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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
McQueen (2018)
2
Unfriended: Dark Web (2018)
An initially clever exercise winds up feeling like the wrong kind of hackwork.
Posted Jul 19, 2018
3
Winter Brothers (2018)
The cast, including Victoria Carmen Sonne, as the object of both Emil and Johan's affections, and Lars Mikkelsen, as the quarry boss, is uniformly strong and singular.
Posted Jul 19, 2018
4
At almost two hours, the film feels a bit long and suffers from multiple endings, but Okada is clearly a talent to watch.
Posted Jul 19, 2018
5
Path of Blood (2018)
An archival documentary with the pounding, intimate heart of a Michael Mann thriller...
Posted Jul 19, 2018
6
Equalizer 2 (2018)
The film is effective where it needs to be, and if there is an "Equalizer 3," in line to see it is where you'll find me.
Posted Jul 19, 2018
7
Occupation (2018)
This is the rare action movie that's almost more exciting when the characters put down their guns and take up an argument.
Posted Jul 19, 2018
8
Damascus Cover (2018)
9
Love, Cecil (2018)
10
Heels (2018)
Though individual parts work, this indie film from actor-writer-director Ryan Bottiglieri never fully unites its various elements and disparate tones into a well-crafted whole.
Posted Jul 19, 2018
11
A rich, deeply dimensional documentary looking back at the legendary makeup artist who died in 2002 at 40.
Posted Jul 19, 2018
12
Generation Wealth (2018)
"Generation Wealth" is indeed an achievement - a messy, conspicuous and sporadically absorbing one.
Posted Jul 19, 2018
13
Broken Star (2018)
14
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
The rare sequel so unexpectedly enchanting that it plays less like a rehash than a reclamation.
Posted Jul 19, 2018
15
Rememory (2017)
16
Poor Boy (2018)
there's something intoxicating about the vibe of "Poor Boy." It's a world you want to explore more, and Pucci's Romeo is a character worth falling in love with.
Posted Jul 16, 2018
17
An affectionate, sympathetic work...
Posted Jul 16, 2018
18
The thriller version of comfort film. It's something we can return to with complete confidence in what we're getting into.
Posted Jul 13, 2018
19
Awkwardly assembled but compelling...
Posted Jul 12, 2018
20
A.i. Tales (2018)
Repeatedly in "A.I. Tales" big science-fiction ideas take a backseat to earnest, muted human drama.
Posted Jul 12, 2018
21
Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape (2018)
If the show's hilarious first half gives way to a more modestly amusing second part, "Noble Ape" remains good, clean, relatable fun.
Posted Jul 12, 2018
22
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (2018)
The intimate documentary "Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda" finds the accomplished composer in a deeply introspective place in both his life and career.
Posted Jul 12, 2018
23
Shock and Awe (2018)
24
7 Splinters in Time (2018)
Despite an ambitious premise and style, the neo-noir sci-fi indie is a fractured narrative that can't achieve what its lofty ideas intend.
Posted Jul 12, 2018
25
No matter how spare and arty "The Night Eats the World" is, there's nothing here that hasn't been done before.
Posted Jul 12, 2018
26
Cocteau's fluid mastery of the material brings aesthetic sanity to the psychological conflicts.
Posted Jul 12, 2018
27
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29
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2018)
Darned if Casey Wilder Mott's feature directorial debut doesn't prove to be a disarmingly effective, visually vibrant frolic.
Posted Jul 11, 2018
30
Eighth Grade (2018)
More than anything, this emotionally unsparing but never-punishing movie feels like the work of someone who kept his eyes and ears wide open.
Posted Jul 11, 2018
31
The Devil's Doorway (2018)
"The Devil's Doorway" can't overcome the clichés of either the found-footage format or the "Satan is real!" sub-genre.
Posted Jul 11, 2018
32
Angels on Tap (2018)
33
Ibiza (2018)
34
Skyscraper (2018)
If all this digital artifice accomplishes anything, it effectively heightens the irreducible flesh-and-blood realism of the movie's star.
Posted Jul 11, 2018
35
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti (2018)
Immersive, strikingly shot, wisely telescoped...
Posted Jul 10, 2018
36
Custody (Jusqu'à la garde) (2018)
"Custody" can be difficult, even wrenching to watch, but it always plays fair with the audience, and the experience, worth every minute expended, is impossible to forget.
Posted Jul 10, 2018
37
Siberia (2018)
While "Siberia" has designs on combining thriller elements with a serious romantic drama about love, commitment and masculine codes of honor, it doesn't work out that way.
Posted Jul 10, 2018
38
39
Under the Tree (Undir trénu) (2018)
A blacker than black comedy that is so savage you often don't know whether to shudder or laugh.
Posted Jul 5, 2018
40
Sunset Society (2018)
Devotees of Sunset Strip rock decadence may enjoy the general seediness. Horror hounds will likely feel bored, confused and more than a little ripped-off.
Posted Jul 5, 2018
41
Likable, thanks to the obvious affection and compassion that the filmmakers and their leading actor have for men like Buck.
Posted Jul 5, 2018
42
King of Peking (2017)
"King of Peking" has many charms, but its passion for cinema is its most infectious.
Posted Jul 5, 2018
43
Whitney (2018)
It cannot fail to move and disturb with a story so compelling you can't turn away even if you know the outcome. Maybe especially if you know the outcome.
Posted Jul 5, 2018
44
To its credit, the film eschews excess gore and mayhem, largely making its points in more subtly incisive ways.
Posted Jul 5, 2018
45
Moss (2018)
[A] sluggish if earnestly authentic tale.
Posted Jul 5, 2018
46
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Gathers up an eclectic range of influences... and pushes them rambunctiously forward, into a genre that might be described as intersectional screwball science fiction.
Posted Jul 5, 2018
47
The Cakemaker (2018)
The most fascinating kind of tension results, an unusual state of affairs that plays fair with the characters, and with us.
Posted Jul 5, 2018
48
The Lighthouse (2018)
49
The First Purge (2018)
50
The Misandrists (2018)