Ari Aster’s first two movies, Hereditary and Midsommar, didn’t set my world on fire, but are both solid bits of direction undone by uneven plots stretched thin.
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Beau is Afraid (2023)
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Maestro (2023)
Maestro is an excellent piece of biopic pageantry, which I very much mean as a backhanded compliment.
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It’s a Wonderful Knife (2023)
As someone who loves both It’s a Wonderful Life and high-concept slashers, there was no way I was not going to watch It’s a Wonderful Knife.
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Anyone But You (2023)
Anyone But You is a bit phoned in, which is simultaneously disappointing and also beside the point.
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Saltburn (2023)
There are a bunch of ways to evaluate the artistic achievement of a film.
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No One Will Save You (2023)
You know what’s scary? Trauma!
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Infinity Pool (2023)
Infnity Pool’s screenplay is a howler.
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Past Lives (2023)
One of my favorite kinds of films is “two-hander starring attractive people who want to hook up but can’t due to their personal circumstances.”
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The Royal Hotel (2023)
It’s basically impossible to talk about The Royal Hotel, even defining its genre, without getting into spoilers.
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Sound of Freedom (2023)
On the one hand, Sound of Freedom isn’t worth the fuss.