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The Public (Buffalo)

The Public (Buffalo) is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): M. Faust
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World (2017)

M. Faust

You're likely to be surprised at how much of a factor it has been in shaping our popular music, from blues and jazz through rock and roll and up to hip-hop.
Posted Oct 25, 2018
2
Chasing the Blues (2018)

M. Faust

A moderately pleasant movie that you keep wishing had a bigger budget and one more script re-write to develop more of its potential.
Posted Oct 12, 2018
3
Colette (2018)

M. Faust

The film is less about Colette in particular than it is about this unusual relationship of a dozen years, during which the traditional understandings of marriage were sundered on all sides.
Posted Oct 12, 2018
4
Lizzie (2018)

M. Faust

While [Sevigny's] performance is subtle, the story is anything but, hewing for the most part to known facts but filling them in with speculative details that make Lizzie a heroine for the modern era.
Posted Sep 19, 2018
5
The Wife (2018)

M. Faust

What's left is an uninvolving movie about characters that, despite the considerable abilities of the two stars, I found it impossible to care about.
Posted Sep 13, 2018
6
Wanda (1971)

M. Faust

It's not without it's rough edges, but it's well worth seeing, and wondering what might have been had Barbara Loden made more films.
Posted Sep 13, 2018
7
Pick of the Litter (2018)

M. Faust

Aside from more music than is necessary, Pick of the Litter eschews the schmaltzy, trusting the material to speak for itself.
Posted Sep 13, 2018
8
Memoir of War (La douleur) (2018)

M. Faust

Thierry's stoic performance and Finkiel's evocation of atmosphere envelop the viewer in a fever dream of dread.
Posted Sep 6, 2018
9
Juliet, Naked (2018)

M. Faust

Juliet, Naked doesn't have much of value to say about contemporary relationships, at least nothing that Hornby hasn't already worked to death, but it's generally good-humored.
Posted Aug 30, 2018
10
The Bookshop (2018)

M. Faust

No film that stars Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, and Patricia Clarkson could be counted as unwatchable, but this one has to go down as a dreary disappointment.
Posted Aug 30, 2018
11
The Little Stranger (2018)

M. Faust

Part ghost story (or maybe not), part dissection of the British class system, The Little Stranger envelops you in gloom in the model of great Gothic tales
Posted Aug 30, 2018
12
Puzzle (2018)

M. Faust

That Puzzle comes across as sincere but overdetermined may be the fault of its director, Marc Turtletaub...Puzzle certainly isn't a bad movie. It's mostly disappointing because it seems that it should be better than it is.
Posted Aug 23, 2018
13
BlacKkKlansman (2018)

M. Faust

Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman shows that entertainment and education do not have to part company in the hands of a skilled filmmaker.
Posted Aug 15, 2018
14
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

M. Faust

It's great that commercial films are being made to appeal directly to groups that have previously been relegated to Hollywood's sidelines, but I can't get excited that they're being marketed the same generic crap as the rest of us.
Posted Aug 15, 2018
15
McQueen (2018)

M. Faust

The nexus between [McQueen's] work and the personal demons that led him to commit suicide at the age of 40 aren't always clear, but they make for consistently vivid cinema.
Posted Aug 15, 2018
16
The Cakemaker (2018)

M. Faust

The Cakemaker is a movie of subtle, melancholy pleasures.
Posted Jul 26, 2018
17
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)

M. Faust

This is clearly one of van Sant's mainstream projects, though not without a certain amount of directorial flair.
Posted Jul 26, 2018
18
Three Identical Strangers (2018)

M. Faust

With an eye on what brings audiences in to see a documentary these days, director Tim Wardle has carefully fashioned his material with the structure of a thriller-at least, as best he could.
Posted Jul 13, 2018
19
Leave No Trace (2018)

M. Faust

The movie's steady pacing and first-rate acting keep us interested through a running time of close to two hours...
Posted Jul 13, 2018
20
Yellow Submarine (1968)

M. Faust

It's hard not to overstate the role of Yellow Submarine in the growth of animated film, even if it took many of those whom it influenced a few decades to start producing their own work.
Posted Jul 13, 2018
21
Hearts Beat Loud (2018)

M. Faust

Nick Offerman brings his bearish charm to a leading role...It's not a great film, but it's pretty irresistible.
Posted Jun 27, 2018
22
American Animals (2018)

M. Faust

Most poignant for me was the fact that what troubles them the most is an incident of violence that would barely even be noticed in a fictional movie about such a "heist."
Posted Jun 20, 2018
23
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (2018)

M. Faust

[It] includes both concert footage and an examination of the private woman behind the flamboyant stage performer.
Posted Jun 13, 2018
24
Adrift (2018)

M. Faust

The way the story plays out is not inaccurate, but it is misleading, and hampers the effect you would think a story like this would most want to provide.
Posted Jun 7, 2018
25
On Chesil Beach (2018)

M. Faust

That this likeable young couple won't be able to get past their problem will not come as a surprise to fans of McEwan, though the way that he and director Dominic Cooke present it evokes our empathy.
Posted Jun 7, 2018
26
Hereditary (2018)

M. Faust

Hereditary is undeniably scary and unusually well-crafted, but eventually less than the sum of its parts.
Posted Jun 7, 2018
27
Beast (2018)

M. Faust

[Jessie Buckley's] increasingly unhinged performance is reason enough to see the film, as is the assured direction of newcomer Michael Pearce, even if his skills as a writer are less obvious.
Posted Jun 1, 2018
28
The Rider (2018)

M. Faust

It so often seems that filmmakers who were not born in this country have produced some of the most discerning portraits of that region.
Posted Jun 1, 2018
29
Let the Sunshine In (Un beau soleil intérieur) (2018)

M. Faust

Binoche gives the character her considerable all, and she's a delight to watch, but that doesn't stop us from growing frustrated with this woman.
Posted May 23, 2018
30
Pope Francis - A Man of His Word (2018)

M. Faust

[Pope Francis: A Man of His Word] is genuinely inspirational, and these days that counts for something.
Posted May 23, 2018
31
Goodland (2018)

M. Faust

If the Coen brothers classic of rural noir and jet black humor set a high bar for those who follow it, debuting writer-director Josh Doke acquits himself admirably.
Posted May 23, 2018
32
A Bag of Marbles (Un sac de billes) (2018)

M. Faust

Lacks dramatic impact.
Posted May 9, 2018
33
Foxtrot (2018)

M. Faust

Surreal, mysterious, and emotionally gripping, Foxtrot is a masterful piece of cinema.
Posted May 9, 2018
34
1945 (2017)

M. Faust

1945 benefits from its leanness. [...] The film's 90 minutes are unhurried but inexorable.
Posted May 2, 2018
35
Super Troopers 2 (2018)

M. Faust

It doesn't have too many big laughs, but I chuckled pretty consistently form beginning to end.
Posted Apr 25, 2018
36
I Feel Pretty (2018)

M. Faust

I Feel Pretty is the apparent result of someone advising Amy Schumer to tone down her edginess in order to win a wider audience.
Posted Apr 25, 2018
37
Love After Love (2018)

M. Faust

Maybe the most damaging factor is that [director Russ] Harbaugh does nothing to establish that the paterfamilias, first seen in reasonably good health at a family gathering, is such an emotional touchstone to his wife and sons.
Posted Apr 25, 2018
38
You Were Never Really Here (2018)

M. Faust

It seems to me that Ramsey's achievement here is to take an unpleasant genre exercise and make it into one that is merely frustrating.
Posted Apr 18, 2018
39
Final Portrait (2018)

M. Faust

It's a most unstodgy movie about that dullest of dramatic premises, the Artistic Process.
Posted Apr 18, 2018
40
The Death of Stalin (2018)

M. Faust

Even if the motivations and events aren't always clear, the performances are often hilarious.
Posted Apr 4, 2018
41
The Road Movie (2018)

M. Faust

If you only have time for one film this week, by all means get to the jaw-dropping The Road Movie.
Posted Apr 4, 2018
42
The Leisure Seeker (2018)

M. Faust

It's a particular pleasure to see Sutherland in a leading role, as he's so seldom ever in his long career been given the opportunity to carry a film.
Posted Apr 4, 2018
43
The Last Suit (El último traje) (2018)

M. Faust

[Pablo] Solarz may be able to claim that it is based on a true story, but drama requires more than that.
Posted Mar 21, 2018
44
The Party (2018)

M. Faust

It could and probably should have been longer, and the ending feels like the punchline to a sketch-but it is a corker.
Posted Mar 21, 2018
45
Game Night (2018)

M. Faust

Game Night takes a long time to get rolling. At least the first third is nothing but drab exposition and characterization...but it has enough well-executed bits to make you hope that John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein keep honing their craft.
Posted Feb 28, 2018
46
Annihilation (2018)

M. Faust

The movie may be cerebral, but it also packs a gut punch.
Posted Feb 28, 2018
47
Nostalgia (2018)

M. Faust

While most everyone will be able to identify with at least some of the arguments on hand, the ideas are on the whole less compelling than the skill with which the cast delivers them
Posted Feb 28, 2018
48
Happy End (2017)

M. Faust

Haneke has a firm enough grip on the traditional tools of making movies that you remain involved through two hours of this even if you're never quite sure what it is that you're watching.
Posted Feb 21, 2018
49
The Lodgers (2018)

M. Faust

Director Brian O'Malley (Let Us Prey) matches his setting with suitable sound effects and a properly creepy finale.
Posted Feb 21, 2018
50
Double Lover (L'amant double) (2018)

M. Faust

Double Lover starts out sedately enough, but don't let that fool you.
Posted Feb 14, 2018