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Title/Year
Author
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My Old School (2022)
McLeod's documentary may not leave viewers as gobsmacked as Brandon did when his ruse was revealed, but this improbable story is also too good not to be shared.
Posted Jan 24, 2022
2
A Hero (2022)
Farhadi delivers another knotty morality tale with his superb new film, A Hero.... a quietly devastating portrait of a man damned.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
3
The 355 (2022)
It is pure catnip for fans of the genre of beautiful women fighting off the bad guys with aplomb
Posted Jan 7, 2022
4
The Lost Daughter (2021)
5
Don't Look Up (2021)
6
The Tender Bar (2021)
This melancholic coming-of-age film is more good than ambitious - and that may be why, even with its failings, "The Tender Bar" yields some modest pleasures.
Posted Dec 22, 2021
7
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
8
The King's Man (2021)
A dumb bit of fun, a revisionist history of WWI told in a nimble, comic-book style.... Rasputin (Rhys Ifans) is deliciously over-the-top, albeit in a pretty spectacular way.
Posted Dec 22, 2021
9
Being the Ricardos (2021)
Most of "Being the Ricardos" lacks the magic it is trying to capture.
Posted Dec 21, 2021
10
Nightmare Alley (2021)
11
We Pedal Uphill (2008)
12
Impressive and also absolutely ludicrous, this is the movie you need to recommend to that suburban metalhead cousin in desperate need of having his mind blown.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
13
Sex Positive (2009)
Wein's film provides a fascinating and crucial slice of traumatic sexual history that's all but invisible to younger generations.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
14
Explicit Ills (2009)
15
The Unforgivable (2021)
A dreadful and dreary melodrama.... despite Bullock's noble efforts to play against type, "The Unforgivable" is largely forgettable.
Posted Dec 10, 2021
16
Annie Live! (2021)
[Celina Smith] proves some tomorrow needn't be permanently elusive. For once the sun is shining on her today.
Posted Dec 3, 2021
17
Adrienne (2021)
18
The Power of the Dog (2021)
An exacting drama about masculinity, toxic and otherwise.... The strong performances and the striking visual style make this a potent piece of filmmaking.
Posted Dec 1, 2021
19
Torn (2021)
An intimate, intense, and emotional documentary.
Posted Nov 29, 2021
20
If the uplifting "14 Peaks" motivates viewers to get off the couch and go climb a mountain, well, that's a win
Posted Nov 29, 2021
21
India Sweets and Spices (2021)
22
The Humans (2021)
23
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
It's a flawed, contradictory movie -- aggressive and tender, stiff and graceful, clichéd and fresh, sophisticated and naive, traditional and modern. It's also, I think, a classic.
Posted Nov 18, 2021
24
Huezo's thoughtful film is almost deceptively simple, but like the image of a scorpion that recurs throughout "Prayers for the Stolen," it ultimately stings.
Posted Nov 18, 2021
25
Passing (2021)
Hall breathes life and light into it in a way that lends a weight of beauty and honesty to its immersion into a world of purposeful pretense.
Posted Nov 12, 2021
26
Eternals (2021)
27
Spencer (2021)
At times, the film is excruciating, albeit deliberately, and that works it its favor.
Posted Nov 5, 2021
28
Love Hard (2021)
Opposites attract, always and forever... and yet the screenwriters never bother to develop a plausible path for the destined couple to find its way to each other.
Posted Nov 5, 2021
29
"The Electrical Life of Louis Wain" is uneven, and it feels a little too calculated, but it is a diverting tribute to its subject.
Posted Nov 4, 2021
30
3.5/4
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Buried beneath the blood-soaked Santa suit, "Silent Night, Deadly Night" has something a lot of slasher films lack - a unique identity, and thus cult film status.
Posted Oct 31, 2021
31
Dune (2021)
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33
The Velvet Underground (2021)
An impassioned, irresistible portrait. Haynes slightly avant-garde approach is wholly appropriate and why this documentary is so exceptional.
Posted Oct 14, 2021
34
No Time To Die (2021)
35
Unclenching the Fists (2021)
Kovalenko's urgent, unsentimental approach is what makes Unclenching the Fists so potent.
Posted Oct 5, 2021
36
The Guilty (2021)
37
Promises (2021)
A fascinating portrait of ambition and loyalty.
Posted Sep 16, 2021
38
Silent Land (2021)
Woszczynska's potent film expertly plumbs the depths of denial.
Posted Sep 16, 2021
39
Citizen Ashe (2021)
As elegant and as agile as the tennis great it profiles.
Posted Sep 14, 2021
40
41
Vacation Friends (2021)
42
Candyman (2021)
You should feel something. That the overwhelming sensation provoked by Nia DaCosta's Candyman is numbness, then, is a problem.
Posted Aug 30, 2021
43
Kipchoge: The Last Milestone (2021)
44
The Lost Leonardo (2021)
Koefoed puzzles out the story of how all of this came to be, shrewdly letting viewers absorb all the facts and points of view and deciding what they want to believe.
Posted Aug 13, 2021
45
Val (2021)
46
Annette (2021)
Some will be enchanted and admire its riskiness; others will be exasperated and bored to the backteeth. But that does not make it good.
Posted Aug 5, 2021
47
Stillwater (2021)
"Stillwater" should be a deep investigation into a moral quandary, but it just ends up being shallow and irresponsible.
Posted Jul 30, 2021
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Pig (2021)
"Pig" doesn't give viewers much to care about, other than perhaps the title character. Sarnoski's film is undercooked.
Posted Jul 16, 2021
50
La Civil (2021)