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Joule Zelman

Joule Zelman's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).

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First Cow (2019) 96% EDIT “Immersed in the textures of the everyday, Reichardt has made a movie where everything feels primally alive.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Mar 11, 2020 Full Review Possession (1981) 86% EDIT “This is not the type of horror movie you take your friends to for a laugh; this is what you watch with your ex and realize how much worse things could have been.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Oct 31, 2019 Full Review In Fabric (2018) 92% EDIT “Deliciously retro, nastily funny, but siding with those wrung out by the cycle of labor and consumption, In Fabric deserves a spot next to Sorry to Bother You in the hall of great anti-capitalist comedies.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Sep 11, 2019 Full Review The Mountain (2018) 63% EDIT “The Mountain is so keen on flouting the narrative expectations of an active hero that, once Goldblum leaves the picture, it results in a dead-end atmosphere.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 29, 2019 Full Review Midsommar (2019) 83% EDIT “The ensuing narrative is expansive, a bit funny, full of elaborate invented culture, and overall less exhausting (and exhilarating) than Hereditary.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Jul 3, 2019 Full Review I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (2018) 92% EDIT “Barbarians may be one of the more intellectually daunting movies at SIFF this year, with its single-take scenes, philosophical references, and meta approach. But it is, unfortunately, relevant and necessary viewing” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Jun 7, 2019 Full Review Suspiria (2018) 65% EDIT “It's more ambitious than Argento's predilection for lecherous male bloodlust, but it's ultimately confusing.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Nov 2, 2018 Full Review The Atomic Cafe (1982) 93% EDIT “The Atomic Cafe provokes a surprising number of laughs, from a soundtrack of awe-inspiringly tasteless '50s pop songs to its extracts of horribly acted army films warning of Commies on the home front.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Oct 10, 2018 Full Review Mandy (2018) 91% EDIT “Mandy herself is half oneiric goddess, half vulnerable loner, and Riseborough possesses a fascinating spookiness that makes you forget she's a cliché.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Sep 14, 2018 Full Review Revenge (2017) 92% EDIT “The only real surprise is the sheer volume of gore: If gouged eyeballs, exploded heads, impaled torsos, and beautiful naked people flailing through pools of vital fluids are what you crave, you will be a fan, and I won't judge you.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) May 11, 2018 Full Review The Endless (2017) 91% EDIT “The Endless invites you to puzzle over it or just enjoy its strange surfaces without losing too much sleep. For a pair of directors with Lovecraftian sensibilities, that's pretty friendly.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) May 1, 2018 Full Review Marrowbone (2017) 49% EDIT “Characterization seems to be the problem overall. A few jump scares aside, it's hard to feel frightened for the family when they have one or two personality traits each.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Apr 20, 2018 Full Review A Quiet Place (2018) 96% EDIT “With its rustling cornfields, rural-hippie costume design, and ardent sign-language declarations of parental love, A Quiet Place feels a little like a Rockwell painting overrun by H.R. Giger...But it's okay!” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Apr 5, 2018 Full Review Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017) 95% EDIT “Bombshell becomes more somber as it progresses to Lamarr's post-fame life. Still, it's an essential re-examination of the fascinating woman obscured and cheapened by Hollywood mystique.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Jan 17, 2018 Full Review The Future Perfect (2016) 100% EDIT “The charm of this experimental film lies in its intellectual complexity, its lack of pretension, and the obvious intelligence and strength of Xiaobin-the character and the real woman.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Jan 12, 2018 Full Review Scarred Hearts (2016) 78% EDIT “[Radu] Jude has turned his work into a warning and a premonition of cultural rot and nascent violence.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Nov 21, 2017 Full Review Thirst Street (2017) 75% EDIT “Somehow, her acting combines with cinematography straight from an artsy 1970s porno and a soundtrack of woozy love songs to create an expressionist portrait of overwhelming loneliness.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Nov 21, 2017 Full Review Jungle (2017) 60% EDIT “The real problem is that the film squanders its greatest source of tension: Thomas Kretschmann.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Oct 23, 2017 Full Review The War Show (2016) 100% EDIT “Though the horror is judiciously spaced out, it's upsetting enough that any attempt to find hope feels false. Yet one can't begrudge the refugee filmmaker's belief that 'the destiny of the people is to survive.'” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 22, 2017 Full Review The Noonday Witch (2016) EDIT “If the movie's symbolism is heavy, it also makes for some gorgeous shots of sinister women creeping through the shining wheat.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 22, 2017 Full Review Annabelle: Creation (2017) 71% EDIT “Even if it ends with some incongruous gore and an oafish tie-in to the other Conjuring films, it still looks great, aces the Bechdel test, and audibly scared the bejesus out of everyone at the preview.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 18, 2017 Full Review
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