Sarah Cronin

Sarah Cronin's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Electric Sheep
Publications:
Electric Sheep
Movie Reviews Only
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64% | The Entity (1982) |
The Entity remains a gripping, if uncomfortably ambivalent, supernatural tale. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Jul 21, 2017
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80% | The Assassin (2015) |
The Assassin, unfortunately, is more still life than cinema. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Jan 23, 2016
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94% | The Fear Of 13 (2015) |
It's a striking, compelling film that is incredibly personal. Yet, it's hard, at the end, not to feel as though we've been manipulated by both the filmmaker and Yarris. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Nov 13, 2015
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67% | Buttercup Bill (2015) |
Like the relationship it lays bare, Buttercup Bill is tender, playful, moving and deeply disturbing. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Sep 3, 2015
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92% | Marshland (La isla mínima) (2014) |
Marshland is a terrifically well-crafted sunshine noir, with the genre's usual shadows replaced by the searing bright light and heat of southern Spain. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Aug 4, 2015
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95% | Touch of Evil (1958) |
Touch of Evil deserves to be watched multiple times, not for the story, but to absorb its brilliance and audacity. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Jul 10, 2015
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89% | A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2015) |
With so many vignettes, it's perhaps inevitable that there are the occasional mundane moments. Still, Andersson's distinct way of looking at the world is undeniably unique, wistful, thoughtful and provocative. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Apr 24, 2015
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95% | Finding Vivian Maier (2014) |
Despite its flaws, the film should be seen, if only for the chance to experience Maier's stunning photographs. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Jul 18, 2014
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100% | The Big Risk (Classe tous risques) (1960) |
Classe tous risques is a taut, original gangster film told with simplicity and a compelling directness, with bare-bones exposition and a neorealist touch. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Sep 19, 2013
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69% | The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) |
The film is well worth seeing, but the real attraction is the stunning depiction of Atlantic City. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted May 27, 2013
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77% | Simon Killer (2013) |
Although Brady Corbet is a compelling actor and succeeds at times in capturing an almost boyish charm, he's playing a nasty, unappealing and unredemptive character. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Apr 12, 2013
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82% | De jueves a domingo (Thursday Till Sunday) (2012) |
Sotomayor has crafted a compelling mix of road movie and coming-of-age story, using subtle tricks to involve the audience in the complexities and ambiguities of both marriage and childhood. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Apr 1, 2013
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No Score Yet | Black Bread (Pa Negre) (2010) |
While history is important to the narrative, the director cleverly subverts the audience's expectations, slowly revealing a much more nuanced and layered film, with a disturbing mystery at its core. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Mar 8, 2012
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100% | Laura (1944) |
A thrilling, absorbing and original example of the genre; it's also beautifully shot, pure escapist entertainment. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Feb 23, 2012
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87% | Margin Call (2011) |
It's a smart, entertaining film, and an impressive debut from the director. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Jan 13, 2012
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87% | Miss Bala (2012) |
It's a gripping story told in the style of a very un-Hollywood thriller, with the action and suspense stemming from a disturbingly realistic portrayal of violence. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Oct 28, 2011
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No Score Yet | Silence has no Wings (Tobenai chinmoku) (1966) |
Silence Has No Wings seems to become ever more abstract the longer it goes on; it's a beautifully filmed allegory, a puzzle with reoccurring motifs that are slowly pieced together. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Aug 17, 2011
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62% | Villain (Akunin) (2010) |
Lee has crafted a sparse, elegant portrait of loneliness, grief and desperation, with some brilliantly convincing performances adding to the film's appeal. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Aug 16, 2011
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74% | Norwegian Wood (2012) |
Lovingly faithful to the spirit of Murakami's novel, capturing the sensual and emotional longing that pervades the original - but also replicating its frustrating story and weak protagonists. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Mar 2, 2011
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94% | Winter's Bone (2010) |
As bleak as it sounds, Winter's Bone has a special quality that makes it an unmissable film, and deserving of the Grand Jury Prize that it received at this year's Sundance Film Festival. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Sep 8, 2010
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No Score Yet | Valley of the Bees (1968) |
A visually stunning, hypnotic and disturbing film that has managed to remain totally relevant, stylistically and politically. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Apr 8, 2010
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