Arielle Bernstein

Arielle Bernstein
Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:
Arielle Bernstein's reviews and cultural criticism have been featured in The Guardian, The Atlantic, AVClub, RogerEbert.com, and The Rumpus, among many others. She teaches writing at American University.
Publications: Guardian, Salon.com, AV Club, RogerEbert.com, The Nervous Breakdown, The Rumpus

Movie Reviews Only

T-Meter Title | Year
2/4 46% Run This Town (2020) This is well-trod territory in 2020, explored richly in any number of TV shows and films, and the choice to center Run This Town on Millennial malaise is an odd one. - RogerEbert.com EDIT
Read More | Posted Mar 6, 2020
72% The Future (2011) I actually view this move as incredibly, unequivocally ballsy. - The Nervous Breakdown EDIT
Read More | Posted Jun 25, 2019
80% Catfish (2010) Catfish ends up being a much more subversive film than many viewers are prepared to deal with... - The Nervous Breakdown EDIT
Read More | Posted Jun 25, 2019
90% Obvious Child (2014) Obvious Child is sweetness swaddled in a dirty joke. - The Rumpus EDIT
Read More | Posted Jun 25, 2019
53% Antichrist (2009) It is frightening because it takes an unflinching look at the power and complexity of our emotional lives, a power so great that it might in fact destroy us. - The Rumpus EDIT
Read More | Posted Jun 25, 2019
76% Nymphomaniac: Volume I (2014) One of the things I love most about Nymphomaniac is its insistence on seeing sex as something that is important. - The Rumpus EDIT
Read More | Posted Jun 25, 2019
85% Only Lovers Left Alive (2014) There is something sexy about the type of languid decay we see throughout Only Lovers Left Alive... - The Rumpus EDIT
Read More | Posted Jun 25, 2019
1.5/4 44% The Kid (2019) This relegation of female characters to the sidelines is depressing for a film released in 2019, especially because it seems entirely possible to have a film looking at masculinity without reducing women to archetypes. - RogerEbert.com EDIT
Read More | Posted Mar 8, 2019
4/4 100% King In The Wilderness (2018) A quiet and understated film, which lingers lovingly on its subject. - RogerEbert.com EDIT
Read More | Posted Mar 30, 2018