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10 Movies Like ‘Filipiñana’
Loved Rafael Manuel's Filipiñana? These 10 films share its sharp eye for class, privilege and the people forced to keep the wealthy comfortable.
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Burning Ending, Explained
Burning ends in an explosion of violence that Lee Chang-dong refuses to fully explain. Here's what happens to Jong-su, Ben and Hae-mi, and what…
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Disclosure Day Ending, Explained
Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day ends on a single, mysterious word. Here's what happens in the finale and what "Listen" really means.
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Pressure Review: Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser’s WWII Meteorologist Two-Hander Is a Satisfying Procedural
I love a good procedural. Most of them come in the form of a crime procedural or a murder mystery, where detectives chase down…
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Is Disclosure Day Scary?
Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day is a PG-13 sci-fi thriller, not a horror movie, though a few scenes may be unsettling for sensitive viewers.
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10 Movies Like ‘Filipiñana’
Loved Rafael Manuel's Filipiñana? These 10 films share its sharp eye for class, privilege and the people forced to keep the wealthy comfortable.
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Every Luca Guadagnino Movie Ranked from Worst to Best (Including After the Hunt)
EDIT: This article was originally posted in 2024 and has since been updated for the release of After the Hunt. I'm perhaps a newer…
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Filipiñana Review: The Philippines’ Entry for Best International Feature Film Is Excellent Slow Cinema
A movie so completely confident in moving to the beat of its own drum that it’s willing to embrace near-total inaction, Rafael Manuel’s Filipiñana…
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Filipiñana Ending, Explained
Filipiñana ends with its two young women each stumbling onto the rot beneath the country club's pristine fairways, and each of them failing, in…
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10 Movies Like ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York’
Here are Cinephile Corner’s 10 recommendations for movies like The Only Living Pickpocket in New York: READ MORE: Best John Turturro Movies, 10 Movies Like…
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Wicker Ending, Explained
Wicker ends with the Fisherwoman (Olivia Colman), her Wicker Husband (Alexander Skarsgård), and a wicker baby riding out of the village on the Basket…