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Roe McDermott

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Oppenheimer (2023) 93% 4/5 EDIT “This is Cillian Murphy’s film and his performance is sublimely layered.” – Hot Press Jul 21, 2023 Full Review Barbie (2023) 88% 4/5 EDIT “Margot Robbie oozes charm and radiance and pathos every moment of the film. The production design and costuming are sublimely fun, with pink plastic exclamation points marking every visual gaga and every nostalgic callback.” – Hot Press Jul 21, 2023 Full Review Pearl (2022) 93% EDIT “For a film with such darkness, violence and pitch-black humour, the visuals of Pearl are a technicolour delight.” – Hot Press Mar 23, 2023 Full Review Knock at the Cabin (2023) 67% EDIT “Bautista’s vulnerability adds an intriguing layer to Leonard -- a man who may be a saviour, or a delusional murderer. It’s a performance to remember.” – Hot Press Feb 3, 2023 Full Review Tár (2022) 91% EDIT “Every shot in TÁR is sumptuously composed, with the production and costume design providing insight into the character’s emotional state.” – Hot Press Jan 19, 2023 Full Review House of Gucci (2021) 61% EDIT “The dysfunctional web of family, money and power makes House Of Gucci feel like a better-dressed version of Succession.” – Hot Press Dec 28, 2021 Full Review Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) 99% 5/5 EDIT “A truly sublime, joyous, inspiring festival film that has gone from unseen to instantly iconic. Get ready to rethink history and dance in the aisles at the same time.” – Hot Press Jul 22, 2021 Full Review Saint Maud (2019) 92% 4/5 EDIT “Though Saint Maud employs some well-worn tropes of religion-themed horror, her precise style, psychological exploration, and intense atmosphere make this an extremely promising debut.” – Hot Press Dec 7, 2020 Full Review Tenet (2020) 70% EDIT “The performances are all excellent, with Debicki elevating Nolan's rote depiction of abusive relationships and motherhood, and Pattinson providing louche charm galore, while Washington is an endlessly compelling presence...” – Hot Press Aug 26, 2020 Full Review Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (2019) 97% EDIT “Overall, The Pieces I Am is a celebratory, empowering and vivacious documentary, allowing audiences to bask in the company of the woman behind the legacy.” – Hot Press Mar 13, 2020 Full Review The Photograph (2020) 74% EDIT “It's a level of insight and emotion the film should have brought to all of its characters. But The Photograph remains (sorry) underdeveloped.” – Hot Press Mar 12, 2020 Full Review True History of the Kelly Gang (2019) 80% 4/5 EDIT “Rewriting history may usually be more even, though it's rarely this evocative.” – Hot Press Mar 12, 2020 Full Review The Shadow of Violence (2019) 94% EDIT “Jarvis is a compelling presence onscreen, bringing a clumsy warmth and innocence to his role, so that even as he beats men to a pulp, you're rooting for him to escape his no-exit existence.” – Hot Press Mar 12, 2020 Full Review Dark Waters (2019) 89% EDIT “They say nothing sticks to Teflon, and in Todd Haynes' corporate conspiracy drama Dark Waters, you'll realise that not much sticks to evil corporations either.” – Hot Press Mar 4, 2020 Full Review The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018) 66% EDIT “The film is messy, with an occasionally strained script and meandering sequences.” – Hot Press Feb 28, 2020 Full Review Color Out of Space (2019) 86% 3.5/5 EDIT “Though some narrative and thematic threads fail to cohere, and Cage's performance and accent are mercurial mysteries, the visuals are beautiful and disturbing - and the wild, strange silliness never fails to entertain.” – Hot Press Feb 28, 2020 Full Review Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) 97% EDIT “We need a different word for masterpiece.” – Hot Press Feb 28, 2020 Full Review Queen & Slim (2019) 82% EDIT “It's surprising that Lena Waithe's writing is the most disappointing aspect of the film. While Kaluuya and Turner-Smith are impressive, their characters - Queen especially - remain hugely underdeveloped.” – Hot Press Feb 20, 2020 Full Review Parasite (2019) 99% 5/5 EDIT “From his opening shots, Bong Joon-Ho establishes the upstairs/downstairs dynamic of his razorsharp, bleakly funny, unmistakably furious skewering of capitalism and class divides.” – Hot Press Feb 20, 2020 Full Review Mr. Jones (2019) 86% EDIT “While the film never matches the emotional power of its Ukraine sequences, the final act harnesses that impact for a rousing, conspiracy-fuelled drama.” – Hot Press Feb 15, 2020 Full Review Richard Jewell (2019) 77% EDIT “Like the story at its core, Richard Jewell is alternately fascinating and frustrating - revealing the entrenched flaws and biases of those entrusted to tell it.” – Hot Press Feb 3, 2020 Full Review The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) 92% 4/5 EDIT “[T]he consistently entertaining, crowd-pleasing, madcap film finds the joy both in Dickens' words, and the wealth of British talent on display - in all its diversity.” – Hot Press Jan 24, 2020 Full Review Bombshell (2019) 67% 3/5 EDIT “While the cinematography and costuming capture the absurd, Barbie-blonde sheen demanded at Fox, this horrifying, ugly and all too real story could have done with less of a filter.” – Hot Press Jan 24, 2020 Full Review 1917 (2019) 88% EDIT “An emotional and artistic masterclass.” – Hot Press Jan 23, 2020 Full Review Little Women (2019) 95% 4/5 EDIT “A radiant, huge-hearted film that embraces the messy beauty of growing up.” – Hot Press Jan 13, 2020 Full Review
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