Bill Arceneaux
Tomatometer-approved critic
Movies reviews only
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Quantum Cowboys (2022) |
Quantum Cowboys looks and feels starry nightly and colorful, imaginative to no limit. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Mar 26, 2023
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Randy Rhoads: Reflections of a Guitar Icon (2022) |
This documentary isn't the best about the best, but it is a fine monument to man and music. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Mar 15, 2023
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Mind Leech (2023) |
The movie is such an oddity, and it's the type of flick that I live for. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Mar 15, 2023
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The Secret Society for Slow Romance (2022) |
The Secret Society for Slow Romance is bold to the point of lovely absurdity, living as an ever-escalating comedy of illusions, of lightened heights, and of packed-in small talk. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Mar 13, 2023
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Creed III (2023) |
Creed III punches up, being the best-written, best-performed, and most dramatic entry yet. It’s big, it’s personal, and it’s strong. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Feb 24, 2023
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Three Worlds (2018) |
Where Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups walked, Three Worlds sprints. Where Orson Welles’ The Other Side of the Wind spoke, Three Worlds whistles. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Feb 23, 2023
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Kids vs. Aliens (2022) |
A phenomenal array of brightness and sensory attack from every possible angle, visually and audibly. Dammit, this is a hoot and a half. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Jan 17, 2023
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Emancipation (2022) |
Emancipation delivers drama and terror with and against the grain of American slavery films, even when it’s a redundant sensory overload. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Dec 06, 2022
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I'll Find You (2019) |
From some surprises to other not-so-surprising parts, I’ll Find You goes from ho-hum to superb when given a chance. A chance from its director, and a chance from its audience. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Nov 28, 2022
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Causeway (2022) |
An entirely fulfilling picture, where character balances with drama in a profound blend. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Nov 10, 2022
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Till (2022) |
Unquestionably memorable, Till breaks the traditional biopic mold through perspective and persistence by way of a mother’s journey. - Occupy
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| Posted Oct 28, 2022
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Eradication (2022) |
A surprisingly imaginative movie that properly trains the eyes on the thing that’s beating, instead of on the beat all alone. Another way of putting it would be that people are front and center, not fodder for a tale ripped from headlines. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Oct 11, 2022
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Sunspot (2022) |
It’s fleeting, but it’s nice. That’s what this is - a fleeting but nice romance. With what? With growing up. With being. With being around others. That’s nice. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Oct 06, 2022
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Blonde (2022) |
By and large, Blonde is a great film. I may never watch it again, but it is great. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Sep 19, 2022
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Belle Vie (2022) |
Despite the fine outlook on life, the movie wears itself thin, even in the most interesting of eras and developments. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Sep 13, 2022
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Clerks III (2022) |
It may be more screenplay than play for the screen, but as a final round with Dante and Randal, it’s a little beautiful. And a little goes a long way. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Sep 09, 2022
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Anonymous Club (2021) |
It’s not groundbreaking, nor should it have to be. Following a once in a generation artist is enough. Getting into her state of mind is a plus. And being directed by her moods and motions? Incredible. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Sep 06, 2022
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Sharp Stick (2022) |
Lena Dunham’s latest is a biting and positive film of female sexual self-discovery and self-discovery in and of itself. It’s funny, it’s open, and it’s kind of timeless too. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Aug 25, 2022
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Three Minutes - A Lengthening (2021) |
With the purity of a campfire tale as told from memory and interpretation, Three Minutes is one of the more important movies in recent years and decades. Only the works of Bill Morrison compare, and even those similarities are tenuous. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Aug 25, 2022
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Potato Dreams of America (2021) |
A jewel of modern independent cinema, and a funny if very tender movie about finding comfort in the home and in oneself. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Aug 18, 2022
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Phony (2022) |
Entertains and challenges with what is and isn't questionable or answerable in relationships, in deception, and in cinema. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Jul 14, 2022
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Gasoline Alley (2022) |
Sawa is very good here, as is his lone good guy vigilante story. Similar to Drive with Ryan Gosling? No, but Sawa is still pretty cool. And that’s worth a watch. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Jul 13, 2022
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City of a Million Dreams (2021) |
A cauldron of cinematic and cultural seasonings, boiling to a heightened temperature that everyone can appreciate and learn from. It’s all oh so good, and oh so surprising. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Jun 26, 2022
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Top Gun: Maverick (2022) |
Spectacular spectacle, with chills and thrills running throughout the body whole. Crying on cue is just part of the ride. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted May 31, 2022
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The Northman (2022) |
This is a film that gives what is wanted, without any regrets, through an environment that’s as angry as it is awesome. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted May 04, 2022
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The Wobblies (1979) |
Powerful like a fist that's worked on steel, co-directors Deborah Shaffer and Stewart Bird dropped their movie like a sack of bricks onto the cinema's collective stage, having made what is likely the best pro-worker film of all time. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted May 01, 2022
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Stay Awake (2022) |
One of the more fantastically told movies on the subject of addiction thats been made in recent times. Never overblown, always grounded when needed. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Apr 19, 2022
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Little Satchmo (2021) |
A feat of layered insight and strength that takes a sadly shadowed scenario and projects much-needed light onto it, this is. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Mar 18, 2022
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Crabs! (2021) |
This is sugar high cinema. In fact, the movie is much like a confectionary treat, but only of the first batch kind. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Mar 07, 2022
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Inspector Ike (2020) |
It's a blast of pure cheeriness that'll cause a smile on the face of any downbeat party-pooper around, and it cant be recommended nearly enough. - Bayou Brief
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| Posted Feb 28, 2022
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Kimi (2022) |
Soderbergh and crew are ever so wistful in their competence, their understanding, and their craft. They make things look so good and so easy, it's only natural to fall head over heels in pleasure for a movie this great. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Feb 14, 2022
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Brainstorm (1983) |
When combined with such vision and such application of large-format filmmaking, elevation occurs past popcorn thrills to memorable chills. It's some kind of masterpiece, rivaled only by the works of James Cameron (yes) and Terrence Malick (for sure). - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Feb 10, 2022
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Look Away, Look Away (2020) |
It's a light example of true soul searching and a great example of balancing its own feelings with the acceptance necessary to speak with those that are different. Or despicable. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Jan 09, 2022
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Rapture (1979) |
This is a dangerous and challenging film, made with every possible ounce of passion that can ever be mastered by any individual. Memorable? More like burrowed and embedded. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Dec 27, 2021
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Licorice Pizza (2021) |
"Licorice Pizza" is entirely sharp, guided by a mind revisiting a time and place changing but stuck in a particular mood. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Dec 19, 2021
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Don't Look Up (2021) |
It's loud, it's aggressive, and its approach is drastic. But, so are the times we're living in. A perfectly violent escalation of our entire species as it stands, done up satirically and painfully. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Dec 10, 2021
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That Cold Dead Look in Your Eyes (2021) |
Black, white, and French all over, this movie is great. Effing great. Bizarre but not so absurd, it's a story that folds in on itself before opening back up again with a new perspective and a fresh beginning. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Dec 03, 2021
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) |
A mix of emotion, really. A push and pull between sad and ok. I lean towards ok. Mostly. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Nov 25, 2021
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Out of the Blue (1980) |
It's challenging from the get-go, but oh so worth the grilling upon its explosive conclusion. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Nov 18, 2021
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Belfast (2021) |
"Belfast" is a delight that knocks down whatever emotional walls have been built up inside, making what must've been very personal to the director almost as personal to the viewer. It's great, and an instant favorite film of the year. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Nov 09, 2021
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New York Ninja (2021) |
The movie has the same attitude as kids overdubbing commercials with their camcorder pointed at a TV set. It's childish, but still pretty fun. What would you expect? - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Nov 06, 2021
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The Last Days of Capitalism (2021) |
If there is ever a time to let acting alone, it's in the very personal. "The Last Days of Capitalism" is able to cut through any faux thematic depth by way of great performance and greater capture. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Nov 03, 2021
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This Is Not a War Story (2021) |
With graceful tact, technical prowess, and a proudly assertive voice, "This Is Not a War Story" mashes real people and real worlds with loud cinematic bravado. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Nov 01, 2021
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Shapeless (2021) |
It's a movie less concerned with satisfaction and more concentrated on depiction and heightened truth. Nothing is easy with mental illness, and to see it so laid bare is profoundly heartbreaking. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Oct 29, 2021
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Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2021) |
The cutest movie of this or any year. A top ten favorite! - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Oct 29, 2021
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After Blue (2021) |
However pretty and deeply visual, however impressive and incredibly envisioned, and however embedded it becomes, the main attraction is in its weirdness, which is both an attribute and an albatross. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Oct 29, 2021
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Demigod (2021) |
"Demigod" exists on that all too fun plane of monster makeup vibrations, of lived in witchery worlds, and of survival of the fittest tales that make tape heads and VHS freaks weak in the knees. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Oct 18, 2021
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18 1/2 (2021) |
A cute and anxious picture of an era steeped in uncertainty and ripe for goofballs. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Oct 11, 2021
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V/H/S/94 (2021) |
Cross my heart and hope to die, VHS94 represents all that is good and decent in cinema, despite and in spite of anything that grates the face. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Oct 06, 2021
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Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021) |
A romp, a full-tilt example of all cinema has to offer, of course. But, like the song, this is the loneliest film that Sono will ever do. Maybe. - Moviegoing with Bill
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| Posted Sep 27, 2021
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