Riot Material
Riot Material is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this
publication only count toward the Tomatometer when written by the following
Tomatometer-approved critic(s):
Alci Rengifo, Kristy Puchko
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
2
The Painter and the Thief (2020)
[Ree] delivers a raw yet rich exploration of the messiness of human relationships, their beauty and depravity.
Posted May 22, 2020
3
The film derails slowly but surely.
Posted Feb 11, 2020
4
The Turning (2020)
All the goodwill earned by a crackerjack cast, elegantly elegiac visuals, and a thought-provoking subtext is scuttled by a clumsy and confounding conclusion.
Posted Jan 24, 2020
5
The Wave (2020)
he Wave feels like a fresh, fun, and funky episode of The Twilight Zone.
Posted Jan 19, 2020
6
The Lighthouse (2019)
7
The Vast of Night (2020)
The Vast of Night is an ode to The Twilight Zone series that is fittingly riveting, exhilaratingly daring, and a whiz-bang technical marvel.
Posted Oct 13, 2019
8
The Platform (El Hoyo) (2020)
9
Parasite (Gisaengchung) (2019)
Bong Joon-ho's pitch-black comedy Parasite might his masterpiece.
Posted Sep 19, 2019
10
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Waititi maintains his signature sweetness and zany brand of humor, making punch lines of Nazis and an unlikely hero of another "bad egg."
Posted Sep 17, 2019
11
Color Out of Space (2020)
Color of Space is a positively insane film
Posted Sep 15, 2019
12
13
Villains (2019)
For all their clever ideas and casting brilliance, Berk and Olsen fell short of giving their horror-comedy the edge it needed to make Villains as exciting as its potential.
Posted Aug 19, 2019
14
The Nightingale (2019)
The Nightingale is both riveting and ruthless, yet also achingly tender.
Posted Aug 4, 2019
15
Firecrackers (2019)
Mozaffari has delivered a film bold, bittersweet, beautiful, and undeniably brilliant. That she's down this fresh out the gate is even more remarkable.
Posted Jul 17, 2019
16
The Deeper You Dig (2019)
Poser and Adams crafted a film uniquely their own, which is richly engaging, thrillingly fresh, and sensationally creepy.
Posted Jul 17, 2019
17
The Dead Don't Die (2019)
It's a strange journey that is savagely funny, sophisticated and unnerving.
Posted Jun 14, 2019
18
Long Day's Journey Into Night becomes one of those special films that transcends the idea of mere entertainment. It seeks to immerse the viewer in a particular reverie.
Posted May 30, 2019
19
The Perfection (2019)
[Allison Williams and Logan Browning] play together with raw emotion and savage wrath that scratches at the legacy of such camp horror divas as Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.
Posted May 25, 2019
20
Wild Rose (2019)
With a voice of fire and stardust, Buckley sings of shiny hopes, hidden heartaches and rawest revelations, creating a journey that's heartwarming, pulse racing and toe-tapping.
Posted May 23, 2019
21
Non-Fiction (Doubles vies) (2019)
Non-Fiction charmingly ponders the future, while celebrating the subversive idea that books are here to stay.
Posted May 14, 2019
22
In Fabric (2019)
In Fabric is a moody and darkly amusing film that borrows from an array of horror influences to create something familiar yet refreshingly unexpected.
Posted May 3, 2019
23
Georgetown (2019)
Georgetown is an exhilarating dance, where partners Waltz, Bening and Redgrave radiate with love, regret, and rage.
Posted May 2, 2019
24
Knives and Skin (2019)
Reeder didn't make a film, but a fireworks display. Bursts of style and emotion streak across a cold, dark backdrop of mortality.
Posted Apr 28, 2019
25
Teen Spirit (2019)
Teen Spirit totally rocks.
Posted Apr 11, 2019
26
The Wind (2019)
Like The Babadook, this is more than a frightening tale of things that go bump in the night.
Posted Apr 2, 2019
27
Transit (2019)
To a world gone mad, it's a whispered call to compassion. Yet its message comes across loud and clear.
Posted Mar 27, 2019
28
Us (2019)
Peele's a showman and madman, bringing together savage spectacle and blistering satire with ferocious fervor.
Posted Mar 15, 2019
29
Them That Follow (2019)
By rejecting exploitative spectacle or a histrionic tone, Poulter and Savage invite audiences to reconsider an oft-maligned group, adding a complexity to the conversation.
Posted Mar 15, 2019
30
Little Monsters (2019)
Little Monsters is a wild ride, a twisted crowd-pleaser, and a total blast.
Posted Mar 15, 2019
31
Greta (2019)
[Huppert] is a whirling dervish of grief and madness. Greta is worth seeing for Huppert alone. Which is a good thing, because Moretz lets her down as a dance partner.
Posted Mar 1, 2019
32
Climax (2019)
Climax feels as emotionally hollow as a middle-schooler spouting curse words for shock value, and just as juvenile.
Posted Mar 1, 2019
33
With an unhurried pace, Guerra and Gallego usher us through a wondrous world on the brink of change, making us witness to its glories and horrors.
Posted Feb 17, 2019
34
Alea peppers the narrative with references to poverty in the world, the old U.S.-backed regime and its decadence, but isn't making a propaganda piece.
Posted Feb 13, 2019
35
Farhadi has never been a filmmaker interested in giving his audience easy answers. I admire that. Still, he makes missteps.
Posted Feb 8, 2019
36
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
Velvet Buzzsaw is at its best when reveling in its trashiest excesses: shade, sex, and slaughter.
Posted Feb 4, 2019
37
Tito and The Birds is a moving and magical adventure that boasts a big heart, laudable message, and extraordinary splendor.
Posted Jan 28, 2019
38
Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
39
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Set over 30 years ago, the potent relevancy of this film is in how the language it mocks is now part of the national discourse, emanating out of the White House itself.
Posted Dec 20, 2018
40
Eighth Grade (2018)
41
If Beale Street Could Talk (2019)
42
The Death of Stalin (2018)
This film plays like a chess game where everyone wants to the throne, and only the most cunning will survive.
Posted Dec 20, 2018
43
The Favourite (2018)
Lanthimos remains true to his Dadaist exuberances, but here applies them with a fresh refinement.
Posted Dec 20, 2018
44
Vice (2018)
This is politics elevated to a tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions.
Posted Dec 20, 2018
45
Freed from the constraints of a photo-real look, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse took the opportunity to return this genre to its comic roots, where anything was possible.
Posted Dec 14, 2018
46
Vox Lux (2018)
While Brady Corbet 's sophomore effort is wildly ambitious, it's more confounding than captivating, and ultimately underwhelming.
Posted Dec 8, 2018
47
Clara's Ghost (2018)
Bridey Elliott has made a slippery psychological horror-comedy that begins with family and showbiz, then slides into an empathetic journey into female hysteria.
Posted Dec 7, 2018
48
Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
Though wonky, Mary Queen of Scots awed me.
Posted Nov 30, 2018
49
Roma (2018)
Cuaron is holding on to the memory of what such a time felt like in a Latin America of death squads.
Posted Nov 28, 2018
50
Shoplifters (Manbiki kazoku) (2018)