Author: Garrett Eberhardt

Garrett is the founder of CinemaBabel, a regular guest host on the Movies That Matter podcast, and a lover of film in general. He currently resides in Washington, D.C. where he is a member of the Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association.

Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack Charm in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (Sundance Film Festival)

Self-discovery is usually something that we associate with young adulthood, a time for exploration and finding out what makes us tick and what we like. But certain cultural mores and life’s roadblocks bring some to this point later…

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Cha Cha Real Smooth is Charming and Effective (Sundance Film Festival)

The first foray into adulthood has always been a fraught time for human beings and our current generation of young adults are no different. The latest film from writer/director/actor Cooper Raiff takes a tender look at a young…

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Men Has Something to Say Without Saying Anything New at All

Director Alex Garland has quickly established himself as a skillful writer/director of science fiction with films such as Ex Machina and Annihilation. He makes his anticipated return to the big screen, this time returning to the horror genre….

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On The Count of Three Melds Humor and a Serious Examination of Depression and Hopelessness in Thrilling Fashion (Sundance Film Festival)

We currently live in a time where people nationwide are struggling through a myriad of problems, from financial to mental to a combination of many issues. These hard times are leading many on a path toward self destruction…

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The Northman Balances Dense Story and Gory Action in an Exciting, Visually Impressive Action Flick

Robert Eggers has been on a critically acclaimed run the past few years with films like The Witch and The Lighthouse, art house indies with dense stories featuring notable performances from great actors. While critical darlings, these films…

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Dual is an Absurdist Sci-Fi Dramedy That Just Misses Digging Deep Enough (Sundance Film Festival)

Dual introduces us to Sarah (Karen Gillan) who was recently diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease and is unsure how to process the news. As she deals with her coming death, Sarah decides to ease the pain…

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Everything Everywhere All At Once is the Creative Cinema Audiences Didn’t Know They’ve Craved

Everything Everywhere All at Once transports its audience and laundromat co-owner Evelyn Wong (Michelle Yeoh) through an interdimensional rupture that unravels reality. Evelyn soon finds herself face to face with an alternate version of her husband Waymond (Ke…

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Mothering Sunday Weighs Grief and Social Expectations (Toronto International Film Festival)

Based on the 2016 novel, Mothering Sunday follows Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) works as a maid for the Nivens family (Olivia Colman and Colin Firth), a couple who lost their sons on the battlefields of World War I….

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Master Should Spell the End of “Being Black in America is the Real Horror!” Horror Films (Sundance Film Festival)

The 2017 release of Get Out felt like such an event. A true cultural reset where a genre that traditionally has been known for ridding itself of its black characters before you got halfway through your bucket of…

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Alice Feels Uneven, But Keke Palmer Keeps the Audience Invested (Sundance Film Festival)

All Americans grow up learning that the slave trade was ended after the end of the Civil War with the passage of the slave amendments, inspired by President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Yet, as time has gone on,…

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