Kyle Flynn
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[FFF 2026] School For Defectors Review – What Defines Us?
By Kyle Flynn In the latest project from documentarian Jeremy Workman, School For Defectors showcases the lives of students who have defected from other countries or regions to South Korea in search of a better life and education. The documentary… Continue reading
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The Academy Award Nominated Shorts: Animated Capsule Reviews
By Kyle Flynn Butterfly: A rather surface-level exploration of telling a life story through their connection to the water. I wasn’t fond of the voiceover used throughout the majority of the short. I did really enjoy the animation style, the… Continue reading
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The 98th Academy Award Nominated Shorts: Documentary Capsule Reviews
By Kyle Flynn All The Empty Rooms: All The Empty Rooms documents the empty bedrooms of children who died in mass shootings amid the ever-growing crisis of gun violence in the United States. I found the film to be slightly… Continue reading
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The 98th Academy Award Nominated Shorts: Live-Action Capsule Reviews
By Kyle Flynn Live-Action Shorts: Butcher’s Stain: Amongst the batch of live-action shorts this year. Butcher’s Stain may be the only one to make me so frustrated, a compliment to the film’s narrative and writing. The emotional reaction I had… Continue reading
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A Poet Review – What Are Our Ambitions To Reflect In Humanity
By Kyle Flynn A Poet is a rarity in the modern landscape of cinema. It was one of the few films I saw in 2025 that were unmistakably hilarious but equally painful. The obvious oxymoron of being both ‘hilarious’ and… Continue reading
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La Grazia Review – Sorrentino’s Attempt At Returning The Stylishness Of Films From The Past
By Kyle Flynn Earlier this year, when I went to the cinema on a Sunday Afternoon to watch Sorrentino’s film Parthenope, a film at its core about beauty and the way we often become transfixed by the value it provides,… Continue reading
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Reflection In A Dead Diamond Review – Allow The Experience To Overtake You
By Kyle Flynn Reflection in a Dead Diamond, the newest visual feast from Cattet and Forzani, delivers the most earnest European spy thriller — or perhaps a direct foil to one — in recent memory. It is a film wholly… Continue reading
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[NYFF63] Resurrection Review – A Transformative Experience
By Kyle Flynn When I was much younger and far more enthusiastic as a moviegoer, I watched Bi Gan’s 2018 film Long Day’s Journey Into Night. In my honest assessment, it remains one of the best films of the decade.… Continue reading
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From The Golden Row! Another Awards Season Has Officially Begun
By Kyle Flynn Last week, two things happened. AFI Fest ended, and Gotham Nominations came out. Otherwise, what I will now start dubbing ‘The Great Seasonal Transition,’ the end of the Fall Festival Season, straight into the start of another… Continue reading
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[NYFF 63] Is This Thing On? Review – Bradley Cooper’s Heart On Full Display
By Kyle Flynn If I were to sum up the three films of Bradley Cooper in a single word, it would be earnest. A Star Is Born marked a turning point in his career — not just a performance that… Continue reading
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From the Fourth Row! 