What really brings A Piece of Our Life down is the two scenes of sexual assault and how the film didn’t treat this with the seriousness that topic requires. 5.6/10
Tag: <span>mixed review</span>
An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty absolutely exceeded my expectations in terms of its visual quality. Does that make up for its basic story, slut-shaming and overly casual, somewhat sexualized rape scenes? No, but it’s something at least. 5.8/10
Clara’s Summer feels realistic but unimportant. The coming out narrative doesn’t offer anything new nor does the overall depiction of teens offer much depth or introspection. 5.3/10
As someone from Canada, I don’t need a movie that spends so much time showing how damn cold it is outside. If I wanted to experience that, I’d actually go outside. 5.9/10
Strange Frame: Love and Sax occupies a wholly unique space in the WLW film pantheon. The film has big ideas and a lot of creativity. Where it falters is its execution. 5.7/10
Given everything I knew about Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac (basically, its title and director), I expected it to be a lot worse. 5.0/10
Comedies like Girl Gets Girl are the exactly reason why the word “zany” was invented. 5.0/10
Freeway 2 will not be to everyone’s taste but for all its flaws, I had a great time watching its gritty insanity. 6.2/10
If you’re gonna make a movie with poly themes, do me a favour and don’t have it end with a return to a two person heterosexual relationship. Like, what’s even the point? 5.8/10
The Journey is a passionate, personal film that lacks a level of refinement.