"TV's best ever video game adaptation screamed back to life with the year's most traumatic killing off of a beloved character. Losing one half of the show's central duo was no easy thing to move past, but The Last of Us morphed into a touching meditation on grief, loss and the pain of love left unspoken with added mushroom monsters. What we said: A gutsy and thoughtful rendering of humans on the edge. Read more"
"Her performance as Marissa, whose son Milo was kidnapped when she thought he was on a play date, was an absolute powerhouse as we've come to expect from the Succession star. It started with the most profound fear a parent can face, before it turned out to be even worse: orchestrated from within her own inner circle. But the plight of Dakota Fanning as her friend Jenny, trying to navigate the incessant hell and guilt of being a working mother, was relatable and affecting too."
"This exceptional film told the extraordinary story of the now 100-year-old cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, the only surviving member of the women's orchestra at Auschwitz. First-hand testimonies including from the stoic, straight-talking subject herself plus archive footage and musical performances merged to show the emotional turmoil of prisoners playing beautiful music in a hellscape, as well as tiny glimmers of resistance."
The Last of Us reinvigorated the video-game adaptation with a shocking killing that transforms the series into a meditation on grief, loss and unspoken love against a backdrop of fungal monsters. All Her Fault features Sarah Snook as Marissa, whose son Milo is kidnapped, delivering a powerhouse performance that reveals parental terror and a betrayal orchestrated within her inner circle; Dakota Fanning portrays a guilty, overworked mother whose struggles deepen the thriller. The Last Musician of Auschwitz presents Anita Lasker-Wallfisch's testimony, archive footage and performances to portray prisoners playing beautiful music amid hellish conditions and moments of resistance.
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