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Tim Grierson

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Senior U.S. Critic for @Screendaily | Often at @latimes, @rollingstone and @ebertvoices | Author of THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE A MOVIE | timothygrierson@gmail.com
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Horror's Kiyoshi Kurosawa pivots to power plays in the absorbing 'The Samurai and the Prisoner'

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By Tim Grierson Verified
| Yahoo News Malaysia Verified
Frequently in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "The Samurai and the Prisoner," characters insist that the film's principal setting, a military compound known as Arioka Castle, is impenetrable. It's certainly beautiful: Lovingly production-designed by Tetsuo Harada, it's a feast of rich wood and gorgeous natural light, an earthly paradise nestled in the mountains of Japan in the late 16th century, its strong walls seemingly impervious to invaders.
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‘Tony’ review: Dominic Sessa impresses as young chef Anthony Bourdain in Matt Johnson’s bittersweet coming-of-age drama

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By Tim Grierson Verified
| Screen Daily Verified
Antonio Banderas and Emilia Jones also star in the feature, which opens in the US on August 7 Dir: Matt Johnson. US. 2026. 106mins Can a screwup and perpetual liar ever make something of himself? Tony dramatises a pivotal summer in the adolescent life of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, who was then seeking direction before finding a sense of purpose washing dishes in an unremarkable restaurant’s kitchen.
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‘The Leader’ review: Michael Gallagher weaves gripping, grim drama about Heaven’s Gate cult

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By Tim Grierson Verified
| Screen Daily Verified
Tim Blake Nelson and Vera Farmiga shine in true-life tale that offers no easy answers Source: Fantasia ‘The Leader’ Dir/scr: Michael Gallagher. Canada/US. 2026. 104mins In 1997, an American religious cult known as Heaven’s Gate committed mass suicide, with 39 members taking their own lives. The Leader ponders what could have driven these people to such an extreme act, but what makes this psychological drama so unsettling is its refusal to provide easy answers.
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