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Ryan Silberstein

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

Ryan Silberstein is a Philadelphia-based critic, Managing Editor at MovieJawn, and co-host of I Saw It in a Movie podcast. He writes about new and old films of all kinds.

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http://moviejawn.com/

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Blue Moon (2025) 90% EDIT “Lorenz Hart was a hard man to love in life, but on the screen, he escapes the dark alleys of his addictions and may finally reach the firmament.” – MovieJawn Oct 25, 2025 Full Review Hedda (2025) 89% EDIT “DaCosta continues to explore the cost of a “free choice”—the collateral damage spilling out from willful people as they attempt to reshape the world around them. Hedda Gabler is no different. ” – MovieJawn Oct 25, 2025 Full Review One Battle After Another (2025) 94% EDIT “One Battle After Another is one of the best movies of the year because it so deftly diagnoses America and reflects our world back at us. Holding up the mirror is scary, but ultimately necessary.” – MovieJawn Sep 25, 2025 Full Review Riefenstahl (2024) 97% EDIT “The art reveals the artist, and Leni Riefenstahl’s art reveals that her attraction to fascist ideals was a lifelong one. While there is certainly stunning imagery in her films, perhaps now we can finally leave her where she belongs, in history’s dust bin.” – MovieJawn Sep 8, 2025 Full Review Relay (2024) 82% EDIT “Relay, which looked like a promising thriller from a proven director and established cast, feels so disappointing. In the handoff from idea to execution, where did the message become garbled?” – MovieJawn Aug 22, 2025 Full Review The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) 86% EDIT “Fantastic Four: First Steps is truly a small part of Jack Kirby’s actual legacy, but one that I hope introduces him to legions of new appreciators.” – MovieJawn Jul 24, 2025 Full Review Eddington (2025) 68% EDIT “Eddington looks distinctly at the present and presents the rise of conspiracy theory thinking and clashing realities as an inevitable outcome of the course we have been on this whole time.” – MovieJawn Jul 18, 2025 Full Review Superman (2025) 83% EDIT “It feels like Gunn the studio head got in the way of Gunn the filmmaker, and I cannot recall another movie that feels like it was hit with a thousand studio notes from the person who also wrote and directed the film.” – MovieJawn Jul 10, 2025 Full Review F1 The Movie (2025) 82% EDIT “F1: The Movie is a technical marvel, and while I enjoyed watching it, it lacks the emotional character moments that give sports dramas their impact.” – MovieJawn Jun 26, 2025 Full Review Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) 80% EDIT “The Final Reckoning shows that a world on autopilot puts us closer to destruction because it allows things like disinformation and paranoia to run rampant, with bad actors like The Entity...stoking those fears and sowing distrust.” – MovieJawn May 21, 2025 Full Review The Phoenician Scheme (2025) 77% EDIT “Del Toro gives my favorite performance of his career so far, as a man not only broken by his own tortured upbringing but also remains fractured because of his insatiable need for business power and acclaim.” – MovieJawn May 20, 2025 Full Review Sinners (2025) 97% EDIT “Sinners is a grand vision, an ecstatic claim to American history as well as the vampire genre that entertains as much as it provokes.” – MovieJawn Apr 21, 2025 Full Review White with Fear (2024) 94% EDIT “White With Fear is like watching an avalanche form in slow motion, feeling helpless while it gathers enough rage to bury us all.” – MovieJawn Mar 20, 2025 Full Review Centered: Joe Lieberman (2025) EDIT “While not everything Lieberman did was outright awful, it is interesting to see what things this idealized portrait thinks are worth celebrating and what things are entirely omitted.” – MovieJawn Mar 20, 2025 Full Review Black Bag (2025) 96% EDIT “In a spy thriller that eschews car chases, death-defying stunts, or even a serious shootout, Koepp’s witty script and Soderbergh’s masterful, controlled direction wring innumerable drops of tension out of every single scene.” – MovieJawn Mar 11, 2025 Full Review Wolf Man (2025) 48% EDIT “Leigh Whannell’s take on the classic werewolf story offers solid body horror but not much else. ” – MovieJawn Jan 17, 2025 Full Review A Complete Unknown (2024) 82% EDIT “While lush and beautiful, A Complete Unknown falls far short of capturing anything essential about its subject other than how fleeting his presence can be even to those who seem closest to him. His secrets are still concealed. ” – MovieJawn Dec 23, 2024 Full Review The Order (2024) 93% EDIT “While it is objectively satisfying to see white supremacists taken down, The Order does not offer much else in terms of substance.” – MovieJawn Dec 6, 2024 Full Review Emilia Pérez (2024) 71% EDIT “Audiard attempts to combine elements from the telenova and musical modes to reflect the film’s Mexican setting and to allow for more emotional expression than is typically found in a thriller. ” – MovieJawn Nov 14, 2024 Full Review A Real Pain (2024) 96% EDIT “. A Real Pain does specifically explore the feeling of generational trauma left behind in the wake of the Shoah, but it...pursues these questions with a combination of empathy and humor, which also stems from its Jewish Millennial worldview. ” – MovieJawn Nov 13, 2024 Full Review Here (2024) 36% EDIT “There are moments throughout Here that shine, and it is impressive how well-realized many of the characters are, even with limited time on screen.” – MovieJawn Nov 1, 2024 Full Review Conclave (2024) 93% EDIT “After a steady, thoughtful first two acts, Conclave takes its focus off the characters and the ideologies at play within the Sistine Chapel, an error compounded by the rushed nature of the film’s final twist.” – MovieJawn Oct 23, 2024 Full Review Piece By Piece (2024) 83% EDIT “Where the film shines is in its expressions of Williams’ creativity and the emotions he puts into his music.” – MovieJawn Oct 10, 2024 Full Review Megalopolis (2024) 46% EDIT “Megalopolis deserves to be considered in conversation with The Godfather and Apocalypse Now not just as explorations of the American Empire, but as proof to the power of cinema to convey the nuance and complexity that shapes the human experience itself.” – MovieJawn Sep 27, 2024 Full Review Transformers One (2024) 89% EDIT “Transformers: One succeeds as a prequel because it cares about the characters at its heart.” – MovieJawn Sep 27, 2024 Full Review
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