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B
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No Bears
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Panahi's subdued filmmaking will appeal to an audience that enjoys the director's modus operandi.
Posted Nov 12, 2022
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B
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Nothing Lasts Forever
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Enlightens us to what we all knew: that the price of diamonds is high not because the stone is rare but because the industry tells us that your boyfriend cherishes you only when he gives you an engagement ring that he can't afford.
Posted Nov 10, 2022
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B
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Sam & Kate
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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The director of The Matrix Reloaded deals this time with superstars instead of superheroes. Low key movie.
Posted Nov 10, 2022
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B
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Soft & Quiet
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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The message is that once you hate, there is no telling what you may do. Mission accomplished.
Posted Nov 09, 2022
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A-
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My Policeman
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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A class act with political dimensions: an endearing picture which may find enlightened viewers reaching for Kleenex.
Posted Nov 07, 2022
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C+
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Resistance: 1942
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Germans and French speak English. That should warn viewers of the amateurish of the production.
Posted Nov 06, 2022
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B+
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Utama
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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You may not want to live there, but the movie is a cinematic wonder.
Posted Oct 30, 2022
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B+
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Call Jane
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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A lesson to today's anti-abortion extremists.
Posted Oct 23, 2022
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B+
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Holy Spider
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Potent drama about a serial killer in Iran who intends to kill 200 streetwalkers and who has the support of crowds of the country's residents.
Posted Oct 23, 2022
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B+
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A Piece of Sky
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Filled with long takes, this look at Alpine village life against a stunning mountain background, shows us what happens to a family when a husband and father is diagnosed with a brain tumor.
Posted Oct 04, 2022
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B
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Some Like It Rare
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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It's not Sweeney Todd or Delicatessan but it could stimulate your appetite.
Posted Oct 02, 2022
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B+
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Hinterland
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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This could be the year's most expressionistic film.
Posted Oct 02, 2022
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C
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Costa Brava, Lebanon
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Snail-paced drama of a family that movies from Beirut to the Lebanese sticks.
Posted Sep 11, 2022
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B
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Simchas and Sorrows
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Bittersweet tale of an atheism who is converting to Judaism without great fanfare.
Posted Sep 11, 2022
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C+
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I Am Like You
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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A dog story (good) but unfocused with unnecessary shifting of time (bad).
Posted Sep 11, 2022
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B
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Unidentified
(2020)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Intense performance in a police story like few others.
Posted Sep 11, 2022
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B+
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Four Winters: A Story of Jewish Partisan Resistance and Bravery in WWII
(2020)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Demolishes the idea that Jews did not fight back against the Nazis.
Posted Sep 11, 2022
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B
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House of Darkness
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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A cheap endings mars an otherwise engrossing chamber piece.
Posted Sep 04, 2022
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C
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Hold Me Tight
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Cerebral, unemotional, enigmatic.
Posted Sep 04, 2022
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B-
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After the Wedding
(2019)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Takes aim at the rich one percent though the movie is not as entertaining as the Danish version.
Posted Aug 31, 2022
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B
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The Good Boss
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Demonstrates how a good boss can be the one that stabs you in the back.
Posted Aug 22, 2022
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B+
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Rogue Agent
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Features enough scams to sustain several episodes on any streaming service.
Posted Aug 07, 2022
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B+
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Emily the Criminal
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Aubrey Plaza in a stunning performance as a woman drowning in student debt who accepts an offer she can't refuse.
Posted Aug 07, 2022
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B-
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The Road to Galena
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Entertaining enough but could find a spot as a daytime TV episode as well.
Posted Jul 03, 2022
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B
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Accepted
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Sometimes charter schools are not what they're cracked up to be.
Posted Jun 26, 2022
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B-
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Apples
(2020)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Overly deadpan.
Posted Jun 19, 2022
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B+
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A Man of Integrity
(2017)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Effectively shows an Iran riddled with corruption.
Posted Jun 12, 2022
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B+
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Miracle
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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The Romanians know how to make a policier.
Posted Jun 05, 2022
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B
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Hustle
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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As predictable as it is inspirational.
Posted Jun 03, 2022
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B
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The Janes
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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This provides valuable information on a group that go around anti-choice legislation.
Posted Jun 02, 2022
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B+
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Fire in the Mountains
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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A bewitching story of lives of poverty-stricken South Asians.
Posted May 15, 2022
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B
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Deception
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Philip Roth does not display the toxic masculinity for which he was known.
Posted May 15, 2022
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B-
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Continue
(2022)
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Brent Simon
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A highly persuasive, ever-present current of emotional honesty underpins and anchors Continue, a deeply felt indie drama based on the real-life mental health difficulties of multi-hyphenate Nadine Crocker.
Posted May 08, 2022
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B+
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Africa
(2019)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Straight from the director's heart.
Posted Apr 24, 2022
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C+
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Hit the Road
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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I would have preferred more narrative momentum instead of what came across to me is a series of skits. Still, this was a Cannes favorite.
Posted Apr 22, 2022
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B+
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Petite Maman
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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A lovely, engaging film, one of those rare movies without conflict--featuring two wonderful child actors.
Posted Apr 17, 2022
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B
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The White Fortress
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Carefully crafted tale that may have been inspired by the star-crossed lovers in "Romeo and Juliet."
Posted Apr 17, 2022
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C+
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Sexual Drive
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Conflates food and sex in the spirit of the 1963 movie "Tom Jones" but styled in too much of a niche film.
Posted Apr 17, 2022
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A-
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¡Viva Maestro!
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Magnificent music evoked from a director with a knack for originality.
Posted Apr 06, 2022
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C
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Morbius
(2022)
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Brent Simon
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To call Morbius compelling would be overstating it. But there's enough energy and competent filmmaking here, plus an anchoring performance from Jared Leto, to probably qualify it as worthwhile for many who would be predisposed to care about its existence.
Posted Mar 31, 2022
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B+
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The Rose Maker
(2020)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Delightful, sentimental pic about a woman who changes prisoners' lives by catering to their latent love of flowers.
Posted Mar 31, 2022
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B
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Caged Birds
(2020)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Who would have believed that there were riots on the streets anywhere in the utopia of Switzerland? "Caged Birds" tells it all.
Posted Feb 21, 2022
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C+
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A Taste of Hunger
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Scenes are thrown helter-skelter serving to confuse rather than clarify.
Posted Jan 23, 2022
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A-
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Salt in My Soul
(2022)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Tracks the sheer horror of cystic fibrosis.
Posted Jan 16, 2022
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B+
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Delicious
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Expect to be ravenous.
Posted Jan 09, 2022
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B+
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See for Me
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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A home invasion pic with a twist: the blind victim gets instrucions through her iPhone on how to get rid of an intruderl
Posted Jan 02, 2022
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B+
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Munich: The Edge of War
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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A solid dramatization of Britain's appeasement of Hitler.
Posted Dec 26, 2021
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B+
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South of Heaven
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Just the movie if you're in the mood for shootouts, hit-and-run accidents, hip banter and romance.
Posted Dec 20, 2021
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B
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The Novice
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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This year's best movie about rowing used as metaphor.
Posted Dec 12, 2021
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B-
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France
(2021)
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Harvey S. Karten
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Riddled with cliches but at least Lea Seydoux has a better role here than in "No Time to Die."
Posted Dec 05, 2021
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