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Offscreen Central is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Billie Melissa, Jillian Chilingerian, Lauren Coates, Nicole Ackman.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
Queer (2024) Jillian Chilingerian The lengths of wanting acceptance so much it will drive you to the end of the world, Luca Guadagnino’s Queer is a sticky mythical inferno of inner demons and the pining to be loved.
Posted Dec 18, 2024  Edit critic review
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) Jillian Chilingerian A defining film of bravery and the power art has in times of unrest, The Seed of the Sacred Fig focuses on the universal foundation of the family dynamic in the most severe circumstances.
Posted Dec 17, 2024  Edit critic review
Bird (2024) Jillian Chilingerian A children’s fable comes to life, Bird documents the adultification of young women tasked with keeping a broken world and broken family together in hopes of a future.
Posted Dec 16, 2024  Edit critic review
Maria (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Completing his trilogy of highly publicized iconic women from the 20th century, Pablo Larraín enlists Angelia Jolie in a hazy commanding depiction of the original diva, Maria Callas.
Posted Dec 11, 2024  Edit critic review
Wicked (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Jon M. Chu’s Wicked is a heartfelt gift to the world in a dazzling world building spectacle of whimsy and magic all pointing to the power of kindness changing people for good in the midst of darkness.
Posted Nov 19, 2024  Edit critic review
Small Things Like These (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Small Things Like These is one of the most important films of the year not only for women but for society to hold up a mirror on its complicity and guilt.
Posted Nov 08, 2024  Edit critic review
Conclave (2024) Jillian Chilingerian In a very Mean Girl-esque demeanor, Edward Berger attempts to construct a thriller on one of the most ancient traditions in the world, selecting the next pope.
Posted Oct 31, 2024  Edit critic review
A Real Pain (2024) Jillian Chilingerian In the era of trauma dump and trauma porn, Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain has an articulate profound conversation of collectivism and individualism as a heartfelt examination of how one navigates and distances the pain of the past and present.
Posted Oct 31, 2024  Edit critic review
Venom: The Last Dance (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Venom: The Last Dance is a sincere finale to one of the greatest love stories ever told: an ex-journalist and his gooey glutinous alien boyfriend.
Posted Oct 31, 2024  Edit critic review
Anora (2024) Jillian Chilingerian a heartbreaking odyssey into the Americana folklore of success and prosperity that ultimately crushes the souls of those dreaming of their fairytale.
Posted Oct 18, 2024  Edit critic review
Seeking Mavis Beacon (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Seeking Mavis Beacon balances intuition versus obsession in a search for an internet icon in a Tumblr core documentary from visionary Jazmin Jones.
Posted Oct 02, 2024  Edit critic review
The Wild Robot (2024) Jillian Chilingerian A testament to kindness, The Wild Robot is a sophisticated soliloquy of lush layers and aural awakenings that will make you want to hug your mother and tell her ‘I love you.’
Posted Sep 25, 2024  Edit critic review
Transformers One (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Those images of a younger Megatron and Optimus Prime fist bumping with the promise of having each other’s backs no matter what is the final knife in the chest as we all know what is to come for these former friends.
Posted Sep 13, 2024  Edit critic review
My Old Ass (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Megan Park’s My Old Ass takes the idea “what would you tell your younger self” literally with a drug-induced trip that suggests maybe it’s better to experience the highs and lows of life than avoid them in fear of heartbreak and disappointment.
Posted Sep 11, 2024  Edit critic review
His Three Daughters (2023) Jillian Chilingerian An observational drama set in the confines of a New York City apartment, Azazel Jacobs conducts a candid portrait of sisterhood and sorrow in His Three Daughters.
Posted Sep 05, 2024  Edit critic review
The Instigators (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Significantly dialing down the sexiness and suave of a typical heist film for a more jaded approach, The Instigators is a nice reunion of the infamous Affleck/Damon pair-up for the everyday Bostonian.
Posted Aug 01, 2024  Edit critic review
Dìdi (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Sean Wang’s Dìdi is a truthful trip back to 2008 in the messiness and self-sabotage nature of finding one’s self during the early teen years.
Posted Jul 26, 2024  Edit critic review
Twisters (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Twisters proves the novelty the original has grown into while showing itself as a carbon copy remake that never finds its legs to qualify as a true stand-alone, but Glen Powell sure looked great.
Posted Jul 17, 2024  Edit critic review
Touch (2024) Jillian Chilingerian A gentle cross-cultural decade-spanning love story, Touch represents the impact a first love can have on the rest of one’s life.
Posted Jul 12, 2024  Edit critic review
Despicable Me 4 (2024) Jillian Chilingerian If there is anything that Despicable Me 4 proves, it’s that the minions will outlast humanity.
Posted Jul 04, 2024  Edit critic review
A Family Affair (2024) Jillian Chilingerian A Family Affair is a reminder that movie stars still exist and their names are Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron.
Posted Jun 28, 2024  Edit critic review
Inside Out 2 (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Inside Out 2 is a safe play for Pixar but continues building out the intricacies of Riley’s mind with an accurate conceptualization of anxiety.
Posted Jun 27, 2024  Edit critic review
Kinds of Kindness (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Part Dekalog, part hipster sketch show, part children’s tall tale, Kinds of Kindness is a deeply comedic return to freak form for Yorgos Lanthimos as he explores the desperation spectrum of co-dependent humanity.
Posted Jun 14, 2024  Edit critic review
Robot Dreams (2023) Jillian Chilingerian Adapted from the beloved graphic novel of the same name, but injected with a New York ambiance, Robot Dreams delivers one of the most humanistic depictions of memories and loss through a robot and dog’s love story.
Posted Jun 03, 2024  Edit critic review
Handling the Undead (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Thea Hvistendahl’s Handling the Undead reimagines the typical zombie flick through a sedated meditation on what defines the living: having a body or possessing a soul?
Posted May 31, 2024  Edit critic review
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Furiosa is a two-hour teaser feat that pays homage to Charlize Theron’s interpretation of the character and gives the official myth-making treatment to the reclamation of the Wasteland.
Posted May 25, 2024  Edit critic review
Hit Man (2023) Jillian Chilingerian More Glen Powell and Richard Linklater movies because Hit Man is the real deal.
Posted May 23, 2024  Edit critic review
The Fall Guy (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Love, fire, and spicy margaritas, The Fall Guy is a full-blown blockbuster encasing a romantic comedy led by the delectable Ryan Gosling that is devoted to the heroes of film: stunt teams.
Posted May 03, 2024  Edit critic review
Challengers (2024) Jillian Chilingerian A tedious edging playing like a sexy mind game for the intellectual, Luca Guadagnino's Challengers serves up a techno ménage à trois dominating its audience into a lustful climax.
Posted Apr 23, 2024  Edit critic review
The Greatest Hits (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Music holds a place in life that is unlike anything else, its ability to transport people back to certain moments, places, and people is unmatchable. Taking this concept, director Ned Benson crafts a harmonious fantasy-romance of reflection.
Posted Apr 18, 2024  Edit critic review
Monkey Man (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Dev Patel comes swinging full force in his directorial debut, Monkey Man, crafting an all-consuming revenge tale that seeks out moments of reflection in a cinematic showcase of passion for the first-time filmmaker.
Posted Apr 11, 2024  Edit critic review
La Chimera (2023) Jillian Chilingerian La Chimera is to experience film through the lens of childhood curiosity and trust Alice Rohrwacher as she breaks all the rules to fully entrench the mystique and beauty of Italian cinema from past to present.
Posted Mar 28, 2024  Edit critic review
Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Sixteen years after the original, the Kung Fu Panda universe continues to expand in the fourth installment. It feels like reuniting with the best of your childhood for another destructive adventure
Posted Mar 20, 2024  Edit critic review
A
Every Little Thing (2024) Lauren Coates Through simple, thoughtful filmmaking choices and an eloquent, honest subject, “Every Little Thing” (like the birds themselves) is a small but mighty documentary that finds beauty in the little things.
Posted Mar 20, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
Frida (2024) Lauren Coates It’s not the first film to tackle the wild, colorful world of Kahlo, and it won’t be the last, but Gutierrez’s stylistic sensibilities lend “Frida” a vibrance and rawness to her story that transcends typical documentary filmmaking convention.
Posted Mar 20, 2024  Edit critic review
A-
Kneecap (2024) Lauren Coates Fierce, foul-mouthed, and spearheaded by Peppiatt’s fearless direction, Kneecap pays delightful, dirty homage to a trio of unlikely revolutionaries.
Posted Mar 20, 2024  Edit critic review
Love Lies Bleeding (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Gooey gory deliciousness, Rose Glass’s Love Lies Bleeding is a concoction of genres and themes into one late-night love odyssey.
Posted Mar 07, 2024  Edit critic review
Spaceman (2024) Jillian Chilingerian Like stepping into a planetarium, Johan Renck’s Spaceman is a somber psychoanalysis into the mysterious depths of the human psyche led by a stunning subdued Adam Sandler.
Posted Feb 28, 2024  Edit critic review
The Taste of Things (2023) Jillian Chilingerian Following a French gourmet chef and his head cook, two experts in the culinary craft, director Trần Anh Hùng examines food as a love language to symbolize the human connection to emotional and sentimental moments in life.
Posted Feb 09, 2024  Edit critic review
The Killer (2023) Jillian Chilingerian Within the first five seconds, The Killer gives off major Cool Girl energy as David Fincher’s sleekest film It is a true, technical treat for longtime Fincher Fans, proving why he is a master of the digital film age.
Posted Nov 14, 2023  Edit critic review
Something from Tiffany's (2022) Jillian Chilingerian Like something from Tiffany’s, this comfort romance movie is wrapped in a glossy gift box that uses style to distract from its under-baked supporting characters.
Posted Jul 25, 2023  Edit critic review
One Fine Morning (2022) Jillian Chilingerian Visual virtuoso Mia Hansen-Løve composes a light, honest story that strikes an emotional chord as it looks at the impact of love on Lea Seydoux’s graceful Sandra.
Posted Jul 25, 2023  Edit critic review
"Sr." (2022) Jillian Chilingerian Though posed as a documentary, SR. is actually a love story between two generations that turns into an emotional farewell for its antiestablishment subject.
Posted Jul 25, 2023  Edit critic review
Spoiler Alert (2022) Jillian Chilingerian Spoiler Alert is a sentimental snapshot of a relationship with an inevitable ending that shares the importance of grasping onto something you love before it leaves you through
Posted Jul 25, 2023  Edit critic review
Joyland (2022) Jillian Chilingerian In his debut feature, Saim Sadiq crafts a story sensitive in nature and vibrant in visuals while tackling divided gender roles and repressed sexual desires in his homeland of Pakistan.
Posted Jul 25, 2023  Edit critic review
Nanny (2022) Jillian Chilingerian By using layered storytelling and mystical visuals, Nikyatu Jusu blends horror and social issues to reimagine the American dream.
Posted Jul 25, 2023  Edit critic review
Holy Spider (2022) Jillian Chilingerian Holy Spider is an unsettling, impactful analysis on how misogyny and gender-based violence outlast the actions of one man due to environments and attitudes that allow it to persevere.
Posted Jul 25, 2023  Edit critic review
Bones and All (2022) Jillian Chilingerian Bones and All is a deeply humanistic story of impossible love as two drifters search for their idea of home.
Posted Jul 25, 2023  Edit critic review
Close (2022) Jillian Chilingerian Lukas Dhont uses the relationship between two adolescent boys as a cathartic study on the intersectionality of friendship, identity, masculinity, and grief.
Posted Jul 25, 2023  Edit critic review
Cat Person (2023) Jillian Chilingerian Cat Person is an honest depiction of female discomfort in the modern world of dating that will spark further discussion around gray areas and consent and even hit too close to home for my own dating experiences.
Posted Jul 25, 2023  Edit critic review
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