BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 01/18/2019

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“The problems with GLASS are impossible to ignore and detrimental to the overall film.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“As with Shyamalan’s other films, characters don’t act like human beings but are simply plot devices.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“This glass isn’t half full, per se, but I’ll be damned if it still didn’t leave me feeling parched.” – Greg Vellante, Edge Boston

“If Shyamalan’s career pattern repeats itself, he’ll produce another amazing film in a few years, but we have to suffer through GLASS in the meantime.” – Deirdre Crimmins, High-Def Digest

“If dull tones are your thing, then prepare for a visual smorgasbord.” – Byron McNeal, Nerd Caliber

 

0117_coldwar1-1000x750COLD WAR

“A sprawling, three-hour epic crammed into 88 minutes, writer-director Paweł Pawlikowski’s COLD WAR is a marvel of concision.” – Sean Burns, The ARTery

“Ennui and the search for reprieve from oppressive institutions weigh down the 1950s, interrupted on brief occasion by bursts of joy expressed through dance, music, culture writ large, and lovemaking.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

 

Unit stills photographySTAN & OLLIE

“STAN & OLLIE is a nice little movie that most people will probably enjoy if they get a chance to see it.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“…the jaw-dropping performance here is that of John C. Reilly as Ollie. Sure, he’s in a fat suit and with a lot of latex makeup to become the heavy-set comic, but it’s his acting, not the latex, that is amazing.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

1-1000x563HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING

“Both times I’ve seen the picture, it has left me at a loss for words, which is pretty inconvenient considering it’s supposed to be my job to talk about these things.” – Sean Burns, The ARTery

“HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING demands much of its audience on a first watch, to say nothing of a second or third watch. You won’t unravel its meaning after a single viewing, either. But that’s the film’s greatest pleasure.” – Andy Crump, The Playlist

ALL THESE SMALL MOMENTS

“Whether it’s a confession, a revelation, or a reconciliation, this is a movie about people trying to live their lives… It resonates precisely because the characters seem fallible and very real.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

 

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