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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966) Maitland McDonagh Restored version of Italian horror icon Mario Bava's eerie 1966 ghost story burnishes the elegant use of color often blurred on DVDs and older prints.
Posted Sep 27, 2024  Edit critic review
Apocalypse Now Redux (1979) Kevin Lally No matter what you may think of Brando's eccentric interpretation of the demented Kurtz, you can't take your eyes off him.
Posted Sep 22, 2024  Edit critic review
Home (2008) Erica Abeel This original but overlong fable about a family menaced by industrial progress captures fears about a planet out of control.
Posted Mar 29, 2024  Edit critic review
Bodyguard (2011) Maitland McDonagh This spin on the 1992 Kevin Costner/Whitney Houston movie about a bodyguard who falls for his difficult charge is silly and derivative, but sneakily entertaining nonetheless.
Posted Mar 21, 2023  Edit critic review
Lucky (2011) Harry Haun Can a serial killer and a gold-digger find happiness as lottery winners? That's the thin premise of this comedy misfire.
Posted Aug 09, 2021  Edit critic review
Rembrandt's J'Accuse (2008) Ethan Alter Peter Greenaway's probing doc proves that a single picture really is worth a thousand words%u2026or an 86-minute film.
Posted Apr 20, 2021  Edit critic review
One Cut of the Dead (2017) Rebecca Pahle For those resilient enough to make it through to the good bits, One Cut of the Dead proves an original and fun entry into the horror comedy canon.
Posted Dec 21, 2019  Edit critic review
2/5
Midday Demons (2019) Matt Donato Midday Demons relies on the scenic "table-setting" of coastal Italian architectures but lacks enough enthusiasm in storytelling to shine a light on the next "sunny scary" classic.
Posted Nov 15, 2019  Edit critic review
Non-Fiction (2018) Tomris Laffly Non-Fiction is pure, straight-faced French witticism from start to finish.
Posted Mar 19, 2019  Edit critic review
The Biggest Little Farm (2018) Tomris Laffly It has the power to give birth to a new generation of inspired farmers, determined to invest in the future of the planet.
Posted Mar 19, 2019  Edit critic review
Time for Ilhan (2018) Maria Garcia An exciting and entertaining documentary.
Posted Feb 19, 2019  Edit critic review
Ghetto (2002) Maria Garcia Like Lisa Gossels' Children of Chabannes (2000), which tells another little-known story about French villagers who saved 400 Jewish children, Shanghai Ghetto is a celebration of humanity.
Posted Jan 29, 2019  Edit critic review
Ophelia (2018) Daniel Eagan Shakespeare's famously mad victim gets to tell her story in a visually sumptuous adaptation of Lisa Klein's novel.
Posted Dec 08, 2018  Edit critic review
Stan & Ollie (2018) Kevin Lally Engaging, affectionate portrait of a legendary comedy team at the twilight of their careers.
Posted Nov 27, 2018  Edit critic review
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) Wendy Weinstein A gorgeous tone poem of James Baldwin's searing, political novel of young love in 1970s Harlem.
Posted Nov 21, 2018  Edit critic review
Ben Is Back (2018) Shirley Sealy This wow of a holiday film plays heavily on one of the most agonizing family and/or social problems in America today.
Posted Nov 21, 2018  Edit critic review
Cold War (2018) Erica Abeel In a visually stunning, formally immaculate and darkly romantic film, Pawel Pawlikowski sets a story of star-crossed lovers against the turmoil of post-war Europe.
Posted Nov 20, 2018  Edit critic review
Vox Lux (2018) Tomris Laffly Brady Corbet's accomplished and timely sophomore feature wrestles with interwoven curiosities around media, pop culture, celebrity and violence.
Posted Nov 20, 2018  Edit critic review
Never Look Away (2018) Doris Toumarkine Gorgeous, engaging drama.
Posted Nov 20, 2018  Edit critic review
Shoplifters (2018) Daniel Eagan Members of a family living on state support are not what they seem in an award-winning drama from Hirokazu Kore-eda.
Posted Nov 19, 2018  Edit critic review
The Favourite (2018) Erica Abeel A bracing rethink of the historical costumer.
Posted Nov 19, 2018  Edit critic review
The Gilligan Manifesto (2018) Frank Lovece [A] quirky, whip-smart documentary.
Posted Nov 16, 2018  Edit critic review
Welcome Home (2018) Maitland McDonagh Features surprisingly strong performances from Ratajkowski, Scamarcio and Paul.
Posted Nov 15, 2018  Edit critic review
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) Frank Lovece Creates an encompassing, believable and highly grownup world whose most frightening aspect is how much it mirrors ours.
Posted Nov 15, 2018  Edit critic review
Anchor and Hope (2017) Anna Storm The story of a lesbian couple trying to have a baby is well-executed on nearly every front.
Posted Nov 15, 2018  Edit critic review
Shoah: Four Sisters (2018) Simi Horwitz A stunning four-part satellite to Claude Lanzmann's masterwork.
Posted Nov 14, 2018  Edit critic review
Speed Kills (2018) Maitland McDonagh Speed Kills feels startlingly like a 1990s direct-to-video action movie with an inexplicably inflated budget.
Posted Nov 13, 2018  Edit critic review
Under the Wire (2018) Gary M. Kramer This riveting documentary about war correspondent Marie Colvin and photojournalist Paul Conroy provides a solid companion piece to A Private War.
Posted Nov 13, 2018  Edit critic review
At Eternity's Gate (2018) Erica Abeel Flouting the usual conventions of the biopic, this ravishing, light-struck portrait of Van Gogh's time in Arles is squarely camped in the heart and mind of the artist.
Posted Nov 13, 2018  Edit critic review
Widows (2018) Rebecca Pahle Widows is one of those films that gets better and better the more you think about it.
Posted Nov 13, 2018  Edit critic review
Green Book (2018) Kevin Lally Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali are a memorable pair of mismatched traveling companions in this very entertaining Civll Rights Era road movie.
Posted Nov 12, 2018  Edit critic review
The Super (2017) Maitland McDonagh How surprising the story's twist ending turns out to be depends on how thoroughly steeped in horror moves the viewer is, but it's well executed down to small details.
Posted Nov 09, 2018  Edit critic review
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) Harry Haun John Ford, Sergio Leone, John Huston, even Republic Pictures' Herbert J. Yates ride again-albeit, in a quirky Coen Brothers kind of way.
Posted Nov 09, 2018  Edit critic review
Narcissister Organ Player (2018) André Hereford The film succeeds largely by doing its own thing.
Posted Nov 09, 2018  Edit critic review
Postcards From London (2018) David Noh Art and sex-but way too much of the former-are featured in a whimsical but retrograde gay concoction.
Posted Nov 08, 2018  Edit critic review
River Runs Red (2018) Chris Barsanti A mismatched trio of stars (John Cusack, Taye Diggs and George Lopez) stumble through this hackneyed drama about a police shooting of an unarmed young black man.
Posted Nov 08, 2018  Edit critic review
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018) Frank Lovece For tiny tots only, and their long-suffering adults.
Posted Nov 08, 2018  Edit critic review
Overlord (2018) Maitland McDonagh American soldiers take on zombie Nazis in this gory horror picture that also features a solid story and characters you can actually care about.
Posted Nov 08, 2018  Edit critic review
Outlaw King (2018) Gary M. Kramer David Mackenzie's hyper-violent story of Robert The Bruce is absorbing and features action aplenty.
Posted Nov 08, 2018  Edit critic review
Weightless (2017) Simi Horwitz Weightless marks an impressive debut feature defying convention to recount a pessimistic story about two misfits coming together too little, too late.
Posted Nov 08, 2018  Edit critic review
Bodied (2017) André Hereford This Eminem-produced rap drama attempts to flip the script by both exploiting and harpooning p.c. culture, but generally defaults to fistfights and lazy insults.
Posted Nov 02, 2018  Edit critic review
Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (2018) Maitland McDonagh A truly engrossing film, one that balances the big picture and the small one.
Posted Nov 02, 2018  Edit critic review
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) Lisa Jo Sagolla Will likely enchant lots of little girls and boys while also tugging at the heartstrings of grown-up sons and daughters.
Posted Nov 01, 2018  Edit critic review
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018) Daniel Eagan Anyone interested in the work of one of cinema's great directors will learn a lot from this documentary.
Posted Oct 31, 2018  Edit critic review
A Private War (2018) Gary M. Kramer The parts of this episodic biopic of esteemed war correspondent Marie Colvin are so strong, they create a terrific whole.
Posted Oct 31, 2018  Edit critic review
The Other Side of the Wind (2018) Daniel Eagan The movie is a chore to watch, more fun to talk about than to endure.
Posted Oct 31, 2018  Edit critic review
Distant Constellation (2017) Simi Horwitz Intriguing but frustrating documentary about residents in an Istanbul retirement home grappling with memory and mortality.
Posted Oct 30, 2018  Edit critic review
Unlovable (2018) Anna Storm A slight indie film based on the experiences of a real sex-and-love addict that features some unexpectedly terrific performances.
Posted Oct 30, 2018  Edit critic review
What They Had (2018) Harry Haun The inestimable and chronically mis- or under-used Robert Forster does it again-swipes a flick from the entry level of a supporting character.
Posted Oct 30, 2018  Edit critic review
Boy Erased (2018) Harry Haun Well-meaning but lukewarm.
Posted Oct 30, 2018  Edit critic review
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