A Masterpiece: Capernaum Review

Capernaum is a MASTERPIECE. Nadine Labaki’s naturalistic yet still slightly aesthetically heightened direction is on full, brilliant display for two hours. The script she co-wrote with Jihad Hojaily and Michelle Keserwany uses effective melodrama in all the proper ways. Telling an emotionally gripping story about a young boy who has to make some large growing-up…

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Remarkable: Homecoming Review

Homecoming is remarkable. This is compulsive viewing, nearly impossible to stop thinking about once started. Because it’s the rare 30-minute drama, the temptation to binge will be hovering over you from the get-go. Evoking everything from Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, David Fincher’s The Game, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, and The Manchurian…

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