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Karl Delossantos

Hey, I'm Karl, founder and film critic at Smash Cut. I started Smash Cut in 2014 to share my love of movies and give a perspective I haven't yet seen represented. I'm also an editor at The New York Times, a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, and a member of the Online Film Critics Society.

‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ needed another wish | Cannes movie review

DramaKarl DelossantosMay 25, 2022
Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba in George Miller's Three Thousand Years of Longing. Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival.

Tilda Swinton plays an academic who frees a Djinn (Idris Elba) from centuries-long imprisonment and is granted three wishes in Three Thousand Years of Longing.

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Cannes 2022: Boy from Heaven, The Eight Mountains, EO | movie reviews

Movie ReviewsKarl DelossantosMay 24, 2022
Here is a round-up of three films competing for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival: Boy From Heaven, The Eight Mountains, EO Boy From Heaven Tawfeek Barhom in Boy From Heaven, which is competing for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Image Credit: Atmo Rights AB Boy From Heaven follows…
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‘Decision to Leave’ is a romantic mystery | Cannes review

CrimeKarl DelossantosMay 23, 20221
In Decision to Leave, a picture-perfect detective's murder investigation slowly goes off the rails when he finds himself fascinated by the victim's enigmatic wife Decision to Leave finds South Korean director Park Chan-wook at the absolute top of his game as he breathes new life into a not-so-classic detective story. The fiercely paced first half…
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‘Triangle of Sadness’ is the best comedy in years | Cannes review

ComedyKarl DelossantosMay 22, 20221
Triangle of Sadness premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Fredrik-Wenzel ©Plattform

A group of billionaires on a private yacht cruise have their world turned upside down when a catastrophic event strikes in Triangle of Sadness

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‘Armageddon Time’ reckons with a pre-Reagan childhood | movie review

DramaKarl DelossantosMay 21, 2022
James Gray's Armageddon Time, which is competing for the Palme d'Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival

Director James Gray analyzes his own family in his autobiographical drama Armageddon Time, set during his childhood in a pre-Reagan New York City

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‘EO’ and the donkey that enchanted Cannes | movie review

DramaKarl DelossantosMay 21, 2022
An image from Eo, which is competing for the Palme d'Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival

Eo follows life through the eyes of the eponymous donkey as he experiences life and conflict in the human world

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‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ brings horror to the MCU | movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosMay 3, 202217
Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff in Marvel Studios' DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2022. All Rights Reserved.
Doctor Strange has to go up against his fellow Avenger Wanda Maximoff in order to save a young girl and the fabric of the multiverse Don't worry, Sam Raimi fans. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness fully goes horror—jump scares, body horror, a smattering of diabolical kills and all. It's a Marvel Cinematic Universe…
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Cold War gay romance ‘Firebird’ lacks spark | movie review

DramaKarl DelossantosApril 29, 2022
Tom Prior stars as Sergey and Oleg Zagorodnii as Roman in Peeter Rebane’s FIREBIRD Photo Credit: Herrki-Erich Merila Courtesy of Roadside Attractions, LLC / The Factory

Firebird tells the true story of a hidden romance between a private in the Cold War-era Soviet military and a star fighter pilot

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‘Crush’ is a typical high school rom-com — and that’s a good thing | movie review

ComedyKarl DelossantosApril 28, 2022
Rowan Blanchard and Auli'i Cravalho in Crush. Courtesy of Hulu.

Crush follows an awkward queer high schooler as she tries clear her name as the school vandal while navigating a new crush

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‘The Northman’ goes south | movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosApril 25, 2022
Alexander Skarsgard in The Northman. Courtesy of Focus Features.

Years after witnessing his father’s murder, a Viking prince goes on a rampage across Scandinavia to avenge his death and save his mother.

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