June 2022
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Movies of the Week #25 (2022)
In the Loop (2009): Armando Iannucci achieved the perfect three-seasons-and-a-movie run with Malcolm Tucker & co. In the Loop takes the fundamentals that The Thick of It defined, twists some characters around and makes for, arguably, the most compelling political satire of this decade – nay, century! The writing is brilliantly sharp and made to… Read more
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Movies of the Week #21-24 (2022)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022): For all the rave reviews it’s getting, TG2 starts out as a fairly unimaginative follow-up to the original – it works perfectly fine, but does not stray far away from formula. And then they start flying some planes and all that’s generic is forgotten and you’re left with a phenomenally choreographed… Read more
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R.M.N. (2022)
It’s been half a decade since Cristian Mungiu’s previous film, the excellent Bacalaureat/Graduation, and there’s a bit of its thematic DNA in his most recent work. The movie goes beyond that though by exploring a real event which left its mark on Romanian society a few years ago, an event littered with prejudice and xenophobia.… Read more
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