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<span>Air</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/air">Air</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews-year/2023" rel="tag">2023</a> | <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews-maker/ben-affleck" rel="tag">Ben Affleck</a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>As light as its title, Air is an easygoing yet absorbing docudrama about how Nike coaxed a hot young basketball player named Michael Jordan over to their advertising roster and created the billion-selling Air Jordan sneaker in the process. The story opens in 1984, and if director/costar Affleck is heavy-handed with his opening montage of that year's events and his… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/air">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-21924" class="reviews post-21924 type-reviews status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry reviews-maker-ari-aster reviews-year-731"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="Beau Is Afraid" href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/beau-is-afraid"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/beauis-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/beauis-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/beauis-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/beauis.jpg 750w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Beau Is Afraid</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/beau-is-afraid">Beau Is Afraid</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews-year/2023" rel="tag">2023</a> | <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews-maker/ari-aster" rel="tag">Ari Aster</a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Three features in, I'm not yet convinced that writer/director Ari Aster is a genius. I found Hereditary too overwrought and Midsommar too slowly-paced, though both had their share of disturbing images. Beau Is Afraid – its working title was the catchier if less literal Disappointment Blvd. – is Aster's most assured and imaginative work as a director. As a writer,… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/beau-is-afraid">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-21783" class="reviews post-21783 type-reviews status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry reviews-maker-elizabeth-banks reviews-year-731"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="Cocaine Bear" href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/cocaine-bear"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cocainebear-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cocainebear-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cocainebear-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cocainebear.jpg 750w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Cocaine Bear</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/cocaine-bear">Cocaine Bear</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews-year/2023" rel="tag">2023</a> | <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews-maker/elizabeth-banks" rel="tag">Elizabeth Banks</a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>With an absurdly literal, Snakes on a Plane-ish title like Cocaine Bear, you know you're in for a movie that doesn't take itself too seriously. But there's a fine line between self-aware silliness and smug irony, especially these days: I am reminded of a night, some years ago, when I went to a karaoke bar and some hipster girl decided… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/cocaine-bear">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-21821" class="reviews post-21821 type-reviews status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry reviews-maker-mark-jenkin reviews-year-731"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="Enys Men" href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/enys-men"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/enysmen-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/enysmen-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/enysmen-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/enysmen.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Enys Men</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/enys-men">Enys Men</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews-year/2023" rel="tag">2023</a> | <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews-maker/mark-jenkin" rel="tag">Mark Jenkin</a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Enys Men is packed with ambiguity. Sparse and spooky, it's been marketed as a "folk horror" movie, but while it touches on a few classic tropes – a splash of blood, some ghost-like entities, a sudden loud noise or two, a little body horror, a bit of the old "is this real or is the protagonist going insane?" stuff –… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/enys-men">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-21803" class="reviews post-21803 type-reviews status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry reviews-maker-vasilis-katsoupis reviews-year-731"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="Inside" href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/inside"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/inside-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/inside-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/inside-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/inside.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Inside</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/inside">Inside</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews-year/2023" rel="tag">2023</a> | <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews-maker/vasilis-katsoupis" rel="tag">Vasilis Katsoupis</a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Willem Dafoe plays an art thief who, while breaking into a wealthy architect's New York penthouse in order to steal three priceless Egon Schiele paintings, finds himself locked in when the security system malfunctions. He then must use his wits and the tools at hand to engineer an escape. We soon realize that this is not something he'll be able… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/inside">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-21861" class="reviews post-21861 type-reviews status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry reviews-maker-kelly-reichardt reviews-year-731"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="Showing Up" href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/showing-up"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/showingup-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/showingup-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/showingup-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/showingup.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Showing Up</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/showing-up">Showing Up</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews-year/2023" rel="tag">2023</a> | <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews-maker/kelly-reichardt" rel="tag">Kelly Reichardt</a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>In her fourth feature with writer/director Kelly Reichardt, Michelle Williams plays Lizzy, a Portland, Oregon sculptor trying to finish her new work in time for her upcoming gallery show. In the meantime she is antagonized by her flaky landlord and fellow artist Jo (Hong Chau), her divorced parents (Maryann Plunkett and Judd Hirsch), her mentally ill brother (John Magaro), and… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/showing-up">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-21875" class="reviews post-21875 type-reviews status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry reviews-maker-kristoffer-borgli reviews-year-731"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="Sick of Myself" href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/sick-of-myself"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sickofmyself-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sickofmyself-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sickofmyself-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sickofmyself.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Sick of Myself</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/sick-of-myself">Sick of Myself</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews-year/2023" rel="tag">2023</a> | <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews-maker/kristoffer-borgli" rel="tag">Kristoffer Borgli</a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp) is a plain jane Oslo barista who finds herself growing increasingly envious of the attention that her arrogant artist boyfriend Thomas (Eirik Sæther) is receiving, and although one of her first lines in Sick of Myself is "I'm not a narcissist", we know that's a lie, as moments later she begins her campaign to get more… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/sick-of-myself">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-21909" class="reviews post-21909 type-reviews status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry reviews-maker-jalmari-helander reviews-year-731"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="Sisu" href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/sisu"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sisu-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sisu-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sisu-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sisu.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Sisu</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/sisu">Sisu</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews-year/2023" rel="tag">2023</a> | <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews-maker/jalmari-helander" rel="tag">Jalmari Helander</a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Take a John Wick movie, place it in the Northern Finnish tundra in the year 1944, and you've got Sisu. The title is an untranslatable Finnish word meaning grit, bravery, determination, and so forth – and that's what Sisu offers, primarily in the form of bloody violence. During the final year of World War II, the tide has turned against… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/reviews/sisu">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <div class="pagination"> </div> <footer id="colophon"> <p>Copyright © 2025 Mark Tapio Kines. All rights reserved.</p> </footer> </div> </body> </html>