Sean L. Malin
Sean L. Malin's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Austin Chronicle
Movies reviews only
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The Work (2017) |
No filmmaker could have written a richer set of masculine archetypes as these real individuals represent, each equally totemic in his defining idiosyncrasies and in his historically male characteristics. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Mar 16, 2017
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Lemon (2017) |
Lachmann may be a Lemon, but this cerebral picture is just the opposite. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Mar 16, 2017
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A Bad Idea Gone Wrong (2017) |
A fully enjoyable, often even touching, indie comedy. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Mar 14, 2017
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Ramblin' Freak (2017) |
Few artists of Smith's age (he is 24 in the film) investigate their inner worlds with the flexibility of mind and vision demonstrated here. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Mar 14, 2017
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The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017) |
There is nothing visually notable or narratively inspired in The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Mar 14, 2017
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Barbecue (2017) |
A picture with that rare combination of immense commercial possibility and humanistic vitality. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Mar 13, 2017
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The Strange Ones (2017) |
Here is a film with ever-expanding mental boundaries, one which concludes as it opens: inconsequentially, unpredictably, and provocatively. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Mar 13, 2017
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Walk With Me (2017) |
You may not come out of [Francis' and Pugh's] documentary wishing to join Plum Village, but the filmmakers leave you desperately wanting more time with it. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Mar 13, 2017
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Jean of the Joneses (2016) |
Highly visually controlled, snappily edited, and beautifully acted, Jean of the Joneses is a clever New York comedy about the Caribbean diaspora. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Oct 06, 2016
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Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon (2016) |
What makes the film an ultimately warm rendering of a life well lived are the acknowledged geniuses who credit Close for the inclusive, massive, and still-booming comedy community. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Mar 23, 2016
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Shovel Buddies (2016) |
Shovel Buddies is a shallow small-town drama that strives for a dark quirkiness, but ends up burying any authenticity with tackiness. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Mar 22, 2016
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Little Sister (2016) |
Little Sister plays up its goofiness to prevent your being poisoned with melancholy - which the characters unanimously exhibit. Cynics among us will recognize this as a lovely comedy; but the cockeyed may consider it miserable. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Mar 22, 2016
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The Space in Between: Marina Abramovic and Brazil (2016) |
Ruminative and filled with stunning widescreen landscapes, the film stands several aesthetic rungs above HBO's 2012 doc, The Artist Is Present. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Mar 22, 2016
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The Arbalest (2016) |
Kalt's tragicomic arc plays like an episode of Mad Men directed by Uwe Boll. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Mar 18, 2016
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