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Michael Dunaway

Michael Dunaway's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Katie Says Goodbye (2016) 48% EDIT “Katie isn't an easy watch, to be sure, but it's very well executed and deeply felt. And it's always a joy to see a film where the director is so obviously in love with his lead character.” – Paste Magazine Dec 17, 2016 Full Review First Girl I Loved (2016) 89% 9.1/10 EDIT “The plot isn't really the film's focus. Sanga paints his characters with such sensitivity and compassion that even when they're making the wrong choices, perhaps even because they're making the wrong choices, our heart goes out to them.” – Paste Magazine Oct 27, 2016 Full Review Cartel Land (2015) 90% EDIT “The results are astounding. Cartel Land is staggering, stunning. The best documentary I've seen in a very long time.” – Paste Magazine Jun 15, 2015 Full Review Coldwater (2013) 64% EDIT “Grashaw draws out fascinating, textured performances from his cast, notably James C. Burns as the retired marine in charge and Nicholas Bateman as a conflicted trustee.” – Paste Magazine Aug 18, 2014 Full Review And While We Were Here (2012) 45% EDIT “Its depiction of womanhood, particularly as it does and does not relate to the romantic male counterpart, establishes Coiro's presence as a new, potent voice in filmmaking.” – Paste Magazine Sep 13, 2013 Full Review The East (2013) 77% 8.6/10 EDIT “Marling is wonderful as always, Alexander Skarsgaard is appropriately mysterious as the leader of the group, and Ellen Page turns in her best performance in years.” – Paste Magazine Feb 5, 2013 Full Review C.O.G. (2013) 69% 4.2/10 EDIT “The characters are of tedious cardboard and are nearly without interest, wasting the considerable character talents of the likes of Dale Dickey and Dean Stockwell.” – Paste Magazine Feb 1, 2013 Full Review Manhunt (2013) 57% 6.8/10 EDIT “Manhunt is a frustrating experience, though not without its rewards.” – Paste Magazine Feb 1, 2013 Full Review Fruitvale Station (2013) 94% 9.2/10 EDIT “If you leave the film with dry eyes, you're a hell of a lot stronger than me, or than anyone in the Eccles theater the night I saw the film.” – Paste Magazine Feb 1, 2013 Full Review Little Birds (2011) 59% EDIT “Temple, in particular, is headed for stardom.” – Paste Magazine Aug 29, 2012 Full Review Blackthorn (2011) 75% 7.9/10 EDIT “These days elegiac Westerns are the only kind anyone seems interested in making anymore. But when the result is a film as moody and beautiful as Mateo Gil's Blackthorn, that's not a bad thing at all.” – Paste Magazine Sep 27, 2011 Full Review Bellflower (2011) 73% 8.2/10 EDIT “Often a concept-heavy film like Bellflower suffers from lack of sufficient attention to, you know, storytelling, but that's definitely not the case here.” – Paste Magazine Aug 20, 2011 Full Review Project Nim (2011) 97% 8.5/10 EDIT “Fascinating and exquisitely executed.” – Paste Magazine Jul 16, 2011 Full Review Midnight in Paris (2011) 93% 7.4/10 EDIT “It's an entertaining and sometimes hilarious film that belongs squarely in Allen's "hit" column.” – Paste Magazine Jun 11, 2011 Full Review X-Men: First Class (2011) 86% 6.9/10 EDIT “In a genre that too often produces mindless retreads, it overdelivers. And yes, lots of things blow up, too. Welcome to summer.” – Paste Magazine Jun 4, 2011 Full Review Hesher (2010) 55% 8.5/10 EDIT “Joseph Gordon-Levitt must be especially glad for this film to see the light of day, because his performance is award-worthy, a complete inhabiting of as unique a personality as you'll encounter in film.” – Paste Magazine May 14, 2011 Full Review Another Earth (2011) 66% 8.5/10 EDIT “A deeply personal and moving philosophical exploration of identity, remorse, loss and reconciliation. Mike Cahill's direction is spot-on, and Brit Marling's tour de force as producer, co-writer and one of the very best actors at Sundance is stunning.” – Paste Magazine Apr 13, 2011 Full Review
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