A darling of the fall festival circuit, the Irish-Canadian co-pro Room is worthy of every accolade piled atop its scrappy, sensitive shoulders. Based on Emma Donoghue’s novel, it stars Brie Larson as a woman who was abducted as a teenager and kept in a 10-by-10 shed as a sex slave. This situation has produced a […]
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AFF Reviews: The Lobster, Room
Movie reviewers everywhere are loving The Lobster, the first English-language film by Greek director, Yorgos Lanthimos. The absurdist comedic satire is set in a UK near-dystopia where it’s illegal to be single. So when David (Colin Farrell) gets dumped, he’s immediately transferred to this freak-show singles hotel where he has 45 days to find a mate or […]