The last full month of summer and a new month of programming on theCriterion Channel.
Here are seven of the best options coming to the service in August 2022.
Before this movie, he was best known for directing British comedies.
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With that in mind,Sweet Smellis clearly a departurea New York setfilm a clefwith energetic, noir flavor.
Stalemates and ceasefires were called and abandoned.
DirectorSergei Loznitsa, however, was not working with retrospect.
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It is in that climate that he made hisanti-war opusDonbass.
Told episodically, this drama is jolting in its frank depiction of a modern wars community-destroying realities.
Its shot in long takes and shot beautifully.
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Its no horror movie, but it is dark with its drama.
We Are the Best!
They get to live a dream, and that dream is treated as valid and vital.
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The Swedish coming-of-age dramaWe Are the Best!has a similar spirit, if a very different story.
So they decide to start a punk band.
It is 1982, and so they are right on time.
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But however method they are in their approach, only two of them know how to play their instruments.
Moments of sadness and happiness feel equally endless.
No setback feels minor.
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Its of course a movie full of music and full of energy.
Conversely, every era has movies that are not perfect but that are very good.
For avery goodsnapshot of the early 80s teen romantic comedy trend,Valley Girlis a worthy place to park.
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Every California cliche the title might suggest is present.
But there is an elevated quality to it all.
The other thing that elevates it is the music on which it relies heavily.
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They only leave for appointments deemed necessary or for sight-seeing excursions planned exactingly.
The curious wrinkles within the film are brought on by how telegenic and engaging the subjects are.
OnThe Wolfpacks posters, the brothers looks inspired byReservoir Dogsare highlighted, butThe Dark Knightalso proves influential.
Whats left is a visceral dose of humanity and a love letter to movies.
