcefully after that. The entitled son of two upright judges swerves the car he’s driving drunkenly in order to avoid hitting his pregnant neighbour […]

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“The Forgotten Battle” October 16, 2021

“The Forgotten Battle” is about a postscript to Operation Market Garden, that late World War II gamble by the Allies to free Arnhem, liberate the Netherlands and shorten the war. That’s not “forgotten.” There was a movie about that debacle, “A Bridge Too Far,” that still turns up on grandpa’s favorite cable movie channels. This […]

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Ali & Ava October 16, 2021

Ali (Adeel Akhtar) smiles his way through a troubled marriage. With good humour and loud music, he focuses on doing for others, including his tenants, with whom he has a remarkably amicable relationship. In fact, he’s picking up one of his tenants’ kids from from school when he meets Ava, an Irish teacher at the […]

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Film Review: “The Guilty” October 16, 2021

The job of a 911 dispatcher is not easy, especially when they have to deal with an extreme situation where someone requires emergency assistance and guidance and no one is around. This is when the skill of a dispatcher will be tested if he can manage the tense situation […] Film Review: “The Guilty”

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‘Madre’ Review: A Mother’s Unraveling Sparks an Elusive Connection in This Powerful Drama

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