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Nicolas Rapold

Nicolas Rapold's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Biography:

Nicolas Rapold is a writer and editor based in New York City. His work can be found in The New York Times, Sight & Sound, Artforum, and other publications. He runs the film podcast The Last Thing I Saw. Find him on Twitter, @NicolasRapold, and Substack.

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Queen Kelly (1929) 100% EDIT “A wild stew of the sacred and profane follows (aided by a game supporting cast). ” – New York Times Jan 15, 2026 Full Review Hamnet (2025) 86% EDIT “Part of what Zhao achieves is the sense that it has all arisen organically, and that Agnes and her fellow groundlings are indeed recognising themselves in the drama for the first time. ” – Sight & Sound Jan 8, 2026 Full Review Holding Liat (2025) 100% EDIT “By concluding with Liat’s own reflections on the region, Kramer quietly but forcefully recognizes that the conflict cannot continue as it has.” – New York Times Jan 8, 2026 Full Review The Shrouds (2024) 75% EDIT “It isn’t necessarily about the horrors of the decaying body, but of the horror of its no longer being there – which means that above all, Cronenberg has made a love story. ” – Sight & Sound Dec 31, 2025 Full Review The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) 97% EDIT “His film deserves to be regarded on its own terms, as an eloquent record of and warning to a regime clinging to power at the expense of freedom.” – Sight & Sound Dec 31, 2025 Full Review The Room Next Door (2024) 80% EDIT “This time, Almodóvar’s cinema creates a space for us to collect our thoughts about what awaits in the big room next door. ” – Sight & Sound Dec 18, 2025 Full Review Pavements (2024) 95% EDIT “Part indie rock biopic, part absurdist jukebox-style stage musical, Alex Ross Perry’s kaleidoscopic portrait of the 1990s band Pavement is no ordinary music doc. ” – Sight & Sound Dec 18, 2025 Full Review Maria (2024) 76% EDIT “Perhaps in Jolie and Larraín’s portrayal, the art of Callas lives on, but in all the veneration, so too did the pain. ” – Sight & Sound Dec 18, 2025 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 93% EDIT “Director Josh Safdie has pulled together a vibrant gallery of New York characters for a never-say-die American story that’s bursting with humour and that trademark Safdie kineticism. ” – Sight & Sound Dec 17, 2025 Full Review Life After (2025) 100% EDIT “As clearly and subtly as Davenport conveys the implications of the right-to-die policy, he maintains a grounded sense of compassion and an appreciation for the human complexity in every story that he brings into the fold of this film. ” – Sight & Sound Nov 6, 2025 Full Review 2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025) 94% EDIT “Mstyslav Chernov’s harrowing follow-up to his documentary 20 Days in Mariupol recognises the bravery of Ukraine soldiers, but is clear-eyed about the queasy absurdity of war. ” – Sight & Sound Nov 6, 2025 Full Review Anemone (2025) 53% EDIT “Watching Daniel Day-Lewis throughout feels like glimpsing someone in public in the aftermath of a fight or a cry; he bristles with the real. ” – Sight & Sound Nov 6, 2025 Full Review Kontinental '25 (2025) 95% EDIT “Stopping short of scepticism or resistance, Jude’s story might make its most radical point in acknowledging the scarcity of these times: change, personal or societal, requires the persistence of any conscience at all. ” – Sight & Sound Nov 5, 2025 Full Review Blue Moon (2025) 90% EDIT “Richard Linklater’s sensitive portrayal of American lyricist Lorenz Hart, played with a witty, frenetic energy by Ethan Hawke, brings us deep into the gossipy theatre-crowd milieu of old New York. ” – Sight & Sound Nov 5, 2025 Full Review Cloud (2024) 93% EDIT “Kurosawa’s steady control of mood and indefatigable narrative – if this becomes an action film, it ’s not geared to our titillation – prevent any of this from becoming didactic.” – Sight & Sound Nov 5, 2025 Full Review Nouvelle Vague (2025) 91% EDIT “Coming just a couple of years after Godard’s death, the movie is partly a memorial of a very specific moment of possibility, but its verve is an invitation to do it yourself, too.” – Sight & Sound Nov 4, 2025 Full Review Baahubali: The Epic (2025) 100% EDIT “This tenth-anniversary victory lap for the Baahubali story should attract fresh appraisals, and the deadly loyalty of the royal soldier Kattappa (Sathyaraj) lands with only greater force in our politically fraught era.” – New York Times Oct 30, 2025 Full Review Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025) 96% EDIT “While “Chainsaw Man” becomes a mighty struggle between superhuman forces, it’s also a psychological mapping of trust, breakdown and chaotic release.” – New York Times Oct 24, 2025 Full Review The Mastermind (2025) 90% EDIT “Kelly Reichardt’s latest detoured story brilliantly turns the genre on its head. ” – Sight & Sound Oct 24, 2025 Full Review In Whose Name? (2025) EDIT “Ballesteros, who started the project when he was 18 years old, does his best to portray a reflexive iconoclast without excusing the inexcusable.” – New York Times Sep 19, 2025 Full Review Men of War (2024) 82% EDIT “This hopeless history does have the flair to deploy Depeche Mode’s “Never Let Me Down Again,” capturing the tragic absurdity to Goudreau’s ambition. ” – New York Times Sep 11, 2025 Full Review Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) 81% EDIT “What Jarmusch has called his “quiet film” speaks with clarity as one from the heart. ” – Sight & Sound Sep 8, 2025 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% EDIT “No Other Choice already looks to match the acclaim of Decision to Leave, with the bonus of a readily applicable story about homo economicus running amok. ” – Sight & Sound Sep 4, 2025 Full Review Together (2025) 89% EDIT “The metaphor of attachment finally isn’t just about visualising co-dependence; what gets under your skin is Tim and Millie’s fear that they’re forgetting how to be close at all.” – Sight & Sound Sep 3, 2025 Full Review Sanatorium under the Sign of the Hourglass (2024) 82% EDIT “If you close your eyes, you might wake up inside the movie, unstuck from time yourself.” – New York Times Aug 28, 2025 Full Review
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