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“God’s Own Country” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

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God’s Own Country (2017; Francis Lee) GRADE: C+ By Daniel Barnes *Opens Friday, November 10, at the Landmark Opera Plaza in San Francisco and the Landmark Shattuck in Berkeley. Postcard-worthy slow cinema from actor-turned-auteur Lee, a bruising but underwhelming love story set amongst Yorkshire sheep farmers.  With his friends […]

“Rams” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

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Rams (2016; Grímur Hákonarson) GRADE: B+ By Daniel Barnes A prime Best Foreign Language Film Oscar snub now getting dumped pre-Oscars into an Opera Plaza bandbox, Rams is still smarter and more surprising than most of the actual nominees in that category. In an isolated valley in Iceland, sheep […]