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WESTWORLD (S3E3) "The Absence Of Field": Bring Charlotte Hale Back Online
WESTWORLD (S3E3) “The Absence Of Field”: Bring Charlotte Hale Back Online

By tackling an issue that the real world is facing right now, Westworld season three becomes even more exciting and relevant.

LAST CALL: Answer The Call For This Suicide Drama

Gavin Michael Booth faultlessly achieves the split-screen/single-take technique, while also exploring the matter of suicide with unadorned honesty.

ALTERED CARBON Season 2: An Immersive World Of Death, Colors & Science-Fiction
ALTERED CARBON Season 2: An Immersive World Of Death, Colors & Science-Fiction

Altered Carbon season 2 may not be exactly what season 1 seemed to promise, but in many ways, that’s a good thing.

THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA “Part 2”: All Roads Lead To Fear
THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA “Part 2”: All Roads Lead To Fear

In Part 2 of The Plot Against America, David Simon and Ed Burns expertly weave together various character plotlines, all of which come to a head on the night of the Presidential Election.

DEVS S1E5: Visually Alluring Episode Also Fills In The Gaps
DEVS S1E5: Visually Alluring Episode Also Fills In The Gaps

Episode 5 of Devs is a glimpse through time for our characters, utilizing impressive visual effects in the process.

LOST GIRLS: A Necessary, But Rocky Telling
LOST GIRLS: A Necessary, But Rocky Telling

Lost Girls is a grim picture that delivers a story that should be known, and for the performances alone, there is reason to check it out.

NINA WU: The Surreal Horrors Of The Film Industry
NINA WU: The Surreal Horrors Of The Film Industry

Nina Wu tells a gripping tale, aided by a skillful filmmaker and an incredible performance. Its methods are surreal and dreamlike, but its final destination is painfully real.

DISAPPEARANCE AT CLIFTON HILL: An Easy-To-Follow Caper
DISAPPEARANCE AT CLIFTON HILL: An Easy-To-Follow Caper

Whatever cracks and uneven corners exist in Disappearance at Clifton Hill are easily glazed by a story that is good enough.

THE STAGGERING GIRL: Living In A Material World
THE STAGGERING GIRL: Living In A Material World

The objective of Luca Guadagnino’s experimental short The Staggering Girl is up for debate, which won’t be a problem for long-time admirers of the auteur’s style or share the same inherent love for high fashion.

Biological Uncertainty In UPSTREAM COLOR
Biological Uncertainty In UPSTREAM COLOR

If you let yourself think about all the unknowns in the world, it can bring on a strange, existential panic, one that Upstream Color captures in a beautifully unnerving way.

A SUN 陽光普照: Bloated But Moving
A SUN 陽光普照: Bloated But Moving

Chung takes heavy, economic, social, and intimate struggles of one middle-class family and trusts the audience to find something relatable and universal in their story.

BFI Flare 2020: Ask Any Buddy and My Fiona
BFI Flare 2020: ASK ANY BUDDY & MY FIONA

Two very different recommendations from BFI Flare 2020: Evan Purchell’s explicit doc Ask Any Buddy, and Kelly Walker’s comedy drama My Fiona.

THE CLONE WARS (S7E4+5) "Unfinished Business" & "Gone With A Trace": Not The Jedi Way
THE CLONE WARS (S7E4+5) “Unfinished Business” & “Gone With A Trace”: Not The Jedi Way

While we’ve followed the bad batch for four episodes now, the reintroduction of Mace Windu and Obi-Wan Kenobi helps to signal to us that we’ve arrived at a new plotline.

10 THINGS WE SHOULD DO BEFORE WE BREAK UP: The Beginning Is The End
10 THINGS WE SHOULD DO BEFORE WE BREAK UP: The Beginning Is The End

For all of its faults, 10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up will woo you into enduring this snapshot of a relationship set to fail.

WESTWORLD (S3E2) "The Winter Line": Maeve Is Back In Action
WESTWORLD (S3E2) “The Winter Line”: Maeve Is Back In Action

Episode 2, “The Winter Line”, retains the energy the premiere of Westworld Season 3 established, giving us what we want: Maeve.