Tag: mystery

“Gemini” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

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Gemini (2018; Aaron Katz)  GRADE: C+ By Daniel Barnes Land Ho! director Aaron Katz delivers this meandering Hollywood noir about a beleaguered but loyal personal assistant accused of murdering her own boss. The wonderful Lola Kirke plays Jill, a long-time friend-ployee of Zoe Kravitz’s Heather, a flaky actress who uses their […]

“The Unknown Girl” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

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The Unknown Girl (2017; Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne) GRADE: B- By Daniel Barnes The Dardenne Brothers, those Belgian purveyors of austerity and despair, have always been a tough sell for mainstream audiences.  Their films are so raw, so pure, so devoid of artifice and often so hopeless that […]