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Zachary Lee

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Biography:

Zachary Lee is a freelance film and culture writer based in Chicago (he feels the need to clarify he's actually from the city). He frequently writes about the intersection between media, faith, technology, and the environment. When he's not transcribing the funny and/or profound quotations the people around him say or finding the next great sparkling water flavor, you can find him hopelessly attempting to catch up on his watchlist over on Letterboxd.

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
TheyDream (2026) EDIT “It dares us to try to remember and render our stories with such ferocious love.” – RogerEbert.com Jan 31, 2026 Full Review Ghost in the Machine (2026) EDIT “It’s a reminder for humanity to put the machine in its rightful place, before it tries to put us in ours.” – RogerEbert.com Jan 31, 2026 Full Review undertone (2025) 87% 4.5/5 EDIT “Ian Tuason and his crew know that whatever you can imagine is probably scarier than anything that’s explicitly put on screen. All he has to do is provide the catalyst for the viewer to muse on something unsettling–which ‘undertone’ has in spades. ” – MovieWeb Jan 29, 2026 Full Review Queen of Chess (2026) 3/4 EDIT “'Queen of Chess' embodies both sentiments, acting not only as a celebration of the sport’s versatility but as a testament to the enlivening power of one woman’s ambition and determination. ” – RogerEbert.com Jan 29, 2026 Full Review I Want Your Sex (2026) 86% EDIT “Rather than trying to wine and dine you, Araki’s film moves at a breakneck pace and uses its depiction of the carnal to dive into the messy ways we’ll empty ourselves in the pursuit of being desired.” – MovieWeb Jan 28, 2026 Full Review Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie (2026) EDIT “Through Rushdie’s path, we see a way to put our pain in its proper place, acknowledging that it does not have to be the sole way in which we’re defined by the world.” – TheWrap Jan 28, 2026 Full Review The Shitheads (2026) 67% EDIT “Contrary to its title, 'The Shitheads' has a lot on its mind; very much like its title, it can often get in its own, irreverent way.” – MovieWeb Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Bedford Park (2026) 92% EDIT “This is a deeply sincere film, one that avoids the cringe of melodrama by rooting all that transpires, the quiet and vociferous, elation and tragedy, in the lives of its characters. ” – TheWrap Jan 26, 2026 Full Review OBEX (2025) 96% 3.5/4 EDIT “‘Obex’ is sympathetic to the ways we’ll migrate to digital worlds to escape the hell of embodied living, but it sweetly and gently reminds us about the beautiful inconvenience of community.” – RogerEbert.com Jan 9, 2026 Full Review The Choral (2025) 67% 2.5/4 EDIT “We need the gift of new narratives to help us imagine beyond present circumstances. While 'The Choral' may be riddled with a few too many false notes for comfort, the purity of its song and message make it a hard tune to disregard. ” – RogerEbert.com Dec 24, 2025 Full Review Man Finds Tape (2025) 82% 3/5 EDIT “What unfolds is never what you expect, and what they manage to concoct is far more surprising than the ingredients they’ve used to get there.” – MovieWeb Dec 6, 2025 Full Review Rebuilding (2025) 93% 4.5/5 EDIT “It is an exercise in hope, offering a portrait of how a community, united by a common crisis, can exorcise the temptation to self-isolate and instead remain present and carry each other’s burdens.” – MovieWeb Nov 14, 2025 Full Review Keeper (2025) 53% 2/4 EDIT “It’s not short on visual style or atmospheric tension, ultimately, it’s a tedious genre exercise undone by an undercooked narrative and its allergy to mystery. ” – RogerEbert.com Nov 14, 2025 Full Review Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025) 98% 4/5 EDIT “The film reminds us that so long as we stoke the fires of memory, we’ll never lose the people, places, and experiences that have made us.” – MovieWeb Nov 6, 2025 Full Review Coexistence, My Ass! (2025) 92% 3.5/4 EDIT “Accord is not possible when there’s an imbalance of power, yet 'Coexistence, My Ass!’ uses humor as a cathartic, light-hearted vehicle to entertain what a plausible reconciliation might look like.” – RogerEbert.com Oct 29, 2025 Full Review A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (2025) 75% EDIT “This is a world where everyone is prepared but no one is ready, and Bigelow’s film shows the horror of when people have to put their training to the test. ” – JoySauce.com Oct 27, 2025 Full Review The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (2025) 42% 3/4 EDIT “Cerveza has found a way to take an old story and comment on something new without fundamentally altering the source material. In this act of creation, she’s revealed the malleability of the text she’s working with and unlocked its storytelling potential. ” – RogerEbert.com Oct 22, 2025 Full Review Dead Man's Wire (2025) 91% 3.5/5 EDIT “Those with power believe that they can mold the world into their image. But Van Sant has crafted a film that reminds us that as long as people like Tony Kiritsis live, there will always be a reckoning for such hubris.” – MovieWeb Oct 20, 2025 Full Review It Was Just an Accident (2025) 98% 5/5 EDIT “Panahi was able to craft something that's thrilling in its own right, even as it acts as a cathartic inner monologue on the limits and merits of forgiveness for its creator.” – MovieWeb Oct 20, 2025 Full Review Night Patrol (2025) 59% 2.5/5 EDIT “It takes a delicate balance to critique these issues while also trying to mine thrills, and it’s not one that Prows always does well.” – Dread Central Oct 8, 2025 Full Review Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) 81% 4.5/5 EDIT “He’s crafted a film about the ways families age, inviting us to consider the ways we’ve loved imperfectly and how we can learn to love more gracefully.” – MovieWeb Oct 7, 2025 Full Review Blue Moon (2025) 91% 4.5/5 EDIT “Films like these act as compassionate portraits, reaffirming the multitudinous humanity of people who had more to give before their time was up.” – MovieWeb Oct 7, 2025 Full Review The Alabama Solution (2025) 100% 3.5/4 EDIT “This is a project for and by those who have experienced inhumanity firsthand yet refuse to have their voices snuffed out by a corrupt institution. ” – RogerEbert.com Oct 3, 2025 Full Review Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025) 95% 4/5 EDIT “If you’re wondering who might win in a fight between a cargo truck and a fighter plane, this film provides the gory, blood-soaked answer — laws of physics be damned.” – MovieWeb Sep 24, 2025 Full Review Black Phone 2 (2025) 72% 4.5/5 EDIT “By taking belief seriously, it reframes the ways that grace and love can be tactile, potent weapons that cut against the heart of darkness and evil.” – MovieWeb Sep 23, 2025 Full Review
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