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Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Oct 27, 2026
Billed as Chungking Express meets Before Sunset, Zhao [Badou]'s first film has a little bit of the magic of both.
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Crossing a Dawn
(2026)
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Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Oct 5, 2026
Once Upon a Time in the Middle East is both a hopeful and incredible war picture. It is rousing and galvanizing as much as it is heartwarming and heart-wrenching.
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Once Upon a Time in the Middle East
(2026)
100%
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Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Sep 22, 2026
John Wilson is the Jonas Mekas of the ensh--tification era.
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The History of Concrete
(2026)
97%
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Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Aug 8, 2026
It is indicative of the inner-Romantic within Ryoo to make sense of a world that still has a trace of hope: the revelation of the truth as inevitable as a peaceful peninsula and gun taekwondo in the films of Ryoo Seung-wan.
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Veteran
(2015)
90%
79%
Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Jul 26, 2026
While [Shinji] Higuchi is an adept enough filmmaker to deliver a high-stress and satisfyingly entertaining train movie, his latest loses sight of its own strengths and crashes before the titular train when it abandons its socio-political themes.
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Bullet Train Explosion
(2025)
65%
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Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Jul 15, 2026
Savon is a messy film... The different worlds pace themselves dramatically differently and the changes in pace sap the thrills out of the thriller.
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Savon
(2025)
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Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Jun 30, 2026
The imagery in Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience is all about power.
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Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience
(2026)
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Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Jun 30, 2026
Mamamoo has some of the strongest vocalists with the greatest dynamic range in K-pop, so it’s disappointing that the documentary falters so dramatically in its easiest job.
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Mamamoo: My Con the Movie
(2023)
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93%
Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Jun 12, 2026
The most resonant slasher of the decade.
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Bodies Bodies Bodies
(2022)
85%
69%
Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
May 12, 2026
The introduction to his music is reason enough to catch Y Vân: The Lost Sounds of Saigon.
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Y Vân: The Lost Sounds of Saigon
(2025)
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Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Dec 16, 2025
The incredible capstone to one of the finest sagas in blockbuster history.
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
(2025)
66%
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Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Dec 13, 2025
It’s not Park [Chan-wook's] best. But Park is one of our very best.
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No Other Choice
(2025)
97%
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Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Sep 25, 2025
[Infinite Summer] perfectly fits into the contemporary Estonian film landscape with its ironic genre play, strange sexual verve, and popping embrace of quirky digital visuals.
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Infinite Summer
(2024)
88%
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Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Sep 19, 2025
Experiences like Sholay are why we go to the movies.
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Sholay
(1975)
95%
95%
Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Sep 11, 2025
It’s impossible to endure Magellan and walk away with any sympathy reserved for the old colonial myths we were told in schools.
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Magellan
(2025)
90%
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Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Aug 10, 2025
Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel resists the ordinary in favor of the idiosyncratic and renegade.
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The Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
(1979)
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36%
Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Aug 8, 2025
Tasteless and glib.
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The Penguin Lessons
(2024)
77%
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Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Jul 24, 2025
The Fantastic Four: First Steps is the most Kirbyesque the Marvel Cinematic Universe has ever felt.
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps
(2025)
86%
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Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Jul 22, 2025
There is something a little charming about [Andrew] Currie’s direction in its ability to maintain optimism and hope in Charlie’s darkest moments. Hopefully, that quality is contagious.
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The Invisibles
(2024)
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Joshua Polanski
There Were No Gods Left
Jul 13, 2025
[James Gunn is] the last director standing in the superhero factory with anything left in a vision of heroism to tap into.
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Superman
(2025)
83%
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