Saporta Report (Atlanta)
Saporta Report (Atlanta) is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this
publication only count toward the Tomatometer when written by the following
Tomatometer-approved critic(s):
Eleanor Ringel Cater
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Shot in haunting black-and-white, The Tragedy of Macbeth begins slowly, even hesitantly, but steadily accrues power as it goes along.
Posted Jan 28, 2022
2
The Lost Daughter (2021)
Let's just cut to the chase. The Lost Daughter is the don't-miss movie of 2021.
Posted Dec 29, 2021
3
Belfast (2021)
Kenneth Branagh has bathed his memory film "Belfast" in a nostalgic patina of black-and white. Alas, that's not enough to give his heartfelt picture the emotional heft he intends.
Posted Dec 16, 2021
4
The Power of the Dog (2021)
5
Mass (2021)
Kudos to Ann Dowd, Martha Plimpton, Reed Birney and Jason Isaacs, but this is not the stuff that movie careers - or memorable movies - are made of.
Posted Dec 3, 2021
6
King Richard (2021)
...its aim is true. And so is its heart.
Posted Dec 3, 2021
7
Spencer (2021)
8
tick, tick...Boom! (2021)
Simply put, the film is a love letter - to Larson, to New York, to a life in the theater.
Posted Nov 24, 2021
9
No Time To Die (2021)
Mr. Craig... thank you for your service. Mr. Bond... see you again soon.
Posted Nov 18, 2021
10
11
The Capote Tapes (2021)
Intentionally or not, the film is also very much a meditation on the sheer unlikeliness of Capote's celebrity.
Posted Nov 4, 2021
12
Dune (2021)
13
The Velvet Underground (2021)
Haynes has made a unique and ambitious picture, a scrapbook-chronicle of a time as mythic, in its way, as Camelot (Kennedy and King Arthur versions).
Posted Oct 22, 2021
14
Old Henry (2021)
An expert rendering of Old West minimalism, Old Henry also provides a splendid showcase for the considerable skills of its leathery, well-worn star, Tim Blake Nelson.
Posted Oct 14, 2021
15
The Card Counter (2021)
Overall, it's a bleak and repetitive effort, a kind of perpetual dark night of the soul that, alas, has become all too familiar.
Posted Oct 7, 2021
16
The Starling (2021)
The Starling is for the birds.
Posted Sep 30, 2021
17
Together (2021)
[James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan] are both so expert, so charismatic, so tuned into each other, that you are drawn to them the way you are to an especially gruesome car wreck.
Posted Sep 23, 2021
18
Cinderella (2021)
Reasonably entertaining? Yep, especially when Cabello is front-and-center. But do we really need another Cinderella?
Posted Sep 16, 2021
19
Stillwater (2021)
Stillwater is the sort of film Hollywood used to make effortlessly: big stars, intriguing characters, glamorous setting, juicy set-up, some minor violence.
Posted Sep 2, 2021
20
The Green Knight (2021)
21
Black Widow (2021)
What's best about Black Widow is the relationship between Johansson and Pugh.
Posted Aug 19, 2021
22
By the end of Roadrunner, we don't feel we know Bourdain any more than we did after an episode of Parts Unknown.
Posted Aug 12, 2021
23
In the Heights (2021)
A Lin-Manuel Miranda musical full of charm...
Posted Aug 9, 2021
24
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It looks at her 70-plus years in show business with an appealing combination of awe and candor.
Posted Jul 30, 2021
25
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
An honorable failure.
Posted Jul 23, 2021
26
Sylvie's Love (2020)
An unabashedly sweet movie that dares to be about a couple of people who fall in love, face difficulties, and work their way to a happy ending.
Posted Jul 16, 2021
27
Lansky (2021)
One wonders what we might've seen had someone made a movie about Lansky in the 1970s, starring Keitel. Now that might've been, as they used to say, a must-see.
Posted Jul 9, 2021
28
Cruella (2021)
Cruella is pure putrid poison, a camped-up extravaganza disguised as harmless kiddie crud. I guess you could say I didn't much care for it.
Posted Jul 1, 2021
29
Riders of Justice (2021)
30
Undine (2020)
The startling intensity of Beer's performance is both inviting and nightmarish.
Posted Jun 11, 2021
31
Georgetown (2019)
Much like its slippery protagonist, Georgetown holds your attention. But again, much like hanging around said protagonist, you may not be sure your time was well spent.
Posted Jun 3, 2021
32
The Dry (2021)
33
The Woman in the Window (2021)
Not even someone as skilled as Adams can put over a script that flips fitfully from psychological study to slasher flick.
Posted May 21, 2021
34
Nobody (2021)
Mostly, [Odenkirk is] just an enormously talented actor who instinctively makes risky choices and pulls them off.
Posted May 13, 2021
35
The Truffle Hunters (2020)
Otherworldly and breathtakingly lovely.
Posted May 10, 2021
36
French Exit (2021)
Eccentric, mordant and somehow funny when you least expect it.
Posted Apr 1, 2021
37
My Salinger Year (2021)
There's a scattershot approach that tries too hard to cover too many things, from Joanna's stalled poetry career to her finally getting a chance to meet the legendary author.
Posted Mar 26, 2021
38
The Father (2021)
Anyone who sees The Father will know that Hopkins has given the best performance of the year -- or perhaps, several years.
Posted Mar 11, 2021
39
Nomadland (2021)
Nomadland works on its own uniquely seductive level, which is closely tied to McDormand's extremely seductive performance.
Posted Mar 4, 2021
40
Minari (2020)
Minari is about as close to perfection as a movie gets.
Posted Feb 18, 2021
41
Promising Young Woman (2020)
It's a harsh film, rough and ready and daring as hell.
Posted Jan 29, 2021
42
Another Round (Druk) (2020)
43
The Prom (2020)
Yes, lessons are learned, and hugs exchanged and there're even some fair-to-middling song-and-dance numbers. But mostly The Prom is a preening self-satisfied mess.
Posted Dec 17, 2020
44
Mank (2020)
45
Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
46
The Nest (2020)
47
Rebecca (2020)
Hitchcock and his cast do it right. And then some. The recent remake, alas, does just about everything wrong.
Posted Nov 13, 2020
48
Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
Borat 2 is one of the few bright spots of 2020. One of the brightest, actually. I can't wait to watch it again.
Posted Oct 29, 2020
49
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
It reminds us that the schisms first paraded on the streets of Chicago or inside an out-of-control judge's courtroom haven't gone away. If anything, they've become more dangerous.
Posted Oct 22, 2020
50
The Boys in the Band (2020)