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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
Sputnik (2020)

John DeFore

Duller than it sounds.
Posted Aug 14, 2020
2
Endless (2020)

John DeFore

For only the most undiscriminating YA romantics.
Posted Aug 14, 2020
3
Project Power (2020)

David Rooney

[W]hat makes Project Power entertaining is its canny combination of familiar ingredients in a textured real-world milieu that gives it fresh flavor.
Posted Aug 13, 2020
4
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020)

Stephen Farber

The title may sound incendiary, something left over from the Russ Meyer era, but Danny Wolf's Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies turns out to be informative and even-handed as well as entertaining.
Posted Aug 13, 2020
5
Martin Margiela: In His Own Words (2020)

Frank Scheck

Margiela protects his privacy while at the same time delivering an emotionally self-probing account of his life and career in Martin Margiela: In His Own Words.
Posted Aug 12, 2020
6
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn (2020)

Inkoo Kang

Regrettably, Storm Over Brooklyn is only a rudimentary primer on the case, rather than a particularly comprehensive or insightful one.
Posted Aug 11, 2020
7
Pearl (2020)

Frank Scheck

Familiar, but it sneaks up on you.
Posted Aug 11, 2020
8
The Bay of Silence (2020)

David Rooney

The actors are a pleasure to watch and the European locations add atmosphere, making for solid enough adult entertainment that plays just fine on a home screen.
Posted Aug 10, 2020
9
Made in Italy (2020)

Sheri Linden

The film doesn't need to be a dark and brooding heart-wringer, but given the real-life grief that Neeson and Richards undoubtedly brought to it, it's a shame that this trip abroad isn't more memorable.
Posted Aug 7, 2020
10
The Sunset Limited (2011)

Tim Goodman

Sometimes filming a stage play does not work for television. That watching it as a television series asks of it things the play can not deliver (and is not supposed to deliver). Hence... The Sunset Limited doesn't work.
Posted Aug 6, 2020
11
Creem: America's Only Rock 'N' Roll Magazine (2020)

Frank Scheck

Captures the irreverent energy perfectly.
Posted Aug 6, 2020
12
Spinster (2020)

Leslie Felperin

[An] amiable, millennial-skewed comedy...
Posted Aug 5, 2020
13
I Used to Go Here (2020)

Sheri Linden

When it isn't straining credulity, an incisive cringe-fest with heart.
Posted Aug 5, 2020
14
Paydirt (2020)

John DeFore

Forces one to assume the writer/director sat down one morning to write his own Guy Ritchie-meets-Oceans caper, told himself, "hey, this is a breeze!" and got up before lunchtime having finished a script few other people would recognize as a movie at all.
Posted Aug 5, 2020
15
The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World (2020)

John DeFore

Gives a famous image some of the context it deserves.
Posted Aug 5, 2020
16
The Secret Garden (2020)

David Rooney

The degree to which any of the plot embellishments add to the time-tested appeal of Hodgson Burnett's story no doubt will engender debate. But to the generation encountering it for the first time, its pleasures should be unencumbered.
Posted Aug 5, 2020
17
The Girl (2012)

David Rooney

There are juicy details and compelling central characters, but little texture around them. The attention to period recreation is too clean and fussy.
Posted Aug 4, 2020
18
The Swamp (2020)

Dan Fienberg

The Swamp is watchable and full of interesting pieces of Congressional trivia, some that I actually hadn't known previously. It's still a railroaded documentary.
Posted Aug 4, 2020
19
An American Pickle (2020)

David Rooney

Aside from one guffaw-inducing sight gag with a dried fish, the humor here is strictly low-key, like a black-comedy version of a Sholem Aleichem story. But it grounds the movie in a disarming celebration of Jewish identity.
Posted Aug 3, 2020
20
The Tax Collector (2020)

David Rooney

Despite a lot of admirable aims, such as creating layered roles for the Latino acting community and spending production dollars in areas that could benefit from the economic boost, this grim bloodbath feels too routine to be of much interest.
Posted Aug 3, 2020
21
Black Is King (2020)

John DeFore

A sometimes thrilling showcase for African artists whose work fuses brilliantly with that of Americans who have roots on the continent.
Posted Jul 31, 2020
22
Night Shot (Visión nocturna) (2020)

Neil Young

An act of autobiographical cine-therapy also seemingly intended as an unorthodox call for justice.
Posted Jul 31, 2020
23
A Girl Missing (Yokogao) (2020)

John DeFore

A low-key showcase for Fukada's returning collaborator Mariko Tsutsui.
Posted Jul 31, 2020
24
Unhinged (2020)

Stephen Dalton

Unwatchable.
Posted Jul 30, 2020
25
The Big Ugly (2020)

Frank Scheck

Boozing, brawling and tedium.
Posted Jul 30, 2020
26
The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

Frank Scheck

It's the sort of movie in which kids express their desire for a pepperoni pizza during a torrential storm, and a few seconds later a pizza deliveryman miraculously appears at their front door.
Posted Jul 30, 2020
27
She Dies Tomorrow (2020)

John DeFore

Potent and pointed, whether it's psychodrama or anxiety-fueled allegory.
Posted Jul 30, 2020
28
Nadia, Butterfly (2020)

David Rooney

A quiet but startling splash.
Posted Jul 29, 2020
29
The Cuban (2020)

Sheri Linden

Within a schematic premise that finds two people, at opposite ends of the life cycle, reconnecting with happier times and their true selves, the grace notes are what lift the story from the page.
Posted Jul 29, 2020
30
Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind (2020)

Frank Scheck

Although far from comprehensive, the entertaining cinematic biography should well please the singer's longtime fans, particularly those who have followed him through his career spanning six decades, and possibly make him some new ones.
Posted Jul 29, 2020
31
Stockton on My Mind (2020)

Inkoo Kang

A pedestrian portrait of an exceptional subject.
Posted Jul 28, 2020
32
Summerland (2020)

David Rooney

Summerland, while it's an original screenplay, has the feel of sentimental historical fiction, the kind of decorous novel that's a dime a dozen as Brit TV miniseries material.
Posted Jul 27, 2020
33
Tout Simplement Noir (2020)

Jordan Mintzer

A fresh face like Zadi's, and a fresh idea like the one behind Tout Simplement Noir, is a welcome addition to a Gallic cinema landscape that tends to lacks diversity.
Posted Jul 27, 2020
34
Temple Grandin (2010)

Barry Garron

Danes gives an Emmy-worthy portrayal, at once credible and incredible.
Posted Jul 24, 2020
35
Most Wanted (2020)

John DeFore

Quick and pretty constant cutting between different threads of this story keep Most Wanted from feeling as long as it actually is, but it also keeps us from committing fully to any one story, all of which feel slightly underwritten.
Posted Jul 24, 2020
36
Retaliation (Romans) (2020)

Frank Scheck

Bloom delivers a shattering performance in a powerful drama.
Posted Jul 24, 2020
37
Shine Your Eyes (Cidade Pássaro) (2020)

Caryn James

A debut feature shimmering with confidence and talent.
Posted Jul 24, 2020
38
Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful (2020)

John DeFore

A refreshingly nuanced look at work that inspires snap judgments.
Posted Jul 24, 2020
39
Coded Bias (2020)

David Rooney

A chilling plunge into Orwellian reality.
Posted Jul 24, 2020
40
The Kissing Booth 2 (2020)

Robyn Bahr

Frothy and puttering, but its attention to female sexuality distinguishes it.
Posted Jul 24, 2020
41
Uprooted (2020)

Sheri Linden

Talk-heavy but insightful and illuminating.
Posted Jul 22, 2020
42
Days of the Whale (Los días de la ballena) (2020)

Frank Scheck

Vibrant and affecting.
Posted Jul 22, 2020
43
Family Romance, LLC (2020)

Todd McCarthy

A minor but tasty bit of mochi from Werner Herzog.
Posted Jul 21, 2020
44
I Am A Town (2020)

David Rooney

Personal and poetic.
Posted Jul 21, 2020
45
The Rental (2020)

Jon Frosch

A small but satisfying slice of indie horror.
Posted Jul 20, 2020
46
The Dirty Dozen (1967)

John Mahoney

The hours fly by, the action is well directed and the laughs are numerous. But relevant connective tissue between the episodes seems to be missing.
Posted Jul 18, 2020
47
Summer of 85 (Été 85) (2020)

Boyd van Hoeij

A story that's frequently awkward and a little painful to watch but also sincere and truthful about adolescence in a way seldom seen in films about teenagers made by middle-aged directors.
Posted Jul 17, 2020
48
Eden (2013)

John DeFore

[T]he picture takes a non-exploitative approach to lurid material.
Posted Jul 16, 2020
49
Animation Outlaws (2020)

John DeFore

The film does a fine job of showing how much these profitable tours meant to young filmmakers who otherwise had few outlets for their films.
Posted Jul 16, 2020
50
Ghosts of War (2020)

Frank Scheck

Makes you long for the days when American G.I.s didn't have to fight supernatural beings as well as German soldiers.
Posted Jul 16, 2020