Doris Toumarkine
Tomatometer-approved critic
Publications:
Film Journal International,
Hollywood Reporter,
Hollywood.com,
FilmDINGHY.com
Movie Reviews Only
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| 67% | The Burnt Orange Heresy (2020) |
A deliciously decadent Hitchcockian suspenser. - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Mar 5, 2020
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| 82% | Who You Think I Am (Celle que vous croyez) (2020) |
Juliette Binoche gives another startling performance that is optimized by a sly script adaptation from the popular novel and a solid supporting cast... - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 28, 2020
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| 93% | Straight Up (2020) |
Straight Up reaffirms that a truly worthy no frills, small budget indie can indeed emerge from L.A. As such, it's also a primer for aspiring filmmakers everywhere on making a good feature with with chump change and small cast in everyday locations. - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 28, 2020
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| 96% | The Lavender Scare (2019) |
Much credit goes...to the doc's editors and researchers who unearthed and effectively organized so much material into a chilling, thrilling true story. - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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| 90% | The Lighthouse (2019) |
One for the ages...writer/director Robert Eggers' seductive, hallucinatory film is a brilliantly contrived cinematic tone poem... - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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| 50% | A Dog's Journey (2019) |
A truly high-quality production that smartly pays attention to pacing, performances, cinematography, score, messages and...[it] authentically pays off. - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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| 100% | General Magic (2019) |
Beyond its informational and narrative value, a vigorously-paced, magnificently-produced doc that integrates some gorgeous aerial cinematography and a rich, lulling original score... - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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| 77% | The Spy Behind Home Plate (2019) |
The considerable footage of Berg in both Japan and Europe (before and during the war) expand the doc into a kind of personal and period travelogue. - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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| 55% | J.T. LeRoy (2019) |
As the feverish airhead scheme-meister, Dern electrifies in a near-toxic, hypnotic fusion of manic 60s flower children on speed, an even more energized 60s/70s Grace Slick, and name-yer-hyper-self-involved motor-mouth wannabe of today. - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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| 61% | My Son (Mon garçon) (2019) |
While overall a satisfying whodunnit, the whodidit may not please those diehard mystery/suspense fans insistent on big payoff "aha"s. - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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| 59% | Charlie Says (2019) |
Working with material that could have easily been sensationalized or exploited, Mary Harron manages to infuse dignity into a work whose story and certainly toxic characters don't deserve any. - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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| 66% | Peterloo (2019) |
Even when constrained by the small spaces of peasant quarters or interiors lit only by candlelight, the film is a visual achievement of beauty and authenticity. - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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| 95% | Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2019) |
Newly-discovered footage of Guy-Blaché films and the subject herself, including rare audio recordings and a restored video interview enrich her portrait... - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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| 67% | The White Crow (2019) |
Quite a technical achievement. Beautifully shot and with all authentic or authentic-looking locations... - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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| 84% | The Brink (2019) |
With great pacing, shot selection, and storytelling mojo, Klayman delivers her political animal as chilling circus act - what could become the greatest showdown on earth, were Bannon to have his way. - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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| 96% | Buddy (2019) |
A genuinely fresh take on "dog films" that, thanks to both the doc's dutiful furry stars and their grateful human co-stars, amounts to solid entertainment for all ages and screens. - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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| 99% | Apollo 11 (2019) |
Going budget class on this cinematic journey to traditional theater screens will thrill, but traveling First Class via the optimized IMAX format amplifies the WOW! of the film... - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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| 28% | The Aftermath (2019) |
[It] tightly grips viewers to a bitter (maybe sweet) denouement with a final frames resolution that, upon reflection, strikes as entirely appropriate. - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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| 76% | Hotel Mumbai (2019) |
The star glitter notwithstanding, authenticity and generous production spend inform every frame. - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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| 95% | The Mustang (2019) |
French filmmaker Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, who also co-wrote, impresses with a feature directorial debut that displays an understanding of film as both craft and poetry. She also displays a reverence and hope for flawed humanity... - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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| 88% | Ramen Shop (Ramen teh) (2019) |
History buffs will appreciate the bitter but revelatory detours into war history and the lingering prejudices and memories it unleashes. - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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| 84% | The Traitor (2020) |
A breathtaking morality tale of loves, family, betrayals, and, arguably, redemption. - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Jan 30, 2020
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| 96% | Incitement (2020) |
No superficial bio-pic, this smart, thrilling, even-handed study conveys clues to what underlay Amir's deep hatred and twisted sociopathy. - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Jan 30, 2020
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| 92% | Clemency (2019) |
Clemency, thanks also to Chukwu's four years researching it, feels so real it's often painful to watch. But it's fine medicine for viewers who like to think and to experience a film beyond the usual cinematic salve. - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Jan 9, 2020
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| 89% | 1917 (2020) |
An exceptional cinematic work of art and craft, Mendes' war drama is most notable for being a powerfully immersive drama that ingeniously also recruits viewers for this dangerous trek through the war zone. - FilmDINGHY.com
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| Posted Jan 9, 2020
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| 77% | Never Look Away (2019) |
Gorgeous, engaging drama. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Nov 20, 2018
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| 38% | Viper Club (2018) |
Above all, this is Sarandon's picture and maybe her best film work in many years. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Oct 26, 2018
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| 72% | The Happy Prince (2018) |
Gives debuting director and writer/star Rupert Everett a trifecta career high. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Oct 10, 2018
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| 26% | Night School (2018) |
A likeable, "easy-listening," fun comedy buttressed by a highly workable premise. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Sep 28, 2018
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| 66% | American Chaos (2018) |
Impressively restrained. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Sep 17, 2018
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| 52% | Papillon (2018) |
Ambitious but emotionally hollow. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Aug 23, 2018
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| 66% | Memoir of War (La douleur) (2018) |
Overall, this mood piece is too impressionistic, elliptical and wobbly about its chronology and details. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Aug 16, 2018
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| 63% | Dog Days (2018) |
Dog Days won't save cinema, but it may help save some dogs in need. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Aug 7, 2018
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| 45% | Generation Wealth (2018) |
Amazon Studios' Generation Wealth is what Amazon is-too much. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jul 24, 2018
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| 90% | Far From the Tree (2018) |
Far from the Tree, an inspirational journey, also turns out to be an unexpected lesson in the difference between sympathy and empathy. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jul 24, 2018
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| 60% | Constructing Albert (2017) |
Like a Facebook posting, Constructing Albert has the wafting, slightly off aroma of self-promotion. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jul 5, 2018
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| 96% | Custody (Jusqu'à la garde) (2018) |
Supremely crafted and performed contemporary French thriller about a broken marriage and ensuing custody battle is a gripping, edge-of-seat drama that never lets up. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jun 27, 2018
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| 49% | Boundaries (2018) |
Offers fine performances and lovely Pacific Coast scenery for a nice big-screen getaway. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jun 22, 2018
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| 69% | The Quest of Alain Ducasse (La Quête d'Alain Ducasse) (2018) |
Gorgeous doc features multi-starred celebrity chef/restaurateur/entrepreneur Alain Ducasse on a world journey driven by his passions for food, knowledge and perfection. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jun 8, 2018
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| 32% | Rodin (2018) |
Dramatically and emotionally deficient, this art-house entry may fail to land the minimum bid and lure buyers. - Film Journal International
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| Posted May 31, 2018
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| 90% | Hitler's Hollywood (2018) |
A fascinating but often pummeling blitzkrieg of clips, commentary, fleeting names and film titles. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Apr 11, 2018
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| 73% | Back to Burgundy (Ce qui nous lie) (2018) |
Satisfying, eye-pleasing French drama about three thirty-something siblings forced by circumstance to reunite on the family's wine-producing homestead to decide its fate. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Mar 23, 2018
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| 21% | Midnight Sun (2018) |
Slick, familiar but affecting romantic tearjerker. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Mar 23, 2018
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| 92% | Journey's End (2018) |
Exemplary art-house fare. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Mar 15, 2018
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| 68% | Permission (2018) |
Eye-pleasing, intelligent dive into the relationship dilemmas of some upscale Brooklyn Millennials stays afloat with impressive cast and some will they/won't they tension. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Feb 6, 2018
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| 93% | Saturday Church (2018) |
An audience pleaser for viewers of all persuasions who value honesty and a job well done. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 12, 2018
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| 86% | The Insult (L'insulte) (2018) |
Another powerful, superbly performed contemporary drama from Ziad Doueiri. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 11, 2018
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| 100% | The Two of Us (Le vieil homme et l'enfant) (1967) |
Delivers simple pleasures amidst wartime realities. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Dec 21, 2017
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| 89% | I, Tonya (2018) |
[A] dazzling cinematic tour de force. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Dec 5, 2017
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| 92% | The Other Side of Hope (Toivon tuolla puolen) (2017) |
As quirky as it is charming. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Nov 28, 2017
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