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Loren King

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Sinners (2025) 97% EDIT “Like Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Coogler’s bra­vura filmmaking brings a mythic approach to a sinister, larger than life story.” – Newport This Week (RI) May 16, 2025 Full Review The Friend (2024) 84% EDIT ““The Friend” sneaks up on you. It’s a sweet charmer that by the end, becomes a moving tale of what it means to be human, which is all it really takes to love a pet.” – Newport This Week (RI) May 16, 2025 Full Review Bob Trevino Likes It (2024) 95% EDIT “[There are] more than a few plot holes. But these are filled by two subtle and memorable performances that deliver ordinary, wounded, yet be­lievable characters not often found on screen.” – Newport This Week (RI) May 1, 2025 Full Review Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025) 100% EDIT “A moving personal account of how quickly helplessness slides into hopelessness. But in its portrait of an ordinary man who followed his conscience, the film offers a lesson far beyond a Russian classroom.” – Newport This Week (RI) May 1, 2025 Full Review The Penguin Lessons (2024) 78% EDIT “The film may be too light for such a dark time, but it’s hard not to root for The Penguin Lessons and its story of unlikely alliances that nudge the wounded toward redemption.” – Newport This Week (RI) May 1, 2025 Full Review Merkel (2022) 86% EDIT “Director Eva Weber’s well-crafted and surprisingly entertaining film pro­vides not just important historical context but also illuminates the forces that shaped her character and world view.” – Newport This Week (RI) May 1, 2025 Full Review Pangolin: Kulu's Journey (2025) EDIT “A revelatory look at one of the oddest and most en­dangered mammals on earth.” – Newport This Week (RI) May 1, 2025 Full Review The President's Wife (2023) 88% EDIT “This wildly entertaining film blends stylish family soap opera with intriguing behind the scenes political drama, and gives the brilliant Catherine Deneuve a great late career role as Bernadette, the former First Lady of France” – AWFJ.org Apr 22, 2025 Full Review We Were Dangerous (2024) 97% EDIT “From its opening frame, Māori filmmaker Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu’s alternately enraging and celebratory. Set in 1950s New Zealand, the film echoes of Rabbit-Proof Fence in its story of abuse and colonialism but has its own voice and fresh approach.” – AWFJ.org Apr 2, 2025 Full Review Eephus (2024) 100% EDIT “A wholly original, lyrical and even elegiac experience and one of the best baseball movies to come along in years.” – Newport This Week (RI) Mar 22, 2025 Full Review Secret Mall Apartment (2024) 98% EDIT “Beyond the novelty and no­toriety, the film asks broader and more universal questions about gentrification and the role of art in life and in society.” – Newport This Week (RI) Mar 19, 2025 Full Review The Last of the Sea Women (2024) 97% EDIT “A lively and illuminating look at a vanishing way of life.” – Newport This Week (RI) Mar 8, 2025 Full Review Wish You Were Here (2025) 33% EDIT “The charm and charisma of both Fuhrman and Massoud triumph over senti­mentality.” – Newport This Week (RI) Mar 8, 2025 Full Review The Brutalist (2024) 93% EDIT “There’s no denying Bro­dy’s commanding screen presence as a wounded man in a new land trying to reconcile his artistry with his demons past and present. It’s his most dynamic role since his Oscar winner, “The Pianist.”” – Newport This Week (RI) Feb 19, 2025 Full Review The Fire Inside (2024) 93% EDIT “The rapport between Henry’s coach and Destiny’s battling ath­lete is depicted with such empathy and realism that it doesn’t matter if you’ve seen movies like this before.” – Newport This Week (RI) Jan 17, 2025 Full Review September 5 (2024) 92% EDIT “The tense film, featuring a stellar en­semble cast and seamless editing that blends archival and dramatic footage, deserves audience and awards attention.” – Newport This Week (RI) Jan 17, 2025 Full Review Porcelain War (2024) 96% EDIT “The film is an immediate and gripping look at life during wartime, thanks to remarkable, on-the-ground footage shot by Stefanov, a first-time cinematographer. ” – Newport This Week (RI) Jan 17, 2025 Full Review Conclave (2024) 93% EDIT “For anyone craving an old-fashioned, polished, riveting, supremely entertaining melodrama made for adults, Conclave... checks every box.” – Newport This Week (RI) Jan 3, 2025 Full Review Martha (2024) 90% EDIT “Cutler wisely anchors the film with his interview with Stewart and lets her relate her story in her own words. The disarming candor and occasional prickliness is revealing. ” – Newport This Week (RI) Jan 3, 2025 Full Review Woman of the Hour (2023) 91% EDIT “Kendrick deftly juggles timeline and tonal shifts to create a subversive crime thriller, with expected scares and unexpected empathy and humanity.” – Newport This Week (RI) Jan 3, 2025 Full Review Wicked (2024) 88% EDIT “Even when the movie lags and too many characters are crammed into too much plot, “Wicked” re­mains buoyed by the magnetic performances of Erivo and Grande, whose chemistry is evident throughout.” – Newport This Week (RI) Jan 3, 2025 Full Review Sugarcane (2024) 100% EDIT “Unforget­table storytelling and a compas­sionate testament to resiliency.” – Newport This Week (RI) Jan 3, 2025 Full Review A Complete Unknown (2024) 82% EDIT “The film and Chalamet’s perfor­mance capture Dylan’s elusiveness, frequent meanness and arrogance, coupled with his once-in-a-gener­ation talent. ” – Newport This Week (RI) Dec 31, 2024 Full Review Saturday Night (2024) 77% EDIT “A showbiz tale that’s fairly point­less, but still entertaining.” – Newport This Week (RI) Nov 9, 2024 Full Review Lee (2023) 68% EDIT “For those who don’t know much about the fascinating life of pho­tojournalist Lee Miller, “Lee” will immediately send you in search for books, documentaries and archives. That alone is a strong en­dorsement for any biopic.” – Newport This Week (RI) Nov 4, 2024 Full Review
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