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85/100
The Nest (2020) Ross Bonaime Like Martha Marcy May Marlene, it's not so much the story that matters, but how Durkin tells it.
Posted Feb 21, 2021  Edit critic review
78/100
Lucky Grandma (2019) Ross Bonaime With a relatively simple script of escalating obstacles by Sealy and co-writer Angela Cheng, Lucky Grandma has fun with its concept without overstaying its welcome.
Posted Feb 15, 2021  Edit critic review
91/100
EMMA. (2020) Trisha Brown I was struck while watching Emma. by the idea that this seems like the way Jane Austen would want her stories to be told: the film is funny and smart.
Posted Feb 14, 2021  Edit critic review
87/100
Corpus Christi (2019) Ross Bonaime With its moral opaqueness and haunting ending, it is one of the most thought-provoking films so far this year and an exciting breakthrough for both Komasa and Bielenia.
Posted Feb 07, 2021  Edit critic review
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) Alan Zilberman If the first Wonder Woman is the DCEU at its finest, this film reverts closer to Justice League: hammy, portentous, and oddly unfinished.
Posted Dec 23, 2020  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Promising Young Woman (2020) Alan Zilberman It is good trash striving for something more respectable, and does not realize good trash can also have something to say.
Posted Dec 23, 2020  Edit critic review
3.5/5
I'm Your Woman (2020) Alan Zilberman Director Julia Hart constructed the film so that it is a sharp rebuke of countless crime thrillers audiences have seen over the years.
Posted Dec 11, 2020  Edit critic review
Undine (2020) Alan Zilberman His characters and understated style serve the material by drawing us into a story full of tragedy, murder, and forgiveness.
Posted Dec 04, 2020  Edit critic review
Summer of 85 (2020) Alan Zilberman Adults may see the hero's behavior as frivolous, but it comes from a genuine emotional place. The movie is like that, too: slight and ultimately poignant.
Posted Dec 04, 2020  Edit critic review
The Predators (2020) Alan Zilberman No characters are likable, none of the social commentary is subtle, and the film uses offensive imagery without giving it the moral weight it deserves.
Posted Dec 04, 2020  Edit critic review
3/5
Mank (2020) Alan Zilberman This is a strange film, one that benefits from knowledgeable viewers, to the point where novices may ultimately watch the credits in annoyed confusion.
Posted Dec 04, 2020  Edit critic review
5/5
Collective (2019) Alan Zilberman The film follows those who push for accountability, and while their efforts are important, it suggests that reform is impossible when every system is stained.
Posted Nov 20, 2020  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Freaky (2020) Alan Zilberman It realizes there are two things in movies that never go out of fashion: a ticking clock, and a character who has to convince everyone that they are right.
Posted Nov 13, 2020  Edit critic review
2/5
Proxima (2019) Alan Zilberman The director defines her characters so broadly that it is difficult to invest in what befalls them.
Posted Nov 10, 2020  Edit critic review
4/5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) Alan Zilberman Not all the jokes stick the landing, yet this is film - in a roundabout way - is about a need for collective decency.
Posted Oct 23, 2020  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Time (2020) Alan Zilberman The film covers twenty of years of family history in less than ninety minutes, and yet careful observation gives the suggestion we have known this family all our lives.
Posted Oct 16, 2020  Edit critic review
4/5
Charm City Kings (2020) Alan Zilberman It is an effective coming of age drama that never condescends to its characters.
Posted Oct 08, 2020  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Possessor: Uncut (2020) Alan Zilberman Few of the characters have any recognizable impulses, except for greed, lust, and rage, so the brutality is only in service of itself.
Posted Oct 02, 2020  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Kajillionaire (2020) Alan Zilberman This is an art film that might move you to tears, as long you are willing to accept its wavelength.
Posted Sep 25, 2020  Edit critic review
Cell 211 (2009) Alan Zilberman Daniel Monzón's Cell 211 is a brutal reminder of how to make a well-made thriller.
Posted Sep 23, 2020  Edit critic review
Blank City (2009) Rick Taylor Thankfully, no matter how scrubbed up and soulless NYC becomes, we'll always have Blank City to remind us that the city's scuzzy, flotsam-riddled past brought its own unique cultural contributions.
Posted Sep 23, 2020  Edit critic review
4/5
Rent-a-Pal (2020) Alan Zilberman Whereas Joker revels in cynical theatrics and nasty violence, Rent-A-Pal deals with the dark impulses of its premise.
Posted Sep 11, 2020  Edit critic review
2/5
Tenet (2020) Alan Zilberman Pesky things like narrative and character development only get in Nolan's way, to the point where I cannot help but feel his next film should abandon storytelling altogether.
Posted Sep 03, 2020  Edit critic review
3/5
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) Alan Zilberman Iannucci's anger is still there, except he hides it through big-hearted performances and formal flourishes that are not in his earlier films.
Posted Aug 28, 2020  Edit critic review
4/5
Sputnik (2020) Alan Zilberman It may lack in top-notch special effects, but it has the potential to stir the imagination.
Posted Aug 14, 2020  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Boys State (2020) Alan Zilberman This film does not paint a portrait with evocative color, and instead smudges familiar shades of red and blue.
Posted Aug 14, 2020  Edit critic review
1/5
Summerland (2020) Alan Zilberman This film does not merely hold us by the hand. It practically pries open our mouth into a forced, uncomfortable smile.
Posted Jul 31, 2020  Edit critic review
3/5
Amulet (2020) Alan Zilberman An early scene in Amulet contains imagery as disquieting as anything you might see this year.
Posted Jul 24, 2020  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Painted Bird (2019) Alan Zilberman If Taika Waititi wants to wave away wartime atrocities with dancing and David Bowie, Václav Marhoul realizes that honest acknowledgment is the only way to begin any reckoning.
Posted Jul 17, 2020  Edit critic review
Time Is Illmatic (2014) Toni Tileva Time Is Illmatic lovingly and honestly chronicles the making of an album that would influence many generations after its release.
Posted Jul 15, 2020  Edit critic review
4/5
Relic (2020) Alan Zilberman When the horror finally resolves, it happens with genuine catharsis.
Posted Jul 10, 2020  Edit critic review
2/5
John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020) Alan Zilberman In all these scenes, Lewis comes off as an engaged, charming man, although there is no sense of his interiority.
Posted Jul 02, 2020  Edit critic review
4/5
White Noise (2020) Alan Zilberman By depicting their flaws and moments where they're a bit more vulnerable, it makes their need to cling to white identity politics all the more pathetic.
Posted Jun 30, 2020  Edit critic review
0/5
Irresistible (2020) Alan Zilberman If it is meant to be a quasi-realistic depiction of modern politics, then Stewart's poor framing means his conclusions are less than useless. They insult the audience.
Posted Jun 25, 2020  Edit critic review
The Fight (2020) Alan Zilberman The most compelling scenes show these ACLU attorneys as dedicated, albeit flawed, professionals who believe in the Constitution down to the core.
Posted Jun 18, 2020  Edit critic review
4/5
The Painter and the Thief (2020) Alan Zilberman Director Benjamin Ree lucks into this story about redemption and creativity, framing it such a way that the unanswered questions are intriguing, not a source of frustration.
Posted May 22, 2020  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Spaceship Earth (2020) Alan Zilberman These strange people are willing to tell their story on camera, as long it's their version of the story and nothing else.
Posted May 08, 2020  Edit critic review
Listen Up Philip (2014) Max Bentovim Listen Up Philip, in the end, is just like the central character it describes. It petulantly demands to be heard even as it has nothing to say.
Posted May 07, 2020  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2019) Alan Zilberman The film prefers the illusion of intellectual rigor over the real thing.
Posted May 01, 2020  Edit critic review
Holy Motors (2012) Alan Zilberman It is difficult to fathom how Lavant accomplishes such a complex, physical performance.
Posted Apr 29, 2020  Edit critic review
4/5
True History of the Kelly Gang (2019) Alan Zilberman Parts of the film are difficult, even unpleasant, but that is perhaps the only way to make sense of an imperfect folk hero.
Posted Apr 24, 2020  Edit critic review
1/10
Tape (2020) Alan Zilberman Leaving aside the sloppy filmmaking, the premise is misguided to its rotten core. Bad faith detractors could use this film to undermine a movement that deserves better.
Posted Apr 10, 2020  Edit critic review
5/5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) Alan Zilberman Her story is not unique, which is what makes the film so intense and angry.
Posted Apr 03, 2020  Edit critic review
4/5
Vitalina Varela (2019) Alan Zilberman It is a rich viewing experience during a period with a dearth of them, especially when the final image - ironic, jarring, and sad - is revealed.
Posted Mar 26, 2020  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019) Alan Zilberman This cool thriller is a better escape than watching Contagion on demand for the fourth time.
Posted Mar 13, 2020  Edit critic review
5/5
First Cow (2019) Alan Zilberman Their central friendship creates genuine warmth and optimism, without once veering toward sentiment.
Posted Mar 13, 2020  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Invisible Man (2020) Alan Zilberman A sure sign of a good director is someone who is able to create suspense through stillness, camera placement, and careful editing.
Posted Feb 28, 2020  Edit critic review
1.5/5
The Lodge (2019) Alan Zilberman This is a mean-spirited, cruel film. It is constructed like a sick joke, and the directors are the only ones laughing.
Posted Feb 21, 2020  Edit critic review
2/5
Downhill (2020) Alan Zilberman The directors opt for more something more accessible, although that gambit leads to unintentional, gnawing tedium.
Posted Feb 14, 2020  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) Alan Zilberman In a weird way, it's the first comic book film that feels punk rock.
Posted Feb 07, 2020  Edit critic review
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