Articles by Rachel Ho

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  'Red Rocket' Paints a Raw Portrait of Small-Town America

  Directed by Sean Baker

  PUBLISHED Jan 4, 2022

  Director Sean Baker continues his exploration of underrepresented groups and non-traditional circumstances in Red Rocket, which follows adu...

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  Denzel Washington Reigns in 'The Tragedy of Macbeth'

  Directed by Joel Coen

  PUBLISHED Dec 24, 2021

  It's exciting to watch the Timothée Chalamets and Daniel Kaluuyas of young Hollywood. There's so much talent and potential to be realized,...

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  'The Matrix Resurrections' Goes Down the Rabbit Hole of Shameless Nostalgia

  Directed by Lana Wachowski

  PUBLISHED Dec 22, 2021

  Let's get this out of the way now: The Matrix Resurrections is nowhere near as good as 1999's The Matrix. Not even close. But did anyone re...

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  'Don't Look Up' Is as Heavy-Handed as Modern America

  Directed by Adam McKay

  PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2021

  The world is dying and humans are too stupid, selfish and/or opportunistic to care — that's the takeaway message Adam McKay wishes to impar...

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  No One Asked for a Sequel, but 'The Souvenir Part II' Is a Great Companion Piece

  Directed by Joanna Hogg

  PUBLISHED Dec 17, 2021

  Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir was an unlikely candidate to receive the sequel treatment. The 2019 film was semi-autobiographical in nature, de...

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  'Flee' Is a One-of-a-Kind Refugee Documentary

  Directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen

  PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2021

  Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen knew his friend Amin (a pseudonym) was an immigrant to Denmark from Afghanistan, but he had no idea just how...

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  TJFF Review: 'Hope' Offers a New Perspective on a Whodunit

  Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi

  PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2021

  Police procedurals are normally thrilling whodunnits, and the families (of the victim or the accused) are a secondary storyline to add emot...

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  'She Paradise' Dances Its Way Through Ambiguities

  Directed by Maya Cozier

  PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2021

  Maya Cozier's feature debut, She Paradise — based on the short film of the same name — takes us inside the world of soca dancers in Trinida...