Motion State Review

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Me in every meeting ever:

#Kurosawa #SevenSamurai

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Check out our latest #FaceOff column, tracing the origins of #Drive (2011) in #Melville's #LeSamourai (1967):

https://t.co/Kr1wZGAOxh

#RyanGosling #AlainDelon #NicolasWindingRefn #TheDriver #MotionStateReview

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Our #DonaldEWestlake #WriterSeries continues with a look back at #TheHotRock (1972):

https://t.co/hnFl7HfSkz

#RobertRedford #GeorgeSegal #QuincyJones #JohnDortmunder #PeterYates #GuyRitchie #WilliamGoldman #MotionStateReview

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#IFFBoston came to a close last night with #HowItEnds (2021), the quirky last-day-on-Earth comedy from #ZoeListerJones and #DarylWein. Our full review:

https://t.co/EvkNVdfsSC

#CaileeSpaeny #OliviaWilde #MotionStateReview

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#Lupin has a fair number of plot holes, but it also has one of the best actors around — Monsieur #OmarSy — in the lead. Check it out on #Netflix, and check out our Season 1 review:

https://t.co/8z3lqEQZ9B

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There's one crucial scene in #WhatLiesBeneath (2000), but it's not the one you think...

https://t.co/iKHPdmu7Ym

#MichellePfeiffer #HarrisonFord #RobertZemeckis #MotionStateReview

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"We're all expecting great things..."

Our #CoenBrothers #DirectorSeries continues with #BartonFink (1991):

https://t.co/QhiP0P48Fe

#JohnTurturro #JohnGoodman #JoelCoen #EthanCoen #MotionStateReview

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Saw a bunch of great films at #Sundance. My favorite was #Passing — full review here:

https://t.co/coXoWNNnYI

#TessaThompson #RuthNegga #RebeccaHall #AndreHolland #AlexanderSkarsgard #Sundance2021 #Netflix #MotionStateReview

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#JudasAndTheBlackMessiah delivers with a pair of stunning performances from #LakeithStanfield and #DanielKaluuya. Get our full review from #Sundance:

https://t.co/3lVmmTakKQ

#ShakaKing #FredHampton #BlackPanthers #HBO #SundanceFilmFestival2021 #MotionStateReview

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"Some bands will give you an outfit to wear...but some bands will give you a needle and thread."

Check out our #Sundance review of #EdgarWright's rollicking doc #TheSparksBrothers:

https://t.co/qdsS0oPBxt

#Sparks #Sundance2021 #MotionStateReview

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#FranKranz announces himself as a filmmaker to watch with the cathartic #Mass. Check out our #Sundance review:

https://t.co/TFfOLOOmSb

#JasonIsaacs #MarthaPlimpton #MotionStateReview

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#Sundance continues! Check out our review of #InTheEarth, the latest from #BenWheatley:

https://t.co/VRk4JemDCP

#Sundance2021 #SundanceFilmFestival2021 #AFieldInEngland #MotionStateReview

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#Sundance kicks off with #Questlove's #SummerOfSoul — get our full review here:

https://t.co/BwAegwTDDK

#NinaSimone #StevieWonder #TonyLawrence #HarlemCulturalFestival #SundanceFilmFestival2021 #MotionStateReview

[John Barker | ATRM @JohnBarkerATRM]

Real audience reactions on sedeing David Lynch's shocking ERASERHEAD for the first time in 1977.

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Our #BestOf2020 rundown is up now!

https://t.co/etXl5DD3QB

#Minari #SoundOfMetal #SmallAxe #Mank #Devs #Netflix #AmazonPrime #Hulu #MotionStateReview

[david ehrlich @davidehrlich]

an intrinsically american film about people in america navigating what it means to be american while surrounded by a bunch of other americans in real deep america. but far be it for me to question a sacred institution that's about to nominate THE PROM for Best Picture.

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New piece on #BeauTravail (1999), part of our Director Series on #ClaireDenis:

https://t.co/r1POKIGgWP

#Criterion #CriterionChannel #MotionStateReview

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#SmallAxe is a stunning and massive achievement, and #Mangrove is one of the year's best films. Our full review:

https://t.co/dYQxKDv7Sf

#SteveMcQueen #ShaunParkes #LetitiaWright #MangroveNine #AmazonPrime

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@BeardedGenius For a film as manic and full of ping-pong dialogue as Goodfellas, this moment always stood out:

https://t.co/3kFrG8pqMy

[Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg]

2020 is officially the year of the peach. 🍑

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Check out our #IFFBoston review of the brilliant #SoundOfMetal (2020):

https://t.co/bg8cLFIsSD

#DariusMarder #RizAhmed #OliviaCooke #AmazonPrime #MotionStateReview