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An Art Film Romance Takes a Rare Transcendentalist View

by Dan Schindel January 9, 2022January 9, 2022

Using magical realism and never taking the expected approach, Georgian director Alexandre Koberidze asks viewers to take more notice of the world around them.

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On Camouflage and Control in The Velvet Queen

by Eileen G'Sell January 5, 2022January 5, 2022

Rather than celebrate intrepid man capturing, and controlling, the magic of “nature,” the film focuses more on how nature watches us.

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A Return to The Matrix Explores Binary Thinking

by Juan Barquin January 2, 2022December 30, 2021

With The Matrix Resurrections, writer/director Lana Wachowski critically examines how our understanding of gender and identity has changed since the original trilogy.

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A Strange Hallucination Plagues Tilda Swinton in Memoria

by Dan Schindel December 28, 2021December 30, 2021

The newest feature from Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul is a masterpiece of magical realism, and Hyperallergic’s #1 film of 2021.

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The Gleeful Blasphemy and Queer Nun Romance of Benedetta

by Veronica Baker December 26, 2021December 26, 2021

Beneath the explicit sex and violence of the latest film from Dutch provocateur Paul Verhoeven are thoughtful challenges about gender roles and institutional religion.

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Bruno Dumont’s France Is a Cogent, if Convoluted, Critique of Celebrity Culture

by Eileen G'Sell December 23, 2021December 23, 2021

This may not be a great film, but its narrative and tonal weaknesses throw into relief just how strong Léa Seydoux is as its thumping heart.

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Denzel Washington Stars in a New Black-and-White Macbeth

by Forrest Cardamenis December 22, 2021December 22, 2021

Working for the first time without his brother Ethan, Coen’s film adaptation, featuring Denzel Washington as Macbeth, embraces the text with unusual faithfulness.

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Exploring the Baffling Popularity of Kenny G

by Dan Schindel December 21, 2021December 21, 2021

Penny Lane’s Listening to Kenny G finds fascinating layers to the cult of the smooth jazz icon.

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The New West Side Story Brings the Show’s Father Issues to the Fore

by Kyle Turner December 19, 2021December 17, 2021

Director Steven Spielberg, long fixated on absent dads, interrogates this theme and other issues of patriarchy and gender roles in his cinematic take on the classic show.

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Yugoslavian Monuments Deliver a Message from Two Billion Years in the Future

by Dan Schindel December 15, 2021December 15, 2021

The only film directed by composer Jóhann Jóhannsson before his death in 2018, Last and First Men is an eerie combination of sci-fi and documentary.

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The Best of 2021: Our Top 10 Films

by Hyperallergic December 13, 2021December 13, 2021

Amidst another tumultuous year for cinema, Hyperallergic’s favorites include an unconventional musical, experimental meditations on solitude, and documentaries about coffee farmers and a forgotten concert.

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How John Wilson Turns Thousands of Hours of Video Into Unique Explorations of New York

by Dan Schindel December 12, 2021December 13, 2021

The filmmaker talks to Hyperallergic about the second season of his HBO show How To with John Wilson and going down every rabbit hole he can find.

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