Josh Larsen
Tomatometer-approved critic
Josh Larsen is the former movie critic for a group of Chicago-area newspapers and current co-host of Filmspotting. You can read his work at LarsenOnFilm.com.
http://www.larsenonfilm.com/index.php
Movies reviews only
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) |
An expansion of the first film aesthetically, emotionally, thematically, and spiderly... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Jun 01, 2023
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A Brighter Summer Day (1991) |
...gives early teen life, in all its complexity, a burnished reverence. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted May 29, 2023
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Bait (2019) |
...functions on a subliminal level. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted May 25, 2023
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Enys Men (2022) |
Jenkin’s technique seems best suited toward psychological horror... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted May 25, 2023
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You Hurt My Feelings (2023) |
...a wise comedic drama about the necessary lies we tell each other (and ourselves). - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted May 24, 2023
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023) |
A minor miracle... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted May 18, 2023
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Master Gardener (2022) |
A charitable reading of Master Gardener would be to say that it feels unfinished and unformed. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted May 14, 2023
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Sans Soleil (1982) |
There is a density to Sans Soleil that’s intimidating. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted May 13, 2023
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Suzume (2022) |
Another imaginative, emotive, and astonishingly animated fantasia from Makoto Shinkai... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted May 05, 2023
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) |
...takes its fantasy world seriously, but not itself. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted May 03, 2023
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Intermezzo (1939) |
Bergman has an uncharacteristic eagerness... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Apr 30, 2023
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) |
...a combination of those exploitative ads from animal shelters and the Japanese body-horror endurance test Tetsuo: The Iron Man. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Apr 29, 2023
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The Mirror (1975) |
...offers mesmerizing moments when something indefinable penetrates the mundanity. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Apr 28, 2023
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Beau Is Afraid (2023) |
Phoenix gives a rigor mortis performance. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Apr 23, 2023
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R.M.N. (2022) |
...suggests a rot in the human psyche that’s too far gone. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Apr 21, 2023
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) |
...a movie that seems to have given up on the very idea of genuine human connection, even as it aches for exactly that. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Apr 06, 2023
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Showing Up (2022) |
…an argument for valuing the artistic process over the art. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Apr 04, 2023
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022) |
An efficient thriller with eco-political ambitions... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Mar 31, 2023
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Imitation of Life (1959) |
Melodrama with lasting, emotional heft... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Mar 29, 2023
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John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) |
...benefits hugely from the addition of martial-arts master Donnie Yen. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Mar 26, 2023
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Mishima (1985) |
Might be Schrader’s most visually bold work... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Mar 25, 2023
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Hardcore (1979) |
Both screed and confession... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Mar 23, 2023
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Rodeo (2022) |
...like a Fast and Furious film that’s been stripped for its flashy parts. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Mar 15, 2023
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Sansho the Bailiff (1954) |
...a humanist landmark. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Mar 10, 2023
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Creed III (2023) |
Majors is easily the best thing in this third Rocky offshoot... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Mar 08, 2023
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Scream VI (2023) |
There’s an intriguing idea and an incredible sequence in Scream VI... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Mar 08, 2023
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Rage in Heaven (1941) |
...should have been way weirder than it is. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Mar 06, 2023
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Creed II (2018) |
...essentially a remake of Rocky IV. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Mar 04, 2023
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Persona (1966) |
The quintessential, mid-century art film... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Mar 01, 2023
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The Hustler (1961) |
...features one of Paul Newman’s most tarnished, self-destructive golden boys. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Feb 26, 2023
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Causeway (2022) |
Lawrence and Tyree Henry form a connection that’s life-giving... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Feb 25, 2023
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The Sting (1973) |
A pleasure... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Feb 21, 2023
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A Woman's Face (1938) |
...suggests an intriguing alternative career for Ingrid Bergman. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Feb 17, 2023
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Lady Snowblood (1973) |
...unspools images that are as evocative as the movie’s title. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Feb 16, 2023
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Interlude (1936) |
...feels like a baton being passed from one method of acting to another. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Feb 15, 2023
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Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023) |
...enough oogly landscapes and googly creatures to power two Star Wars pictures and half a Dune. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Feb 14, 2023
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High Plains Drifter (1973) |
A nasty, eerie Clint Eastwood Western... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Feb 11, 2023
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973) |
A C.I.A. satire that turns incendiary... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Feb 10, 2023
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Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023) |
The stars are so in sync that the silly story doesn't matter. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Feb 09, 2023
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Paper Moon (1973) |
Father and daughter are a delight when pulling a con together... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Feb 08, 2023
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Magic Mike XXL (2015) |
...shines as a movie musical. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Feb 05, 2023
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Knock at the Cabin (2023) |
...mostly registers as a meditation on the size and scope of Dave Bautista’s head. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Feb 01, 2023
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All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) |
...has the explicit immediacy of Saving Private Ryan and the bureaucratic, bird’s-eye-view of Paths of Glory. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Jan 31, 2023
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F for Fake (1973) |
Orson Welles goes full Godard... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Jan 25, 2023
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Amarcord (1973) |
When Fellini turns down the volume, a soft sense of magic seeps in... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Jan 23, 2023
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Skinamarink (2022) |
...like The Blair Witch Project if it had been simmered, alongside Poltergeist, in a pot of slow cinema. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Jan 20, 2023
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Journey of the Hyena (1973) |
Humor, avant-garde editing, and social critique all come together... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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Pearl (2022) |
...as if Dorothy got sucked up by a tornado and dropped down in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre — holding the chainsaw. - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Jan 16, 2023
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Fantastic Planet (1973) |
A strange new world weirdly unfolds in Fantastic Planet... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Jan 12, 2023
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White Noise (2022) |
It’s best to give up on getting a firm handle on the film and instead enjoy the tentacles of seeming randomness... - LarsenOnFilm
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| Posted Jan 11, 2023
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