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Tim Grierson

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Biography:

Tim Grierson is the Senior U.S. Critic for Screen International and a film critic for The New Republic.

Location:

Los Angeles

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Run Amok (2026) EDIT “Run Amok is too unfocused to fully come together as satire or commentary, and yet the picture seems an appropriately messy response to an American problem with no solution in sight. The film may have considerable flaws, but Mager hits a nerve.” – Screen International Jan 28, 2026 Full Review The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (2026) EDIT “Roher’s willingness to blindly accept any and all of his speakers’ pronouncements leaves The AI Doc feeling toothless.” – Screen International Jan 28, 2026 Full Review See You When I See You (2026) 64% EDIT “Director Jay Duplass crafts a sensitive portrait of loss and forgiveness but, for a picture based on actual events, there is an artificiality to the proceedings that undercuts the material’s inherent poignancy.” – Screen International Jan 28, 2026 Full Review The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (2026) EDIT “Turturro’s elegant performance ensures that the story never becomes too farfetched or sentimental. Like Harry, he’s surehanded and instantly appealing, delighting viewers with his ability to get away clean.” – Screen International Jan 28, 2026 Full Review The Friend's House Is Here (2026) EDIT “Its rebellious spirit isn’t fiery but, rather, quiet and confident -- and all the more inspiring as a result.” – Screen International Jan 28, 2026 Full Review The Weight (2026) EDIT “Padraic McKinley’s feature directorial debut is a hugely confident survivalist tale that’s as bluntly effective as the primitive weapons employed in this bare-knuckle saga.” – Screen International Jan 27, 2026 Full Review The Shitheads (2026) 60% EDIT “The film refuses to go in predictable directions, unveiling bizarre side characters and travelling down odd narrative backroads. But that occasional bagginess also allows for a richly textured picture bursting with energy.” – Screen International Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Union County (2026) 100% EDIT “This heartfelt picture can be overly familiar, but Poulter’s intensely interior performance lends the proceedings sufficient edge and fascination.” – Screen International Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026) 100% EDIT “The conversations could not be more stimulating, offering a glimpse of Black America past and present that is joyous, defiant and sobering.” – Screen International Jan 26, 2026 Full Review The Invite (2026) 91% EDIT “The film struggles to juggle its combination of rage and humour, satire and sadness, but the game performances mostly help gloss over the material’s familiarity.” – Screen International Jan 26, 2026 Full Review I Want Your Sex (2026) 88% EDIT “Strap-ons and threesomes only take Sex so far as it eventually becomes a disappointingly underdeveloped and fairly conventional story about the perils of no-strings-attached sexual arrangements.” – Screen International Jan 24, 2026 Full Review Josephine (2026) 100% EDIT “Josephine flirts with familiar horror tropes involving the possessed or evil child. But this is a far more humane and compassionate story, placing the terror in a painfully real-world situation. ” – Screen International Jan 24, 2026 Full Review The History of Concrete (2026) 100% EDIT “Wilson sometimes struggles to make this feature-length documentary as consistently entertaining as his old series’ half-hour episodes. But he continues to mine surprisingly emotional moments from his wryly comic approach.” – Screen International Jan 23, 2026 Full Review Young Mothers (2025) 95% EDIT “Despite their clear affection for these women, the Dardenne brothers never sugarcoat their characters’ unenviable circumstance or latch onto phony bromides to alleviate our anxiety. And yet “Young Mothers” contains its share of sweetness and light.” – Los Angeles Times Jan 16, 2026 Full Review Primate (2025) 79% EDIT “If viewers don’t mind nondescript characters and questionable narrative logic, the film should prove to be a fun, utterly forgettable nerve-shredder.” – Screen International Jan 13, 2026 Full Review A Private Life (2025) 80% B- EDIT “It’s an unwieldy mix, but Foster’s quiet, observant character forms its strong center. She keeps you wondering what Lilian is thinking when she’s not talking.” – AV Club Jan 12, 2026 Full Review All That's Left of You (2025) 100% EDIT “All That’s Left of You readies the audience for tears by the final reel, but Dabis’ narrative twist pushes the film into a movie-ish unreality that conveniently ties a bow on the script’s pondering of the value of choosing love over hate.” – Los Angeles Times Jan 10, 2026 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% EDIT “For all its dark comedy, the movie is most cutting when it moves away from the big set pieces and, instead, examines the small ways that employees lose their humanity to a capitalist system that’s out to destroy them.” – Los Angeles Times Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) 81% EDIT “In “Father Mother Sister Brother,” family can be hell, but the only thing worse is when they’re no longer with us.” – Los Angeles Times Dec 24, 2025 Full Review Anaconda (2025) 48% EDIT “Gormican fails to capitalise on the surprise, ultimately succumbing to the worst tendencies of reboots rather than viciously or lovingly sending them up.” – Screen International Dec 23, 2025 Full Review The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) 81% EDIT “If some of the jokes can get a bit tedious, the film’s adolescent tone is never cruel or obnoxious. Instead it radiates a sense of play as it chronicles SpongeBob’s enthusiastic desire to be viewed as a “big guy”.” – Screen International Dec 17, 2025 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% EDIT “It is as visually extraordinary as its predecessors and, while the film contains some of those earlier pictures’ weaknesses, the deficiencies are starting to feel like charming quirks in an otherwise transporting series.” – Screen International Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Ella McCay (2025) 22% EDIT “This comedy-drama contains some of the crackling dialogue and disarming candour of Brooks’ best work. Ultimately, however, this disjointed character study ultimately feels as messy as its heroine’s life.” – Screen International Dec 10, 2025 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% EDIT “If Mendonça Filho overstuffs his accomplished picture, it’s a fitting rebuke to a violent regime that would have tried to tamp down his voice. He finds a worthy partner in Moura...” – Los Angeles Times Dec 8, 2025 Full Review Scarlet (2025) 69% EDIT “What makes this adult animation so affecting is the writer-director’s commitment to fortifying his spectacle with a deep emotional undercurrent.” – Screen International Dec 4, 2025 Full Review
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