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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
Caprice (1967)
The construction is so flimsy and the presentation so poor that those usually competent performers come through looking like halfwits and dopes.
Posted Nov 16, 2018
2
The Crazy-Quilt (1966)
3
Green Book (2018)
There's not much here you haven't seen before, and very little that can't be described as crude, obvious and borderline offensive, even as it tries to be uplifting and affirmative.
Posted Nov 15, 2018
4
At Eternity's Gate (2018)
5
A Delicate Balance (1973)
6
A Distant Trumpet (1964)
It takes a heap of loafing to make a Western film so dull you even lose interest in watching the horses and the stunt men doing their stuff.
Posted Nov 15, 2018
7
Instant Family (2018)
Every hurt gets a balm applied real quick, the better to get to the next classic-rock-scored feel-good montage.
Posted Nov 15, 2018
8
Of Fathers and Sons (2018)
9
Miss Dalí (2018)
Relentless, spell-it-all-out dialogue is wedded to a clunky visual approach that's pretty much the cinema equivalent of a wikiHow entry.
Posted Nov 15, 2018
10
The Last Race (2018)
11
Jonathan (2018)
The movie, itself somewhat torn in sensibility, permits itself an easy out.
Posted Nov 15, 2018
12
CAM (2018)
"Cam" is more successful as an oddly feminist tale of gutsy self-reliance than as a fully developed drama.
Posted Nov 15, 2018
13
Mobile Homes (2018)
If only Vladimir de Fontenay's film could match the sheer expressive power of its actress.
Posted Nov 15, 2018
14
Under the Wire (2018)
A movie that aches with bereavement.
Posted Nov 15, 2018
15
The Clovehitch Killer (2018)
McDermott is admirably unsettling, and Luke McCoubrey's artfully sterile cinematography adds an air of suffocating wholesomeness that can make you squirm.
Posted Nov 15, 2018
16
Widows (2018)
A fascinating and sometimes frustrating hybrid, a film that tries both to transcend and to exploit its genre.
Posted Nov 15, 2018
17
The Way We Were (1973)
18
It's all a bit too ludicrous to be sensuous or unsettling, or ultimately all that insightful.
Posted Nov 14, 2018
19
Shoah: Four Sisters (2018)
20
The version on Netflix is even sharper and more incisive than I remember, showcasing a type of harsh, honest humor that's distinctly Latinx.
Posted Nov 13, 2018
21
Dead Man (1995)
When Dead Man is imagining the Wild West as an infernal landscape of death, it is furiously alive. When it tries to reflect on those images, it begins to nod out.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
22
Rowling has surrendered to her maximalist tendencies and so cluttered up the story that you spend far too much time trying to untangle who did what to whom and why.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
23
Overlord (2018)
Avery deftly orchestrates some grisly, intense set pieces. He delivers on the thrills, even if the story leaves something to be desired.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
24
Outlaw King (2018)
Why do moviemakers insist on telling historical stories when they're really just interested in costumes and war?
Posted Nov 8, 2018
25
The New Romantic (2018)
Mirroring its green protagonist, "The New Romantic" presents an image of sophistication while playing with ideas that are out of its depth.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
26
El Angel (El ángel) (2018)
"El Angel" seems expressly designed to offer no insight - only an invitation to gaze into a terrifying black hole.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
27
Postcards From London (2018)
[It] may not make for a particularly involving narrative experience. But it sure is nice to look at.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
28
Chef Flynn (2018)
"Chef Flynn" is an engaging documentary about McGarry's boy-to-man journey, which concludes as he prepares to open his own restaurant in Manhattan.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
29
In a Relationship (2018)
"In a Relationship" has a smudged tenderness and almost nostalgic sweetness, as if we're watching these characters painfully learn everything that we already know.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
30
Infinite Football (2018)
This relatively short film contains worlds.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
31
Number 37 (Nommer 37) (2018)
Cheerfully derivative yet doggedly entertaining, "Number 37" benefits from Dumisa's slick execution and impressive acting by her small cast.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
32
Pimp (2018)
33
Weightless (2018)
Here, deeply damaged people are prone to exasperating decisions. Yet these characters are so strikingly realized that you can't help but care for them.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
34
Here and Now (Blue Night) (2018)
35
The Long Dumb Road (2018)
The leads' chemistry nearly redeems this shopworn setup, and the movie is at its best when it simply chills out with them.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
36
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
[It] can be thought of as a Coen brothers concept album. It works just fine in sequence, but some tracks... only need to be played once.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
37
Don Juan DeMarco (1994)
38
The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
Even the tattoo is worse.
Posted Nov 7, 2018
39
The Grinch (2018)
40
Real Steel (2011)
41
Narcissister Organ Player (2018)
The contradictory goals of the film seem fitting, given the nature of Narcissister's art, and she reconciles them well.
Posted Nov 6, 2018
42
The Front Runner (2018)
43
Nobody's Fool (2018)
If the movie's looseness lets in an excess of dead air, "Nobody's Fool" is still dotted with pleasures besides those Haddish brings.
Posted Nov 2, 2018
44
Classical Period (2018)
45
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
What we have is something of a seductive tease, a haunted film that at times entrances and delights and at times offends and embarrasses.
Posted Nov 1, 2018
46
9 Fingers (9 doigts) (2017)
Some striking scenes notwithstanding, this movie doesn't achieve the delirium it aspires to. It's often flat and tame, and obvious in the wrong ways...
Posted Nov 1, 2018
47
Instead of exploring or deconstructing [Welles'] genius, Neville seems interested in putting it into tidy boxes.
Posted Nov 1, 2018
48
Maria By Callas (2018)
A documentary that revitalizes history through primary sources, to illuminating, at times enthralling effect.
Posted Nov 1, 2018
49
Distant Constellation (2018)
Said to be intended as a reflection on shifts in Turkish history and identity, it is too diffuse and withholding to add up to a cogent result.
Posted Nov 1, 2018
50