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Sentimental Value (2025)

October 12, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Cinema, as told by baseball’s triple play

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2020s, 2025, cannes 2025, elle fanning, eskil vogt, family drama, family relationships, father-daughter relationship, festival du nouveau cinema 2025, film review, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, jesper christensen, joachim trier, movie review, oslo, renate reinsve, scandinavia, sentimental value, stellan skarsgård

Devil In The Flesh (1998)

October 9, 2025October 9, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Unambiguously bad

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1990s, 1998, alex mcarthur, devil in the flesh, film review, kelly carlin, michel machaud, movie review, murder, obsession, phil morris, robert mccall, robert silver, rose mcgowan, salacious, steven cohen, student-teacher relationship, thriller, troubled teen

A Better Tomorrow (1986)

October 7, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

My John Woo spell check keeps autocorrecting subtle to submachine gun

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1980s, 1986, a better tomorrow, action, asia, chow yun-fat, film review, gang war, hong kong, hong kong action, john woo, leslie cheung, lung ti, money forging, movie review

One Battle After Another (2025)

October 5, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Social satire with reality busting down the door without a warrant

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2020s, 2025, alana haim, benicio del toro, chase infiniti, dramedy, fascism, film review, john hoogenakker, kevin tighe, leonardo dicaprio, movie review, paul thomas anderson, racism, regina hall, sean penn, shayna mchayle, social commentary, social satire, starletta dupois, teyana taylor, wood harris

Sapphire (1959)

October 1, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Tweed, soot, racism: England in the 50s

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1959, basil dearden, bernard miles, film review, janet green, london, michael craig, movie review, murder investigation, nigel patrick, paul massie, police investigation, race relations, racism, united kingdom, yvonne buckingham, yvonne mitchell

Fast Company (1977)

September 30, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Burnt engine oil and lukewarm Budweiser

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1970s, 1977, action, cars, cedric smith, courtney smith, david cronenberg, don francks, drag racing, fast company, film review, john saxon, movie review, nicholas campbell, phil savath, racing, william smith

3 Women (1977)

September 29, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

On a different frequency

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1970s, 1977, 3 women, california, drama, feminism, film review, identity, janice rule, lgbtq+, movie review, power dynamics, robert altman, robert fortier, shelley duvall, sissy spacek, sisterhood, surrealism, womanhood

Code Unknown (2000)

September 25, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

A jump, a skip, and a step into the lives of others

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2000, 2000s, alexandra hamidi, cannes 2000, code unknown, drama, film review, france, human nature, immigration, infidelity, josef bierbichler, juliette binoche, Luminita Gheorghiu, michael haneke, morality, movie review, non-linear, ona lu yenke, racism, thierry neuvic

Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)

September 22, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Yuppie (derogatory, informal)

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1990s, 1997, alan arkin, assassination, D.V. DeVincentis, dan aykroyd, dark comedy, film review, george armitage, grosse pointe blank, hank azaria, high school reunion, jeremy piven, joan cusack, john cusack, k. todd freeman, michigan, minnie driver, movie review, Steve Pink, Tom Jankiewicz, yuppie

Out Of The Furnace (2013)

September 21, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Crime is a siren, for men and filmmakers alike

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2010s, 2013, brad ingelsby, casey affleck, christian bale, crime, drama, economic anxiety, film review, movie review, out of the furnace, rust belt, sam shepard, scott cooper, willem dafoe, woody harrelson, zoe saldana

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