Sleeper Awakened

WITHOUT FILM, SOMETHING SLEEPS INSIDE US AND SELDOM AWAKENS. THE SLEEPER MUST AWAKEN.

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WOMEN TALKING (2022)

February 23, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 5, DRAMA, Oscars 2023, W

“Being a worthy story does not a good movie make”

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February 23, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Sarah Polley, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand, Judith Ivey, Emily Mitchell, Kate Hallett, Liv McNeil, Sheila McCarthy, Michelle McLeod, Kira Guloien, Shayla Brown, August Winter, Vivien Endicott Douglas, Ben Whishaw
2022, 5, DRAMA, Oscars 2023, W
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NIGHTMARE ALLEY (2021)

March 17, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, CRIME, DRAMA, N, Oscars 2022, THRILLER

“head carnie barker Defoe: chef’s kiss!”

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March 17, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Guillermo Del Toro, Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn, Holt McCallany, Clifton Collins Jr., Tim Blake Nelson, David Hewlett
2021, 7, CRIME, DRAMA, N, Oscars 2022, THRILLER
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A GHOST STORY (2017)

December 21, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 7, DRAMA, FANTASY, ROMANCE, G
"A melancholic but hopeful delineation on time, meaning, art, hope and love."
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David Lowery, Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Kesha
2017, 7, DRAMA, FANTASY, ROMANCE, G
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LION (2016)

February 02, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 7, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, L, Oscars 2017
"Not quite otherworldly in any element, but it has few impeachable shortcomings and delivers a rousing cinematic experience, leaving no tear duct unsapped."
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Garth Davis, Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Sunny Pawar, David Wenham
2016, 7, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, L, Oscars 2017
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KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (2016)

November 21, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 8, ANIMATED, FAMILY, FANTASY, K, Oscars 2017
"Few if any animated kids films fill the characters with such pathos and melancholy."
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Travis Knight, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Art Parkinson, Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, Rooney Mara
2016, 8, ANIMATED, FAMILY, FANTASY, K, Oscars 2017
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CAROL (2015)

January 10, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 8, C, DRAMA, ROMANCE, Oscars 2016
"Subtle but absorbing"
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Todd Haynes, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler
2015, 8, C, DRAMA, ROMANCE, Oscars 2016
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