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The Librarians (2025) 95% 4/5 EDIT “[Kim] Snyder makes a strong case that book bans benefit no one, especially the vulnerable, and that if allowed to proliferate, they can lead to other forms of censorship that make communities less safe. ” – Video Librarian Magazine May 8, 2026 Full Review Mārama (2025) 100% 3.5/4 EDIT “Even for those who don't normally gravitate toward Gothic horror, Mārama is absolutely worth it just to see one woman right several generations' worth of wrongs with the sheer force of her will.” – Seattle Film Blog May 6, 2026 Full Review A Body to Live In (2025) 90% 3.5/4 EDIT “[Angelo] Madsen avoids talking heads in favor of artfully-composed still images and hand-painted 16mm film along with evocative music and audio excerpts from interviews, creating an oral history effect.” – Seattle Film Blog May 1, 2026 Full Review Mother Mary (2026) 72% 3/4 EDIT “Mother Mary, David Lowery's third for the studio, plays like a parody of an A24 film. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it isn't a great one either. ” – Seattle Film Blog Apr 23, 2026 Full Review Take Me to the River (2015) 73% 3/4 EDIT “If Take Me to the River, which follows an appearance in last year's The Stanford Prison Experiment, represents part of [Logan] Miller's attempt to shed his teen idol image, it's a good start.” – Seattle Film Blog Apr 12, 2026 Full Review The Christophers (2025) 96% 4/4 EDIT “Wikipedia describes The Christophers as a black comedy. I wouldn't, though the back-and-forth is frequently quite funny, and rarely in an obvious way.” – Seattle Film Blog Apr 8, 2026 Full Review Me, You, Them (2000) 75% 3/4 EDIT “If it had been made in the States, it's hard to imagine the concept would work as well--if at all--but here the polyandrous arrangement is neither idealized nor demonized. ” – Seattle Film Blog Apr 5, 2026 Full Review The Stranger (2025) 90% 4/4 EDIT “I don't believe there's such a thing as a perfect film, not least when it comes to a landmark like The Stranger, but François Ozon's feel for the material, and especially the curious central character, comes through loud and clear, ” – Seattle Film Blog Apr 2, 2026 Full Review Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story (2024) 4/4 EDIT “There's a lot to like about Redd Kross, but until I watched this documentary I didn't appreciate what a significant role women have played in their musical lives. It's yet another characteristic that sets them apart.” – Seattle Film Blog Mar 28, 2026 Full Review 3000 Nights (2015) 3.5/5 EDIT “3000 Nights followed a series of Palestinian documentaries, many of which [Mai] Masri made with her late husband, Jean Khalil Chamoun. It's a film that hasn't aged a day, and Maisa Abd Elhadi gives a strong performance...” – Video Librarian Magazine Mar 26, 2026 Full Review Lyd (2023) 3.5/5 EDIT “Though it may prove controversial in some quarters, the film was made by directors of Israeli, Jewish, and Palestinian descent--[Rami] Younis grew up in Lyd--who are simply unafraid to dream big. ” – Video Librarian Magazine Mar 23, 2026 Full Review Not Forgotten (2009) 21% 2.5/4 EDIT “Dror Soref's second feature presents a twisted ride into the dark night of one man's divided soul.” – Seattle Film Blog Mar 21, 2026 Full Review The Skin I Live In (2011) 81% 3.5/4 EDIT “Like the lovely Vera, the film offers cool, attractive surfaces, but the secret behind the woman and her world she inhabits will chill you to the bone. ” – Seattle Film Blog Mar 21, 2026 Full Review The Orphanage (2007) 87% 3.5/4 EDIT “ There are a few gory make-up effects, but [Juan Antonio] Bayona mostly preys on our fear of the unknown to craft a first-rate fright fest. ” – Seattle Film Blog Mar 21, 2026 Full Review I Start Counting (1969) 4/4 EDIT “Though a man could have written the novel, I'm not surprised that a woman did, and though it would have been interesting to see how a woman would have adapted it, [David] Greene always honors Wynne's perspective, as blinkered as it may be.” – Seattle Film Blog Mar 8, 2026 Full Review Somersault (2004) 85% 4/4 EDIT “Somersault is an exceptionally fine film, eminently deserving of restoration and rediscovery.” – Seattle Film Blog Feb 24, 2026 Full Review Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha (2008) 33% 3/4 EDIT “Rambling, amateurish, artistic, funky, and funny, Van Peebles' seventh film—not counting shorts—will exasperate some viewers as surely as it will delight others.” – Seattle Film Blog Feb 21, 2026 Full Review Nadja (1994) 70% 3.5/4 EDIT “There isn't a lot to Nadja, but if you surrender to its spell, a good time awaits, and I found the final sequence quite transcendent.” – Seattle Film Blog Feb 13, 2026 Full Review The Delinquents (1960) 3.5/4 EDIT “Though the film has abundant Spanish flavor--plaintive flamenco guitar, heartrending folk singing--the narrative could have just as easily centered on a basketball player in Harlem [or] a football player in South Central.” – Seattle Film Blog Feb 9, 2026 Full Review My Brother's Wedding (1983) 90% 3.5/4 EDIT “Throughout, his largely non-professional cast rises to the occasion repeatedly. While I wouldn't call the acting great, [Charles] Burnett knows how to work around their limitations. ” – Seattle Film Blog Feb 4, 2026 Full Review Killer of Sheep (1978) 98% 4/4 EDIT “While Italy produced neo-realism and England produced kitchen sink realism, Killer of Sheep transfers that same kind of cinéma vérité look at lower-income life to 1970s America. ” – Seattle Film Blog Feb 4, 2026 Full Review A Town Called Panic (2009) 81% 3.5/4 EDIT “According to Indiewire, A Town Called Panic is "the first full-length stop-motion animation to screen at Cannes." If the film's figures are cruder than those of Fantastic Mr. Fox, it's just as enjoyable, if more anarchically silly.” – Seattle Film Blog Jan 31, 2026 Full Review The Chronology of Water (2025) 90% 4/4 EDIT “Things might have been different if Kristen Stewart had cast herself, but she made the best choice, the right choice, in casting British-born Poots to play all-American fuckup-turned-bestselling-novelist Lidia Yuknavich. ” – Seattle Film Blog Jan 29, 2026 Full Review 7 Keys (2024) 3.5/4 EDIT “For a $300K debut, 7 Keys is stylish, but not slick, with each section represented by a different color scheme and a score that ranges from suspenseful to ominous as Lena and Daniel reveal more of themselves.” – Seattle Film Blog Jan 18, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% 4/4 EDIT “From her 2018 debut Little Woods through Hedda, Nia DaCosta has a solid track record, but there was no guarantee she was going to pull off this high-stakes sequel in such fine style, but I'll be damned: she does. And then some.” – Seattle Film Blog Jan 15, 2026 Full Review
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