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India-Set Murder Mystery ‘Santosh’ Is More Than Just a Crime Procedural
India-Set Murder Mystery ‘Santosh’ Is More Than Just a Crime Procedural
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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod — Mike Leigh on ‘Hard Truths,’ Mysterious Methods, Theatrical vs. Streaming and Loving ‘Anora’
‘Awards Chatter’ Pod — Mike Leigh on ‘Hard Truths,’ Mysterious Methods, Theatrical vs. Streaming and Loving ‘Anora’
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Goteborg Film Festival Line-Up Features ‘The Brutalist,’ Queer,’ ‘The Girl With the Needle’
Goteborg Film Festival Line-Up Features ‘The Brutalist,’ Queer,’ ‘The Girl With the Needle’
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Hollywood Reporter
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‘Laws of Man’ Review: A Lukewarm Cold War Thriller
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A Cold War thriller that fails to heat up, with a plot that winds up going nowhere despite its ambition.
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Director Phil Blattenberger's efforts to craft a noirish retro vibe fall flat, with the film coming across as 'talky, awkward and unconvincing'
Critic Dennis Harvey says the film's 'action and atmosphere are too poorly supplied' for it to work as the intended 'stab at a noirish retro thriller'
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