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Kyle’s Criterion Corner: Meantime (1983)

Kyle’s Criterion Corner: Meantime (1983)

As political as it’s a social statement, writer and director Mike Leigh’s (Secrets and Lies, Happy-Go-Lucky) 1983 tragicomedy, Meantime, centers on the downtrodden poverty stricken Pollock family, amid the jobless working-class placed in the grim societal backdrop of...

Kyle’s Criterion Corner: Ugetsu (1953)

Kyle’s Criterion Corner: Ugetsu (1953)

Few films are as highly regarded or as revered in Japanese cinema as Kenji Mizoguchi’s haunting, fantasy fable “Ugetsu”; a timeless masterpiece of post-war cinema that not only works as a fatalistic fable but also a critique of class and patriarchy told through a...

‘Rough Night’: But It Could Have Been Worse

‘Rough Night’: But It Could Have Been Worse

I should preface this review by saying I’m unnecessarily harsh in critiquing comedies. I just expect all movies I see to have a decent plot, a conclusive ending, and some form of character development, but I think for most comedies I really just need to ask myself,...




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