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- Kenicky’s 2018 film roundup
- Film reviews 93: “Mission: Impossible – Fallout”, “Faraway, So Close!”, “I Feel Pretty”, “First Reformed”, “Tag”, “Folk Hero & Funny Guy”, and 28 others…
- Film reviews 92: “Avengers: Infinity War”, “Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom”, “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk”, “Chinese Puzzle”, “Ibiza”, “Mystic Pizza”, “Goat”, “The Cloverfield Paradox” and 23 others…
- Film reviews 91: “Game Night”, “A Quiet Place”, “Unsane”, “Ready Player One”, “Blockers”, “Half Nelson”, “Miss Stevens”, “Silence”, “Heaven”, “Involuntary”, “Molly’s Game” and 17 others…
- Kenicky’s 2017 film roundup
- LFF17 Official Competition, Gala & Special Presentation reviews: “Downsizing”, “Call Me By Your Name”, “Lady Bird”, “Good Manners”, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”, “You Were Never Really Here”, “Thoroughbreds”, “Loveless”, “The Shape of Water” and 13 others…
- LFF17 Cult, Dare & First Feature reviews: “Brawl in Cell Block 99”, “Columbus”, “Ava”, “Jeune femme”, “Casting” and 11 others…
- LFF17 Laugh & Love reviews: “Stronger”, “On Chesil Beach”, “Let the Sunshine In”, “Funny Cow”, “Ingrid Goes West”, “Three Peaks”, “Quality Time”, “Anchor and Hope” and 8 others…
- LFF17 Journey, Debate & Thrill reviews: “Araby”, “Good Time”, “Promised Land”, “Racer and the Jailbird”, “Gemini”, “Lucky” and 5 others…
- Film reviews 90: “Death Note”, “Logan Lucky”, “Rough Night”, “A Cure for Wellness”, “The Heartbreak Kid, “Syndromes and a Century” and 7 others…
- Film reviews 89: “Spider-Man: Homecoming”, “The Mummy”, “Dunkirk”, “Song to Song”, “The House”, “Until the End of the World” and 5 others…
- Film reviews 88: “Baby Driver”, “After the Storm”, “Colossal”, “It Comes at Night”, “Snowpiercer”, and 9 others…
- Film reviews 87: “Alien: Covenant”, “Snatched”, “Sandy Wexler”, “Rules Don’t Apply”, “The Discovery”, “Mindhorn” and 13 others…
- Film reviews 86: “Get Out”, “Ghost in the Shell”, “Logan”, “Hacksaw Ridge”, “L’Auberge Espagnole”, and 15 others…
- Film reviews 85: “20th Century Women”, “The Edge of Seventeen”, “Why Him?”, “The Lego Batman Movie”, “Jackie” and 19 others…
- Kenicky’s 2016 film roundup
- LFF16 Gala reviews: “American Honey”, “Lion”, “La La Land”, “Their Finest”, “Free Fire”, “Arrival” and 5 others…
- LFF16 Official Competition reviews: “Certain Women”, “Frantz”, “Brimstone”, “Elle” and 4 others…
- LFF16 Debate, Documentary & First Feature Competition reviews: “Nocturama”, “Sierenavada”, “My Life as a Courgette”, “A Date for Mad Mary”, “Divines”, “Stopover”, “The Unknown Girl” and 6 others…
- LFF16 Laugh & Love reviews: “Aquarius”, “Don’t Think Twice”, “Women Who Kill”, “Prevenge”, “The Last Laugh”, “Souvenir”, “Heal the Living” and 9 others…
- LFF16 Cult & Dare reviews: “The Handmaiden”, “Wild”, “Scarred Hearts”, “The Autopsy of Jane Doe”, “Blue Velvet Revisited” and 11 others…
- LFF16 Journey & Thrill reviews: “Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey”, “Two Lovers and a Bear”, “The Wailing”, “Paterson”, “The Ornithologist”, “Bleed for This” and 3 others…
- Film reviews 84: “Pete’s Dragon”, “Suicide Squad”, “The Shallows”, “War Dogs”, “Café Society”, “Sausage Party” and 23 others…
- Film reviews 83: “Now You See Me 2”, “Knight of Cups”, “Demolition”, “Keanu”, the “Pusher” trilogy, “Ed Wood” and 18 others…
- Film reviews 82: “Indignation”, “Bad Neighbours 2”, “How to Be Single”, “Warcraft: The Beginning”, “Grave of the Fireflies” and 21 others…
- Film reviews 81: “Captain America: Civil War”, “Mustang”, “Special Correspondents”, “Rosetta”, “Before Sunrise” and 18 others…
- Film reviews 80: “The Jungle Book”, “10 Cloverfield Lane”, “Batman v Superman”, “The Son’s Room”, “Search Party”, “The Gift” and 25 others…
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- Film reviews 78: “Spotlight”, “Our Brand is Crisis”, “Accidental Love”, “The Big Short”, “Sleeping With Other People”, “Joy” and 15 others…
- Kenicky’s 2015 film roundup
- Film reviews 77: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, “The Lobster”, “Spectre”, “Bridge of Spies”, “The Peanuts Movie”, “The Cobbler” and 19 others…
- LFF15 Gala reviews: “Brooklyn”, “Carol”, “Steve Jobs”, “High-Rise”, “Anomalisa”, “Trumbo” and 3 others…
- LFF15 Official Competition reviews: “Cemetery of Splendour”, “Room”, “The Daughter”, “Son of Saul”, “Beasts of No Nation”, “Chevalier”, “Sunset Song” and 6 others…
- LFF15 Dare, Debate & First Feature reviews: “The Here After”, “Taxi Tehran”, “The Witch”, “Blood of My Blood”, “My Scientology Movie” and 7 others…
- LFF15 Journey and Family reviews: “Youth”, “Mountains May Depart”, “Right Now, Wrong Then”, “Land of Mine” and 4 others…
- LFF15 Thrill & Love reviews: “A Bigger Splash”, “Victoria”, “Remember”, “Our Little Sister”, “My Golden Days” and 5 others…
- LFF15 Cult & Experimenta reviews: “Love and Peace”, “The Forbidden Room”, “Ratter”, “Green Room” and 3 others…
- LFF15 Laugh reviews: “21 Nights with Pattie”, “Men and Chicken”, “A Perfect Day”, “Grandma” and 4 others…
- Film reviews 76: “American Ultra”, “Ricki and the Flash”, “The D Train”, “Repo Man” and 11 others…
- Film review: “Irrational Man”
- Film reviews 75: “Straight Outta Compton”, “Vacation”, “Manglehorn”, “Hot Pursuit”, War Book” and 15 others…
- Film reviews 74: “Pixels”, “Trainwreck” and “Gemma Bovery”
- Film reviews 73: “Inside Out”, “Ant-Man”, “Maggie”, “The Infinite Man”, “Porco Rosso”, “Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces” and 15 others…
- Film reviews 72: “Jurassic World”, “Terminator Genisys”, “Slow West”, “They All Laughed”, “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” and 14 others…
- Film reviews 71: “Spy”, “Mad Max: Fury Road”, “Love Exposure”, “Harmontown” and 10 others…
- Film reviews 70: “Tomorrowland: A World Beyond”, “The Clouds of Sils Maria”, “Top Five”, “Ned Rifle” and 14 others…
- Film reviews 69: “Avengers: Age of Ultron”, “Hiroshima mon amour”, “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me”, “Gerry”, “A Summer Story” and 9 others…
- Film reviews 68: “While We’re Young”, “Heaven Adores You”, “Force majeure”, “Hot Tub Time Machine 2”, “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya”, “Focus” and 13 others…
- BFI Flare 2015 reviews: “Atlántida”, “Do I Sound Gay?”, “Futuro Beach”, “Girlhood” and “Tiger Orange”
- BFI Flare 2015 review: “I Am Michael”
- Film reviews 67: “It Follows”, “Catch Me Daddy”, “Cake”, “Coherence” and 8 others…
- Film reviews 66: “Inherent Vice”, “Ex Machina”, “Big Hero 6”, “Kingsman: The Secret Service”, “A Most Violent Year”, “Love is Strange” and 11 others…
- Film review: “Jupiter Ascending”
- Film reviews 65: “Birdman”, “Big Eyes”, “The Theory of Everything”, “Enemy”, “American Sniper” and 8 others…
- Kenicky’s 2014 film roundup
- Film reviews 64: “Interstellar”, “Two Days, One Night”, “Paddington”, “Mauvais sang” and 13 others…
- Film reviews 63: “Say When”, “Nightcrawler”, “The Wind Rises”, “Adult World” and 19 others…
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- LFF14 Gala reviews: “Whiplash”, “The Imitation Game”, “Men, Women & Children”, “Fury”, “Foxcatcher”, “Mr. Turner” and “Testament of Youth”
- LFF14 Official Competition reviews: “The Duke of Burgundy”, “Phoenix”, “Dearest”, “The Falling”, “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” and 3 others…
- LFF14 Dare reviews: “Mommy”, “Goodbye to Language 3D”, “Hard to Be a God”, “White Bird in a Blizzard” and 2 others…
- LFF14 Cult & Sonic reviews: “Eden”, “Tokyo Tribe”, “Björk: Biophilia Live”, “Spring”, “In Darkness We Fall” and 3 others…
- LFF14 Laugh reviews: “Dear White People”, “Wild Tales”, “Listen Up Philip”, “Land Ho!”, “If You Don’t, I Will” and 5 others…
- LFF14 Debate, Thrill & First Feature reviews: “Rosewater”, “Camp X-Ray”, “The Tribe”, “The Face of an Angel” and 6 others…
- LFF14 Journey & Love reviews: “Casa Grande”, “10,000km”, “Hungry Hearts”, “The Way He Looks”, “3 Hearts” and 4 others…
- Film reviews 62: “Sex Tape”, “God Help the Girl”, “Gone Girl”, “Life of Crime”, “Magic in the Moonlight”, “Maps to the Stars” and 16 others…
- Film reviews 61: “Lucy”, “Let’s Be Cops”, “The Rover”, “G.B.F.”, “Wings of Desire” and 10 others…
- Film reviews 60: “Beyond Clueless”, “Guardians of the Galaxy”, “Joe”, “The Three Colours Trilogy”, “Adventures in Babysitting”, “Zodiac” and 10 others…
- Film reviews 59: “Lilting”, “Chef”, “T.S. Spivet”, “The Hundred-Year-Old Man…”, “The Double Life of Veronique”, “Career Girls”, “Tip Top” and 9 others…
- Film reviews 58: “22 Jump Street”, “Grace of Monaco”, “Edge of Tomorrow”, “Cheap Thrills”, “X-Men: Days of Future Past”, “Fruitvale Station”, “Diana” and 4 others…
- Film reviews 57: “Bad Neighbours”, “Godzilla”, “Frank”, “Blue Ruin”, “The Earrings of Madame de…”, “Two Lovers”, “Exotica” and 8 others…
- Film reviews 56: “The Voices”, “Obvious Child”, “They Came Together”, “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”, “Boyhood”, “Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter” and 9 others…
- Film reviews 55: “Noah”, “Muppets Most Wanted”, “Veronica Mars”, “Don Jon”, “Eyes Without a Face”, “Laurence Anyways” and 13 others…
- Film reviews 54: “Nymphomaniac”, “Her”, “The Lego Movie”, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, “Crystal Fairy” and 14 others…
- Film reviews 53: “The Wolf of Wall Street”, “American Hustle”, “Anchorman 2”, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, “Last Vegas”, “Delivery Man” and 7 others…
- Kenicky’s 2013 film roundup
- Film reviews 52: “Catching Fire”, “Frozen”, “Stories We Tell”, “Carrie”, “Trouble in Paradise” and 10 others…
- Film reviews 51: “The Counsellor”, “Movie 43”, “L’Avventura”, “Y Tu Mamá También” and 8 others…
- LFF13 Gala reviews: “Gravity”, “Inside Llewyn Davis”, “12 Years a Slave”, “Labor Day”, “Saving Mr. Banks” and 3 others…
- LFF13 Official Competition reviews: “The Double”, “Ida”, “Like Father, Like Son”, “Tom at the Farm”, “Tracks” and 4 others…
- LFF13 Cult reviews: “The Zero Theorem”, “The Congress”, “All Cheerleaders Die”, “The Sacrament” and 3 others…
- LFF13 Journey, Family and Love reviews: “Blue is the Warmest Colour”, “Nebraska”, “The Spectacular Now”, “Gloria” and 5 others…
- LFF13 Debate, Sonic and Documentary reviews: “Night Moves”, “We Are the Best!”, “The Armstrong Lie”, “At Berkeley” and 7 others…
- LFF13 Dare, Thrill and First Feature reviews: “Kill Your Darlings”, “As I Lay Dying”, “All is Lost”, “Jeune et Jolie”, “Exhibition” and 9 others…
- LFF13 Laugh reviews: “Enough Said”, “Doll & Em”, “Computer Chess”, “Drinking Buddies” and 5 others…
- Every Jim Jarmusch film reviewed
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Tag Archives: Guillermo del Toro
LFF17 Official Competition, Gala & Special Presentation reviews: “Downsizing”, “Call Me By Your Name”, “Lady Bird”, “Good Manners”, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”, “You Were Never Really Here”, “Thoroughbreds”, “Loveless”, “The Shape of Water” and 13 others…
Films reviewed: “Battle of the Sexes”, “The Breadwinner”, “Breathe”, “Call Me By Your Name”, “Downsizing”, “A Fantastic Woman”, “The Florida Project”, “Good Manners” (pictured above), “The Killing of a Sacred Deer”, “Lady Bird”, “Last Flag Flying”, “Lean on Pete”, “Loveless”, … Continue reading
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Film reviews 77: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, “The Lobster”, “Spectre”, “Bridge of Spies”, “The Peanuts Movie”, “The Cobbler” and 19 others…
This month: “99 Homes”, “Aloha”, “The Bohemian Life” (pictured above”), “Bridge of Spies”, “Brief Encounter”, “Burnt”, “By the Sea”, “The Cobbler”, “Crimson Peak”, “I Hired a Contract Killer”, “The Intern”, “Just Jim”, “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck”, “The Lobster”, “Mississippi … Continue reading
Posted in Film review
Tagged Aki Kaurismäki, Angelina Jolie, Anna Boden, Brett Morgen, Cameron Crowe, Craig Roberts, David Koepp, David Lean, Frank Coraci, Guillermo del Toro, J.J. Abrams, Jacques Deray, John Wells, Kornél Mundruczó, Nancy Meyers, Ramin Bahrani, Ryan Flech, Sam Mendes, Samuel Fuller, Sofia Coppola, Steve Martino, Steven Spielberg, Thomas McCarthy, Yorgos Lanthimos
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Film reviews 73: “Inside Out”, “Ant-Man”, “Maggie”, “The Infinite Man”, “Porco Rosso”, “Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces” and 15 others…
This month: “Ant-Man”, “Are You Here”, “Attenberg”, “Calamari Union”, “Cold Fish”, “Containment”, “Desperately Seeking Susan”, “The Devil’s Backbone”, “Good Bye, Lenin!”, “The Infinite Man”, “Inside Out”, “Look at What the Light Did Now”, “The Lovely Bones”, “Maggie”, “Magic Mike XXL”, “Mumblecore”, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aki Kaurismäki, Anthony Minghella, Anthony Seck, Athina Rachel Tsangari, David Lynch, Guillermo del Toro, Hayao Miyazaki, Henry Hobson, Lasse Hallström, Matthew Weiner, Megan Boyle, Monte Hellman, Neil Mcenery-West, Pete Docter, Peter Jackson, Peyton Reed, Sean S. Baker, Sion Sono, Susan Seifelman, Tao Lin, Wolfgang Becker
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Film reviews 46: “The World’s End”, “Pacific Rim”, “World War Z” and 10 others…
This month: “Death Walks on High Heels”, “A Field in England”, “The Frozen Ground”, “Hellboy”, “Hellboy 2: The Golden Army”, “The House on Sorority Row”, “Moonlight Mile”, “Pacific Rim”, “Paris Manhattan”, “Sorority Row”, “To the Wonder” (pictured above), “World War Z” … Continue reading
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