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Rania Richardson

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

My favorite film is Jean Cocteau's "Beauty and the Beast" and my mission is to champion the best in American indies and international cinema. I also enjoy supporting female filmmakers from around the globe (Agnes Varda, Jane Campion, Haifaa al-Mansour, Lucrecia Martel, Sophia Coppola, Gurinder Chadha, etc.) After working in marketing and sales for two small independent distributors, I turned to film journalism. From there, my film criticism practice has grown. To a certain extent, I assert my (Eastern Orthodox) Christian point of view in my writing.

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) 81% 4/4 EDIT “Wry and evocative, writer/director Jim Jarmusch’s FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER is a deceptively simple triptych of stories that explores uneasy family dynamics, with fine work from Adam Driver, Charlotte Rampling, and Cate Blanchett.” – Film-Forward.com Dec 22, 2025 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% 4/4 EDIT “A soulful Wagner Moura stars as a fugitive from the corrupt dictatorship of 1970s Brazil in writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s THE SECRET AGENT, a gripping political thriller.” – Film-Forward.com Nov 27, 2025 Full Review The Currents (2025) 100% 3/4 EDIT “A woman’s plunge off a pedestrian bridge into the currents of the Rhône sets off a phobia of water in THE CURRENTS, an elegant portrait from Argentine writer/director Milagros Mumenthaler.” – Film-Forward.com Nov 16, 2025 Full Review When Fall Is Coming (2024) 97% 4/4 EDIT “With an all-around excellent cast, prolific French director François Ozon has crafted an intriguing puzzler in WHEN FALL IS COMING.” – Film-Forward.com Apr 3, 2025 Full Review Three Friends (2024) 90% 3/4 EDIT “Emmanuel Mouret's THREE FRIENDS (Trois Amies) is a sharply written, breezy, and engaging chamber piece set in Lyon.” – Film-Forward.com Mar 8, 2025 Full Review Terrestrial Verses (2023) 96% 4/4 EDIT “Clear. Concise. Devastating. Written and directed by Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami, TERRESTRIAL VERSES presents a litany of restrictions and cruelties that ordinary citizens face in today's Iran.” – Film-Forward.com Dec 24, 2024 Full Review All We Imagine as Light (2024) 100% 4/4 EDIT “ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT is an entrancing depiction of life in contemporary Mumbai, through director Payal Kapadia's female gaze.” – Film-Forward.com Nov 13, 2024 Full Review Kinds of Kindness (2024) 71% 4/4 EDIT “A psychological horror leavened with sly comedy, KINDS OF KINDNESS from Yorgos Lanthimos stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, and Willem Dafoe playing different characters in three audacious, self-contained stories with recurring themes.” – Film-Forward.com Jun 22, 2024 Full Review Return to Reason (2023) 4/4 EDIT “Swirling coils, dancing legs, twitching starfish, and thrown dice are a few of the beguiling visuals in MAN RAY: RETURN TO REASON, a recently released collection of four experimental shorts in the oeuvre of the seminal Dada and Surrealist artist.” – ARTnews May 17, 2024 Full Review Lost in Translation (2003) 95% 3.5/4 EDIT “The culture has shifted in the two decades since Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson bonded in a Tokyo hotel for LOST IN TRANSLATION, one of Sophia Coppola's best.” – AV Club Feb 14, 2024 Full Review Amélie (2001) 90% 3.5/4 EDIT “Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s quirky rom-com AMÉLIE felt like a breath of fresh air when it was released two decades ago. It's just as relevant today, but for different reasons.” – AV Club Feb 14, 2024 Full Review Poor Things (2023) 92% 4/4 EDIT “A deliriously twisted tale directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, POOR THINGS is a sci-fi comedy starring Emma Stone, whose gutsy performance puts her through the wringer. It's another entry in the Greek Weird Wave.” – Film-Forward.com Dec 8, 2023 Full Review Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros (2023) 100% 4/4 EDIT “From veteran documentarian Frederick Wiseman, MENUS-PLAISIRS: LES TROISGROS is a panorama for the mind as well as the senses.” – Film-Forward.com Nov 30, 2023 Full Review Fallen Leaves (2023) 97% 4/4 EDIT “Aki Kaurismäki’s latest film, FALLEN LEAVES, exemplifies a slim version of the director’s perfected brand of tragicomedy.” – Film-Forward.com Oct 27, 2023 Full Review You Hurt My Feelings (2023) 94% 3/4 EDIT “Nicole Holofcener’s YOU HURT MY FEELINGS, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, is a low-key take on the minor struggles of creative New Yorkers, and the impact of white lies. ” – Film-Forward.com Aug 26, 2023 Full Review BlackBerry (2023) 97% 3/4 EDIT “BLACKBERRY is a humorous tale of the men behind the world’s first smartphone-- and its trajectory from breathtaking to cataclysmic.” – Film-Forward.com May 12, 2023 Full Review One Fine Morning (2022) 93% 4/4 EDIT “Understated and deceptively breezy, Mia Hansen-Løve’s ONE FINE MORNING, starring Léa Seydoux, accumulates nuanced moments that add up to a subtly powerful, satisfying work.” – Film-Forward.com Dec 9, 2022 Full Review EO (2022) 96% 3/4 EDIT “Jerzy Skolimowski's EO depicts the turbulent life of a spirited equine.” – Film-Forward.com Nov 18, 2022 Full Review All That Breathes (2022) 99% 3/4 EDIT “ALL THAT BREATHES is a nature documentary that finds beauty within the debris of New Delhi, India, as two brothers rescue injured black kites and ponder the interconnectedness of existence. ” – Film-Forward.com Oct 21, 2022 Full Review Showing Up (2022) 89% 3.5/4 EDIT “Michelle Williams gives an emotionally rich performance in her 4th collaboration with director Kelly Reichardt, in a comedy-drama set at the Oregon College of Art and Craft. Students, faculty, and alumni mark their days in a creative milieu in SHOWING UP.” – ARTnews Oct 7, 2022 Full Review Apples (2020) 93% 4/4 EDIT “A dystopian drama of amnesia and new identities, Christos Nikou’s directorial debut, APPLES, is the latest selection in the Greek Weird Wave.” – Film-Forward.com Jun 23, 2022 Full Review Fire of Love (2022) 98% 3.5/4 EDIT “The love story of married volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft and their shared passion for up-close and personal investigation of volcanoes informs Sara Dosa's FIRE OF LOVE, narrated by Miranda July.” – Film-Forward.com Apr 28, 2022 Full Review The Worst Person in the World (2021) 96% 4/4 EDIT “The worst person label is a misdirection that belies the richly observed characters in Joachim Trier's smart and playful film, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD.” – Film-Forward.com Feb 20, 2022 Full Review Come Back Anytime (2021) 4/4 EDIT “COME BACK ANYTIME is an uplifting film that follows a local elder with a passion, Masamoto Ueda, and his ramen noodle bar in Tokyo. There is no lack of mouthwatering close-ups that will have audiences anticipating their next meal.” – Film-Forward.com Nov 30, 2021 Full Review Passing (2021) 91% 4/4 EDIT “The elegant directorial debut of British-American actress Rebecca Hall, PASSING revolves around two light-skinned Black women following different paths.” – Film-Forward.com Oct 26, 2021 Full Review
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