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Stranger than fiction and just as engrossing, Framing John DeLorean tells its incredible true story in appropriately freewheeling fashion. Powerfully acted and wealthy with emotion, Invisible Life beguiles within the second and leaves a lingering, dreamlike impression. Free of visual or narrative gildings, Gloria Bell rests almost utterly on Julianne Moore’s performance in the title function — and she or he’s gloriously up to the duty. Thoughtful and properly-acted, Tel Aviv on Fire highlights the awful absurdity of war — and proves it is possible to find humor within the midst of cultural battle.

Led by a profession-best performance from Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers is a uniquely empowering heist drama with depth and intelligence to match its putting visual enchantment. The Nightingale undoubtedly is not for all tastes, but author-director Jennifer Kent taps into a rich vein of palpable rage to inform a warfare story that leaves a bruising influence. It’s … Read More

Regardless, it’s still an escalating freak-out scored to thumping electronica and populated by a raft of potential monsters. Even throughout its more serene earlygoing, his characters’ choreographed numbers exhibit a daunting intensity, and as soon as these artists unwittingly drink some LSD-spiked punch, their emotional equilibrium and interpersonal relationships spiral terrifyingly out of control. Often executed in long single takes, Noé’s swirling, floating, slithering camerawork is as dexterous as his physically agile topics.

Gladiator Winner of five Oscars, together with Best Picture and Best Actor for Russell Crowe, this Ridley Scott-directed film tells a moving story of a Roman basic (Crowe) who loses every thing — his family and rank —to end up as a slave after which seeks vengeance on the perpetrator (Joaquin Phoenix). Mahendran made his directorial debut with this Tamil-language drama that eschewed industry conventions of melodrama, overacting, and duets for its story of a cable trolley … Read More