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Jason Anderson
Uncut Magazine [UK]
Oct 15, 2026
4/5
These elements cohere into an uncommonly rich portrait, one that balances an insightful appreciation of Peart’s artistry and ingenuity (hence his nickname of “The Professor”) with an affectionate look at a complex man...
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Neil Peart: No One's Disciple
(2026)
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Jason Anderson
Sight & Sound
May 14, 2026
A valuable and compelling addition to the growing canon of features and documentaries on the subject because of the ways it prioritises the perspectives of autistic individuals and their families.
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The Reason I Jump
(2020)
97%
75%
Jason Anderson
Sight & Sound
May 13, 2026
Da-Rin’s poignant and pointed film doesn’t let viewers forget about the pain, injustice and devastation happening around him.
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The Fever
(2019)
91%
57%
Jason Anderson
Sight & Sound
Apr 24, 2026
In this poignant story of a teen athlete ostracised by his teammates after a traumatising accident, Belgian director Valéry Carnoy captures the volatile nature of adolescent masculinity with striking empathy.
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Wild Foxes
(2025)
94%
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Jason Anderson
Sight & Sound
Dec 31, 2025
The film is also rescued from its more precious and sentimental excesses by the power and complexity of Sarr’s central performance.
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Io Capitano
(2023)
96%
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Jason Anderson
Sight & Sound
Dec 31, 2025
There’s something magical about the warmth, love and generosity the five express to one another, and radiate outward toward the others they encounter – and the film’s audience.
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Gasoline Rainbow
(2023)
93%
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Jason Anderson
Sight & Sound
Nov 11, 2025
Then again, the fact that the rambunctious youngsters seem to have wandered in from a summer-camp movie evidently shooting nearby only serves to accentuate the fundamental Canadian-ness of Chamandy’s largely endearing debut.
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Allen Sunshine
(2024)
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Jason Anderson
Sight & Sound
Nov 11, 2025
A largely sober tone allows The Contestant to avoid the kitsch that the subject of Japan’s extreme brand of TV competitions typically attracts.
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The Contestant
(2023)
92%
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Jason Anderson
Sight & Sound
Nov 6, 2025
Even at a briskly paced 80 minutes, Matt and Mara manages to be remarkably astute about its central relationship’s cocktail of suppressed desire and professional envy.
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Matt and Mara
(2024)
87%
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Jason Anderson
Sight & Sound
Nov 6, 2025
Peter Hastings’s movie incarnation of the popular graphic novel series presents a cheerful whirlwind of goofball gags, silly puns and moments of real poignancy in an endearing, unpolished package.
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Dog Man
(2025)
82%
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Jason Anderson
Sight & Sound
Nov 4, 2025
Akiva Schaffer’s police-procedural reboot is refreshingly silly and expertly paced, with Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson fully committing to the bit.
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The Naked Gun
(2025)
88%
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Jason Anderson
eye WEEKLY
Sep 22, 2024
Despite its commercial success, it was perhaps the last grand artistic folly that Hollywood would tolerate, and a golden age of American filmmaking soon stumbled to a close.
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Apocalypse Now Redux
(1979)
93%
91%
Jason Anderson
Uncut Magazine [UK]
Oct 26, 2023
4/5
Directors Andy Brown and Brian Lindstrom... create something that attains the same grace and beauty heard in Sill’s music.
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Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill
(2022)
92%
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Jason Anderson
Sight & Sound
Jun 8, 2023
For all the pleasure viewers may take in the sight of nameless Nazis being dispatched and dismembered, they may be surprised by the film’s solemnity, too.
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Sisu
(2022)
94%
88%
Jason Anderson
Cinema Scope
Feb 16, 2023
The Situationists and the Sex Pistols may have had nothing good to say about cheap holidays in other people’s misery, but Wells finds a wealth of beauty and heartache in this one.
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Aftersun
(2022)
96%
82%
Jason Anderson
eye WEEKLY
May 1, 2021
5/5
The original series of 10 hour-long films has all of the qualities that mark Kieslowski's better-known work.
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The Decalogue
(1989)
100%
98%
Jason Anderson
Globe and Mail
Apr 27, 2020
2/4
Viewers looking for more than a few secondhand thrills should drive right past The Hitcher.
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The Hitcher
(2007)
19%
52%
Jason Anderson
Sight & Sound
Dec 28, 2018
While The Man from Mo' Wax follows a conventional doc structure as it charts its subject's rise, fall and last-act resurgence, Jones finds more inventive ways of framing Lavelle's saga.
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The Man From Mo'Wax
(2016)
77%
89%
Jason Anderson
Cinema Scope
Sep 10, 2018
Moss ultimately has the chance to dial it down and reveal unexpected layers to Becky, a woman who lives too fast because living any slower means feeling paralyzed by fear and need.
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Her Smell
(2018)
83%
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Jason Anderson
Sight & Sound
Mar 13, 2018
Sweet Country's complexity and sophistication mark it as a landmark work of Indigenous cinema.
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Sweet Country
(2017)
96%
71%
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