Articles by Barbara Goslawski

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  'Small Things Like These' Finds Gothic Horror in the Magdalene Laundries

  Directed by Tim Mielants

  PUBLISHED Nov 7, 2024

  Fresh off last year's award-winning success in the worldwide phenomenon that was 'Oppenheimer,' Cillian Murphy is back in the more modest...

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  'It Ends with Us' Isn't Very Lively

  Directed by Justin Baldoni

  PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2024

  It Ends with Us has all the ingredients for success but, unfortunately, director Justin Baldoni can't consolidate them into a coherent whol...

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  Yorgos Lanthimos's 'Kinds of Kindness' Is a Poor Thing

  Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

  PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2024

  There's never a dull moment in the cinematic mind of Yorgos Lanthimos — but that doesn't always result in decipherable work. A modern fable...

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  'Wicked Little Letters' Sacrifices Insight for Laughs

  Directed by Thea Sharrock

  PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2024

  An old-fashioned charmer with a modern twist, Thea Sharrock's 'Wicked Little Letters' misses a valuable opportunity to be relevant. Leaning...

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  Mads Mikkelsen Reaches 'The Promised Land' of Fantastical Fables and Polished Performances

  Directed by Nikolaj Arcel

  PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2024

  A ravishing mix of the brutish with the sublime, Nikolaj Arcel's sweeping historical epic offers a gripping take on blind ambition, greed...

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  'Society of the Snow' Finds Moments of Breathtaking Beauty in Bleak Survival Story

  Directed by J.A. Bayona

  PUBLISHED Jan 3, 2024

  Spain's shortlisted entry for Best International Feature Film to the Academy, Society of the Snow is no ordinary suspense thriller. A harro...