The Public (Buffalo)
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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
Ben is Back (2018)
The pacing is the key element here by which the film engages our sympathies for these characters without sinking into melodrama
Posted Jan 17, 2019
2
They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
It is a film about soldiers, and one of the best ever made on the subject.
Posted Jan 17, 2019
3
The Mule (2018)
It's not a great movie, not by a long shot, but there's great stuff in it from an American filmmaker who is still full of ambition and surprises.
Posted Dec 20, 2018
4
Swimming with Men (2018)
The film manages to send you off smiling after an endearing post script...
Posted Dec 14, 2018
5
Maria By Callas (2018)
If you're not already a fan, though, you won't find much here to draw you in...
Posted Dec 14, 2018
6
The Mercy (2018)
7
The Favourite (2018)
The Favourite is a film that will be admired more than loved, but there's nothing at all wrong with that.
Posted Dec 14, 2018
8
The Front Runner (2018)
[Jackman] captures the self-confidence bordering on arrogance that blinded Hart to the precariousness of his position...
Posted Dec 3, 2018
9
What They Had (2018)
It's heartfelt, and generally thoughtful, but nonetheless awfully familiar. But that hardly matters when you have a cast like this.
Posted Nov 16, 2018
10
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
The moment that will be McCarthy's Oscar clip (there's no doubt she'll get a nomination) comes when she stands before a judge and manages to be both contrite and yet triumphant...
Posted Nov 15, 2018
11
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
12
Chasing the Blues (2018)
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
13
Colette (2018)
14
Lizzie (2018)
15
The Wife (2018)
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
16
Wanda (1971)
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
17
Pick of the Litter (2018)
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
18
Memoir of War (La douleur) (2018)
Thierry's stoic performance and Finkiel's evocation of atmosphere envelop the viewer in a fever dream of dread.
Posted Sep 6, 2018
19
Juliet, Naked (2018)
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
20
The Bookshop (2018)
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
21
The Little Stranger (2018)
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
22
Puzzle (2018)
23
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
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
24
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
25
McQueen (2018)
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
26
The Cakemaker (2018)
The Cakemaker is a movie of subtle, melancholy pleasures.
Posted Jul 26, 2018
27
This is clearly one of van Sant's mainstream projects, though not without a certain amount of directorial flair.
Posted Jul 26, 2018
28
Three Identical Strangers (2018)
29
Leave No Trace (2018)
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
30
Yellow Submarine (1968)
31
Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
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
32
American Animals (2018)
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
33
[It] includes both concert footage and an examination of the private woman behind the flamboyant stage performer.
Posted Jun 13, 2018
34
Adrift (2018)
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
35
On Chesil Beach (2018)
36
Hereditary (2018)
Hereditary is undeniably scary and unusually well-crafted, but eventually less than the sum of its parts.
Posted Jun 7, 2018
37
Beast (2018)
38
The Rider (2018)
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
39
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
40
[Pope Francis: A Man of His Word] is genuinely inspirational, and these days that counts for something.
Posted May 23, 2018
41
Goodland (2018)
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
42
Lacks dramatic impact.
Posted May 9, 2018
43
Foxtrot (2018)
Surreal, mysterious, and emotionally gripping, Foxtrot is a masterful piece of cinema.
Posted May 9, 2018
44
1945 (2017)
1945 benefits from its leanness. [...] The film's 90 minutes are unhurried but inexorable.
Posted May 2, 2018
45
Super Troopers 2 (2018)
It doesn't have too many big laughs, but I chuckled pretty consistently form beginning to end.
Posted Apr 25, 2018
46
I Feel Pretty (2018)
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
47
Love After Love (2018)
48
You Were Never Really Here (2018)
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
49
Final Portrait (2018)
It's a most unstodgy movie about that dullest of dramatic premises, the Artistic Process.
Posted Apr 18, 2018
50
The Death of Stalin (2018)