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Ankit Jhunjhunwala

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

Ankit is based in North America and has written about films for over a decade. He has reported from the film festivals in Cannes, Berlin, New York and Toronto and finds them to be a great opportunity to discover and champion new voices in cinema.

Reviews

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Amoeba (2025) 100% EDIT “Amoeba‘s setting and exploration provide the primary interest in Tan’s debut feature, which deals explicitly with the cosmopolitan identity of Singapore, and what it means to the young people in the city-state.” – The Film Stage Sep 15, 2025 Full Review Dust Bunny (2025) 85% A EDIT “Fuller hasn’t directed before, but his filmmaking vision arrives fully-formed and artfully modulated, showing as much interest in persnickety production design and frame composition as Wes Anderson.” – The Playlist Sep 11, 2025 Full Review The Captive (2025) 71% B+ EDIT ““The Captive” is no hagiography of a national hero. Instead, much like the author, Amenábar fancifully reimagines his life under the captivity of Hasan Pasha - portraying Cervantes as a closeted gay man who begins a sexual relationship with his captor.” – The Playlist Sep 11, 2025 Full Review Christy (2025) 67% 2.5/5 EDIT “Sweeney is self-effacing and easy to root for. She physically commits to the part, sporting a butch, heavy-set, stocky physique, a far cry from her highly cultivated, million-dollar movie star looks.” – ScreenAnarchy Sep 11, 2025 Full Review Charlie Harper (2025) 57% B- EDIT “The film’s design makes the flashbacks unnecessary, and what should feel revealing feels utterly tacked on and pointless.” – The Playlist Sep 9, 2025 Full Review Motor City (2025) 70% A- EDIT “Ritchson is all pecs and biceps, even when he’s fully clothed, and seeing a certain brand of brute movie star charisma on-screen, not seen since Arnold’s heyday, is a welcome respite.” – The Playlist Sep 9, 2025 Full Review Normal (2025) 83% B+ EDIT “Director Wheatley and writer Kolstad pay off every set-up and make sure every Chekov’s gun is fired, literally and figuratively, within the breezy 90-minute runtime.” – The Playlist Sep 9, 2025 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% 3/5 EDIT “While the original Knives Out (2019) already lampooned conservative concerns, Wake Up Dead Man is a frontal assault on the very edicts of MAGA, rendered via devastating mockery by Rian Johnson.” – ScreenAnarchy Sep 9, 2025 Full Review The Ugly Stepsister (2025) 96% B EDIT “Its modernist meta-textual caustic sting? You can take it or leave it. But it will richly reward those in tune with Blichfeldt’s gleeful bastardization of fairytale tropes.” – The Playlist Feb 3, 2025 Full Review Conclave (2024) 93% 3.5/5 EDIT “The release timing of Conclave is either fortuitous or wholly intentional, as it is, at heart, an election drama full of backstabbing, vicious rhetoric, political maneuvering, targeted leaks and oppo dumps.” – ScreenAnarchy Oct 20, 2024 Full Review Vermiglio (2024) 93% A EDIT “Vermiglio isn’t a generic portrait of an Alpine village, it is culled from Delpero’s family history and has the texture and sweep of a novel or, even better, a memoir. ” – The Playlist Oct 20, 2024 Full Review Invention (2024) 95% 3.5/5 EDIT “With only their wits and imagination at their disposal and not a lot of money, Stephens and Hernandez deliver a superior, singular and arresting film that will bring credit to both their careers.” – International Cinephile Society Oct 20, 2024 Full Review Real (2024) 3/5 EDIT “Presents a broad survey of the current digital landscape, how technology has infiltrated every aspect of the human experience, and whether we might be on the brink of speciation – fundamentally mutating and re-wiring ourselves.” – International Cinephile Society Oct 20, 2024 Full Review Most People Die on Sundays (2024) 81% 2.5/5 EDIT “Most People Die On Sundays represents David’s aimlessness almost too well as the film itself comes across as meandering, ill-formed and without a proper destination in mind.” – ScreenAnarchy Oct 20, 2024 Full Review The Wild Robot (2024) 97% 2/5 EDIT “The denouement seems diagrammatically and cynically designed to put the protagonists in peril, push buttons, and work the viewers' sympathies, pity, and tear glands. ” – ScreenAnarchy Sep 21, 2024 Full Review The Cut (2024) 69% 3/5 EDIT “The Cut is distinguished by its ending. The severity of cutting weight needed a memorable hook, and The Cut goes there in a shocking finale that serves as a stinging, pungent punchline.” – ScreenAnarchy Sep 21, 2024 Full Review Carnival Is Over (2024) 3.5/5 EDIT “Carnival Is Over is a dark, delectable treat--a poisonous bonbon--that enthralls and repels in equal measure. ” – ScreenAnarchy Sep 21, 2024 Full Review Hold Your Breath (2024) 40% D EDIT ““Hold Your Breath” is a strange beast—there aren’t enough thrills for horror heads nor any blood and gore for slasher fans. Even as straight drama, it isn’t entirely successful. ” – The Playlist Sep 21, 2024 Full Review Shell (2024) 63% B+ EDIT ““Shell” is a breezy watch and maintains a light, playful tone throughout— the audience is meant to laugh with and at the movie. ” – The Playlist Sep 21, 2024 Full Review All of You (2024) 71% C- EDIT “In its decade-spanning structure and proclamations of “true soul mate,” 'All Of You' wants to be “Doctor Zhivago” or another such sweeping romance. Only it obviously isn’t and leaves you with a feeling of much ado about nothing.” – The Playlist Sep 21, 2024 Full Review Unstoppable (2024) 77% C+ EDIT ““Unstoppable” has found a way to make wrestling a very coherent sport for even those who don’t follow it.” – The Playlist Sep 21, 2024 Full Review Eden (2024) 58% B+ EDIT “Ana de Armas’ preening, vampy, high-camp performance makes for one of the most entertaining & memorable villains in recent memory. She single-handedly elevates “Eden” to a lurid Black comedy - nailing the tone even more than Howard’s direction.” – The Playlist Sep 21, 2024 Full Review Bring Them Down (2024) 89% C EDIT “Something bizarre about the character dynamics makes you wonder if “Bring Them Down” is completely miscast.” – The Playlist Sep 21, 2024 Full Review Heretic (2024) 90% B EDIT “It is a measure of praise for its dramatic construction and quality of dialog that, with a few reasonable tweaks, “Heretic” could easily be turned into a play.” – The Playlist Sep 21, 2024 Full Review The Return (2024) 78% A- EDIT “Fiennes displays an impressively sinewy and shredded physique through much of “The Return.” He uncorks fiery machismo and badassery in his action scenes that we seldom see from him.” – The Playlist Sep 21, 2024 Full Review
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