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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
B+
Jackass Forever (2022)
"Jackass Forever" inevitably benefits from a stronger emotional undertow than any of the series' previous films.
Posted Feb 2, 2022
2
B+
All That Breathes (2022)
There is so much life in All That Breathes that you won't be left clamoring for more personality.
Posted Jan 29, 2022
3
B+
Thankfully, Francisca AlegrÃa's feature debut manages to be hauntingly moving and hopeful instead of angry and pessimistic.
Posted Jan 29, 2022
4
B
Girl Picture (2022)
5
A-
Sirens (2022)
With the band's headstrong co-founders leading their tale, Sirens is a powerful reminder that punk isn't dead if you know where to look.
Posted Jan 28, 2022
6
B-
The film's shrugged-off aesthetic is also what makes it a fitting vessel for the impotent rage it leaves behind.
Posted Jan 28, 2022
7
C+
Framing Agnes (2022)
Unfortunately, Framing Agnes gets too wrapped up in the questions surrounding storytelling to do any actual storytelling.
Posted Jan 28, 2022
8
B
Nothing Compares (2022)
9
A
Babysitter (2022)
10
B-
Jihad Rehab (2022)
An undeniably vital film that is made less convincing because of its assumption that viewers will need more of a reason to be convinced.
Posted Jan 26, 2022
11
B
Navalny (2022)
12
B+
Dos Estaciones (2022)
13
A-
Happening (2021)
Happening is an authentic and earnest work, and though it declines to polemicize, it is inarguably pro-choice.
Posted Jan 25, 2022
14
B+
The Janes (2022)
15
C+
2nd Chance (2022)
A rich film that nevertheless calls regular attention to any of the even richer (if perhaps less entertaining) films it might have been.
Posted Jan 24, 2022
16
A-
Emily the Criminal (2022)
17
B+
Am I OK? (2022)
18
B+
The Territory (2022)
With images that are as powerful as they are unexpected, "The Territory" is a work crafted both by its director Alex Pritz, and by the indigenous community whose story it tells.
Posted Jan 24, 2022
19
B
Utama (2022)
Utama is embellished with a few sublime touches of magical realism and Bárbara Alvarez's gorgeously precise cinematography.
Posted Jan 24, 2022
20
A-
Mija (2022)
A tribute to those children of immigrants, especially those in families divided across borders... Mija beams with the knowledge that in its specificity it speaks to millions.
Posted Jan 24, 2022
21
B-
The Exiles (2022)
22
B+
Fresh (2022)
Fresh is sleek and nimble, a worthy new entry into the feminist revenge thriller genre.
Posted Jan 24, 2022
23
C+
Living (2022)
True to Ikiru, this is a low-key tale that hinges on a humble act, and Living honors the sense of discovery engendered by its structure
Posted Jan 24, 2022
24
A-
Riotsville, USA (2022)
25
C-
Summering (2022)
As is, "Summering" is too scattered and silly for us to really care.
Posted Jan 24, 2022
26
B+
God's Country (2022)
27
C+
Alice (2022)
Does it look badass? Sure. Does it say anything new? No.
Posted Jan 24, 2022
28
C
TikTok, Boom. (2022)
"TikTok, Boom." may be chock-full of disquieting information, but it's rarely more than a list of bullet-points.
Posted Jan 24, 2022
29
B+
Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)
Raiff scales up the disarming earnestness of his debut without losing any of its DIY intimacy.
Posted Jan 24, 2022
30
B-
Something In The Dirt (2022)
"Something in the Dirt" functions as a disturbing and acerbically comedic riddle of a movie where finding the answers is a secondary, mostly unfruitful goal.
Posted Jan 24, 2022
31
B+
A winning combination of the divine and the horrific, a takedown of not just fervent religiosity but our own worst human impulses.
Posted Jan 24, 2022
32
C-
Breaking (2022)
It has so many things it wants to say about the state of modern America, but it finds no suitable or impactful way to say them.
Posted Jan 23, 2022
33
B
Hatching (2021)
Bergholm is skilled at keeping the tension high while finding amusing pockets of pure comedy...
Posted Jan 23, 2022
34
B+
Resurrection (2022)
The movie first gets under the skin because its jaw-dropping backstory is just plausible enough to belong to you or someone you love...
Posted Jan 23, 2022
35
C
Sharp Stick (2022)
Attempts to ride the film through its own uncomfortable wavelength do offer some treats, even if they all come with caveats.
Posted Jan 23, 2022
36
B+
Dual (2022)
37
B
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)
A touching little two-hander that does right by its title character...
Posted Jan 23, 2022
38
B-
Everything from composition to framing to lighting is discussed, and Menkes' patient monologue is eager to introduce, explain, and clarify.
Posted Jan 23, 2022
39
A
Speak No Evil (2022)
Tafdrup's vision of human beings feels inherited from Haneke as he callously illustrates the banality of evil.
Posted Jan 23, 2022
40
B-
Nanny (2022)
The first-time filmmaker may be attempting to fit too many ideas into one sleek package, but that doesn't mitigate the truth of "Nanny": All of it haunts.
Posted Jan 23, 2022
41
B+
Descendant (2022)
Brown's must-watch filling of a historical gap, a blow against white-led Black erasure, "Descendent," explains to audiences how storytelling can be a revolutionary act.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
42
A-
Master (2022)
43
C+
Watcher (2022)
"Watcher" fails to live up to its inspirations, ending up a heavy-handed, predictable trip through genre tropes with a rather lifeless cast at its core.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
44
B-
Call Jane (2022)
Banks is asked to do a lot to portray Joy, tracking her through major changes in a minimum of time, and the actress delivers.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
45
C-
A Love Song (2022)
Both Dickey and Studi shoulder the lesser material through a charming naturalism that papers over the script's artificiality.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
46
B+
Emergency (2022)
Every interaction is rip-roaringly funny - even the more disquieting ones - resulting in a film where you can't help but laugh at the riveting absurdity.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
47
A-
The Princess (2022)
48
B
La Guerra Civil (2022)
There's a frisson of excitement to watching these complex men exchange punches, but it would have been more thrilling still to watch them exchange words.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
49
B+
[A] cuttingly poignant and cyanide-sweet movie...
Posted Jan 21, 2022
50
B
Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022)