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Valerie Ettenhofer

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2nd Chance (2022) 91% EDIT “2nd Chance takes its audiences to an intriguing intersection between capitalism, violence, and ego, yet it doesnt really know what to do when it gets there.” – Film School Rejects Mar 30, 2022 Full Review Fresh (2022) 82% EDIT “It may not work as social commentary horror, but Mimi Cave's feature debut is still an over-the-top delight for anyone willing to roll with its surprisingly dark punches.” – Film School Rejects Jan 26, 2022 Full Review Guava Island (2019) 74% EDIT “Guava Island's biggest surprise may be that it doesn't play with tension as thoroughly as Atlanta or Gambino videos, instead choosing to dig for something more earnest and tentatively hopeful that matches Glover's Coachella speech.” – Film School Rejects Apr 19, 2021 Full Review The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash (2019) 94% EDIT “The biography starts simple and builds upon itself, much like a Cash song, so that by the end it's become overwhelming in its humanity.” – Nonfics (Substack) Oct 18, 2019 Full Review Rewind (2019) 100% EDIT “Rewind lacks the built-in attention that comes with headline-grabbing cases, but it should be counted among the most important stories of its kind.” – Nonfics (Substack) Oct 18, 2019 Full Review Emanuel (2019) 100% EDIT “Unrelenting, challenging, a must-see. It will break your heart so bad you don't know how it could possibly be put back together, and then like a miracle it will do just that.” – Nonfics (Substack) Jun 19, 2019 Full Review Deadwood: The Movie (2019) 98% EDIT “With Deadwood, David Milch has created at least a dozen all-time-great characters. With Deadwood: The Movie, they finally get to say goodbye.” – Film School Rejects Jun 3, 2019 Full Review Scary Stories (2018) 77% EDIT “So jam-packed with passion for its subject that it's impossible to come away without an appreciation for the work and the generation of horror-loving kids it inspired.” – Nonfics (Substack) Apr 25, 2019 Full Review Trial by Fire (2018) 63% EDIT “Laura Dern and Jack O'Connell act their asses off in this powerful true story.” – Film School Rejects Apr 24, 2019 Full Review Hala (2019) 86% EDIT “A Muslim teen's growing pains lead to one of the year's best dramas.” – Film School Rejects Apr 24, 2019 Full Review Homecoming: A Film by BeyoncĂ© (2019) 98% EDIT “This is the concert experience of a lifetime.” – Nonfics (Substack) Apr 19, 2019 Full Review Charlotte Has Fun (2018) 100% EDIT “The movie's not perfect, but it's worth celebrating for the fact that it does something rare.” – Film School Rejects Apr 5, 2019 Full Review Social Animals (2018) 88% EDIT “While spotlighting the Instagram journeys of three fascinating young people, this documentary fails to ask the most important questions.” – Nonfics (Substack) Mar 15, 2019 Full Review Instant Family (2018) 82% EDIT “Instant Family is a semi-competent comedy, a solid tearjerker, and an exceptional tour through the foster parenting process.” – Film School Rejects Nov 30, 2018 Full Review Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin (2018) 100% EDIT “Le Guin's life story, as presented in the documentary, isn't particularly dramatic, but it is inspiring thanks to the author's incomparable imagination.” – Nonfics (Substack) Nov 14, 2018 Full Review Boy Erased (2018) 80% EDIT “Jared's story and the story of the 700,00 Americans who have undergone conversion therapy is worth telling, but here it's only half-told.” – Film School Rejects Oct 29, 2018 Full Review The Tale (2018) 99% EDIT “The Sundance favorite brings a harrowing story out of the shadows.” – Film School Rejects Oct 25, 2018 Full Review The Cleaners (2018) 93% EDIT “Captures a dystopian moment for the history books with clear-eyed curiosity.” – Nonfics (Substack) Jul 19, 2018 Full Review Eighth Grade (2018) 99% EDIT “Bo Burnham's narrative feature debut finds humor and hope in a painfully realistic middle school story.” – Film School Rejects Apr 17, 2018 Full Review
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