KDHX (St. Louis)
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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
Cyrano (2022)
director Joe Wright's reinterpretation of Cyrano both charms and surprises.
Posted Jan 20, 2022
2
A Hero (2022)
3
It is not a simple thing, this film, nor are its subjects, but it is a beautiful thing and astounding.
Posted Dec 29, 2021
4
Licorice Pizza (2021)
Andy Jurgensen's editing keeps the pace brisk, as needed for comedies.
Posted Dec 29, 2021
5
Drive My Car (2021)
[A] deeply moving, understated character study.
Posted Dec 29, 2021
6
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
Like Neo, co-writer/director Lana Washowski has been lured back to the franchise. I would have been more satisfied to leave it alone.
Posted Dec 23, 2021
7
Sing 2 (2021)
8
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
An inspired, modern interpretation.
Posted Dec 21, 2021
9
The Lost Daughter (2021)
With her impressive directing debut here, I can't decide if I want to see Gyllenhaal in front of or behind the camera, but I look forward to whatever she chooses.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
10
As mesmerizing and haunting as it is, at times, elusive.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
11
Nightmare Alley (2021)
12
Encanto (2021)
Directed by Jared Bush and Bryan Howard, Encanto sends all the right messages and does so with color and song.
Posted Dec 13, 2021
13
[Offers] frenetic pacing, fabulous color, and vivid imagination.
Posted Dec 13, 2021
14
Mayor Pete (2021)
Mayor Pete may not always excite as a film but it does always record a year in the life of a man who wants to be President.
Posted Dec 13, 2021
15
Don't Look Up (2021)
The cast is appreciably enhanced by the work of award-winning actor Mark Rylance.
Posted Dec 10, 2021
16
West Side Story (2021)
Director Steven Spielberg makes so many good choices for his remake of the iconic West Side Story.
Posted Dec 10, 2021
17
Encounter (2021)
The multilayered emotions and interactions advance with clear, compelling flourishes.
Posted Dec 3, 2021
18
tick, tick...Boom! (2021)
Tick, Tick...BOOM succeeds, not necessarily because of Larson's music but definitely because of the hopeless energy of the endeavor.
Posted Dec 3, 2021
19
Of all the fine documentaries released this fall -- and there have been many - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time stands out.
Posted Dec 3, 2021
20
Chameleon Street (1991)
Chameleon Street can boast some of the most imaginative angles, rhythms, dialogue, voiceover commentary, editing, and construction.
Posted Nov 29, 2021
21
El Planeta (2021)
The black-and-white photography enhances the satirical critiques. In this deep dive into the real-life mother and daughter's perspectives, they are as wily as needed to hang on.
Posted Nov 29, 2021
22
The best cinema... captures life, as Sorrentino does here.
Posted Nov 28, 2021
23
House of Gucci (2021)
Ridley Scott has produced dynamic work. "House of Gucci" isn't.
Posted Nov 28, 2021
24
Surge (2020)
There is one reason, and one reason alone, to watch "Surge": Ben Whishaw.
Posted Nov 19, 2021
25
The Power of the Dog (2021)
One of this year's most haunting, well-executed films.
Posted Nov 19, 2021
26
King Richard (2021)
Saniyya Signey as Venus, Demi Singleton as Serena, and Aunjanue Ellis as Oracene also give superb performances, more than contributing their share.
Posted Nov 19, 2021
27
Language Lessons (2021)
Credit goes entirely to writers and stars Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales. She directed the lovely little film.
Posted Nov 19, 2021
28
Belfast (2021)
29
Spencer (2021)
30
Dune (2021)
31
Bergman Island (2021)
[Vicky Krieps and Mia Wasikowska] deliver solid performances that keep Bergman Island engaging though not terribly exciting.
Posted Oct 25, 2021
32
Becoming Cousteau (Cousteau) (2021)
33
The French Dispatch (2021)
A patchwork quilt of fabulous flights of fancy.
Posted Oct 19, 2021
34
The Rescue (2021)
Even knowing the outcome, my heart was in my throat, tears in my eyes, for this awe-inspiring, dazzling struggle.
Posted Oct 15, 2021
35
Filibus (1915)
Filibus features a remarkable narrative and dazzling tinting.
Posted Oct 14, 2021
36
37
Faya Dayi (2021)
38
A Prophet (Un prophete) (2010)
For an intense, gripping two-and-a-half hours, not a minute is gratuitous as every scene contributes details significant to a power shift of brutal proportions.
Posted Oct 13, 2021
39
No Time To Die (2021)
Director, co/screenplay writer Cary Joji Fukunaga knows what we come to see and how to delivers just that.
Posted Oct 12, 2021
40
Hanagatami (2017)
41
Isabella (2021)
Mystifying and yet engaging, absorbing and thought provoking.
Posted Sep 22, 2021
42
The Card Counter (2021)
This film is in a class of its own.
Posted Sep 22, 2021
43
A lovely consideration of life and death, I wish it were more accessible.
Posted Sep 15, 2021
44
Days (Rizi) (2021)
Days unfolds more like a languorous, listless daydream, haunting and yet elusive.
Posted Sep 15, 2021
45
It's a heady, informative tour through lived experiences rather than formal historical analysis.
Posted Aug 30, 2021
46
Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)
47
A fascinating emotional study of restrained twentieth century manners and complex romantic maneuvers.
Posted Aug 30, 2021
48
Relying on minimal dialogue, maximum use of close-ups and reaction shots, this pressure cooker explodes with astonishing developments.
Posted Aug 30, 2021
49
Twist (2021)
Feeling more like a work straining for relevance than a coherent, captivating drama, the plot meanders and then lurches forward. Here it is.
Posted Jul 27, 2021
50
Ailey (2021)