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3/5
Stolen Kingdom (2025) Cameron Meier "Stolen Kingdom" is an entertaining, comical, disturbing and downright tragic look at what was once supposed to be a cultural utopia.
Posted Apr 09, 2025  Edit critic review
2.75/5
Shoshana (2023) Cameron Meier The love affair feels sandwiched in and forgotten at times, while the entire narrative is occasionally jumbled and rushed. Nevertheless, the film is an important reminder that the Middle East has been blowing itself apart for well over a century.
Posted Nov 02, 2024  Edit critic review
3.25/5
All About the Levkoviches (2024) Cameron Meier [The lead character's] son might not understand his pain, but director Adam Breier does, and he mines that pain to produce a fine film.
Posted Nov 02, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Stay with Us (2022) Cameron Meier The genre-bending movie is the fest's best and most original thanks to its many nuggets of wisdom, such as a rabbi's advice to "never ask directions from someone who knows the way, or you will never be able to get lost. ... You're fortunate to be lost."
Posted Nov 02, 2024  Edit critic review
3.25/5
Girls Will Be Girls (2024) Cameron Meier Assured, tender, well-acted, naturalistic and surprisingly complicated, the coming-of-age film has a lot to say about girls, and women.
Posted Oct 03, 2024  Edit critic review
3.75/5
The Red Suitcase (2023) Cameron Meier Rod Serling would be proud.
Posted Oct 03, 2024  Edit critic review
Napoleon (2023) Craig D. Lindsey It is fascinating watching Phoenix play Bonaparte like he's a gamer who's constantly on the verge of rage quitting.
Posted Dec 07, 2023  Edit critic review
4.25/5
Farewell, Mr. Haffmann (2022) Cameron Meier Director and co-writer Fred Cavayé weaves a claustrophobic, twisty tale of the best and worst of humanity, slowly ratcheting up the tension toward a stunning climax.
Posted Nov 02, 2023  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Hummus Full Trailer (2022) Cameron Meier A poor man's Tarantino flick, this frenetic and annoyingly overscored caper involves a mix-up of three shipping containers full of weapons, flowers and a portable brothel. Yes, really.
Posted Nov 02, 2023  Edit critic review
3.25/5
The Other Widow (2022) Cameron Meier Dramatic and culturally insightful, but also surprisingly humorous and surreal, the ... film feels slight at times but ultimately sticks with you thanks to Rypp's interesting portrait of a cultural outcast and the relatable performance of Dana Ivgy.
Posted Nov 02, 2023  Edit critic review
2.75/5
Queen of the Deuce (2022) Cameron Meier The story is unique and ultimately illuminates not just an odd time in the history of 42nd Street ("the Deuce") but an unusual tale of the American Jewish experience.
Posted Nov 02, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
June Zero (2022) Cameron Meier An oddly structured but emotionally fulfilling historical drama of three people whose lives are woven together by the 1962 execution of ... Adolf Eichmann, writer-director Jake Paltrow's film ... is the most original movie ever about the Nazi monster.
Posted Nov 02, 2023  Edit critic review
TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR (2023) Eileen G'Sell Is this movie going to thrill the unconverted? I doubt it. But it’s not a bad excuse to sing along and dance with glittery strangers — something I think we all could do more of for the good of our ailing species.
Posted Oct 16, 2023  Edit critic review
Bottoms (2023) Craig D. Lindsey The movie's such a Mad Magazine-style parody of high school, much of it felt like farce for the sake of farce. Then again, maybe that's the point; many people will tell you that high school was the most absurd, insane time of their lives.
Posted Sep 06, 2023  Edit critic review
Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story (2023) Craig D. Lindsey The sort of high-octane, feel-good movie that’s perfect to watch with your dad.
Posted Aug 24, 2023  Edit critic review
Talk to Me (2023) Craig D. Lindsey One sad, scary allegory on why kids shouldn't do drugs — especially if they're going through personal pain.
Posted Aug 02, 2023  Edit critic review
Haunted Mansion (2023) Craig D. Lindsey It's like the cast was just told to bicker and give sitcommy one-liners whenever the cameras were rolling.
Posted Aug 02, 2023  Edit critic review
Oppenheimer (2023) Cliff Froehlich Oppenheimer is the rare summer blockbuster that demands our active engagement, not our simple-minded acquiescence.
Posted Jul 26, 2023  Edit critic review
Barbie (2023) Eileen G'Sell Barbie ultimately asks what it means to be mortal, what it means to be alive — and it takes these questions seriously.
Posted Jul 21, 2023  Edit critic review
1.5/5
The Matrix (1999) Philip Booth [The Wachowskis] ought to get credit for the striking visual effects... Too bad the Wachowskis couldn’t plug all that hardware into a story able to sustain anyone’s interest past the first 30 minutes. Is it too late to take the other pill?
Posted Jul 12, 2023  Edit critic review
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) Andrew Wyatt The most unexpected yet welcome aspect of Dead Reckoning is the way it deliberately echoes Brian De Palma’s Mission: Impossible, which kicked off the franchise in 1996.
Posted Jul 07, 2023  Edit critic review
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) Craig D. Lindsey Even with all the Easter eggs, returning characters and other bits of nostalgia, it’s still a grating, globetrotting journey. Besides, if the guy who’s leading this expedition isn’t all that excited to be there, then why should we?
Posted Jul 01, 2023  Edit critic review
Asteroid City (2023) Cliff Froehlich What might initially appear a feather-light, pastel-hued dessert confection instead proves an intellectually and emotionally rich multi-course meal.
Posted Jun 21, 2023  Edit critic review
The Flash (2023) Craig D. Lindsey An endearing story that also has moments of maniacal action and meta fan service.
Posted Jun 13, 2023  Edit critic review
The Little Mermaid (2023) Craig D. Lindsey Despite all the flavors in the cast, the movie is still disappointingly vanilla.
Posted May 26, 2023  Edit critic review
2/5
Spirit Halloween: The Movie (2022) Steve Schneider Not only is the action tepid, it only takes up the last act of the movie. The rest of the running time is occupied by whiny dithering over juvenile social dilemmas that are hoary in the extreme.
Posted Oct 26, 2022  Edit critic review
1/5
The Munsters (2022) Steve Schneider Zombie has zero ability to structure a story: While his flick feels nearly interminable at 110 minutes, entire sections of plot seem to be missing, or at least glossed over. And he doesn’t know how to tell a joke...
Posted Sep 21, 2022  Edit critic review
The Batman (2022) Sam Allard The film succeeds as both a narrative and visual product.
Posted Feb 28, 2022  Edit critic review
Sisters with Transistors (2020) Will Coviello It's fascinating to hear women from the 1950s articulating ideas about making electronic music that would be resisted or misunderstood for decades. It seems that many people just weren't listening, either to the music or women.
Posted Jun 02, 2021  Edit critic review
3/5
The Truffle Hunters (2020) Cameron Meier The film's humor and beauty overwhelm its vagueness and tendency toward tedium.
Posted Apr 30, 2021  Edit critic review
3.25/5
The Courier (2020) Cameron Meier Nitpicks aside, The Courier is eminently watchable, even occasionally compelling,
Posted Mar 18, 2021  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Father (2020) Cameron Meier A performance of the stature of Hopkins' in The Father doesn't come along often. Let's cherish it while we can.
Posted Mar 17, 2021  Edit critic review
3.75/5
Nomadland (2020) Cameron Meier Zhao's screenplay ... doesn't strike a single insincere note, [and] I'm grateful for the opportunity to follow Fern and her friends on their journey.
Posted Feb 18, 2021  Edit critic review
4.25/5
Minari (2020) Cameron Meier It's ... arguably the best movie of 2020 ... filmed primarily in a language other than English.
Posted Feb 12, 2021  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Mank (2020) Steve Schneider If it's no Citizen Kane, it at least warrants tearing yourself away from TCM for a couple hours.
Posted Dec 04, 2020  Edit critic review
3/5
The Last Vermeer (2019) Cameron Meier The film's triumph is not its reintroduction of van Meegeren to the world, though that is commendable. Instead, it's the conversation it fosters about art itself.
Posted Nov 24, 2020  Edit critic review
3.25/5
Those Who Remained (2019) Cameron Meier "Why do you live?" [Klara] asks him. "Is there any real answer to that?" he responds. But, despite all odds, they find a reason - together.
Posted Nov 12, 2020  Edit critic review
1.75/5
Shiva Baby (2020) Cameron Meier Despite moments of laughter and poignancy, the film - which is essentially one long scene at a Jewish funeral gathering - leaves one with a palpable feeling of "Is that all?"
Posted Nov 12, 2020  Edit critic review
3/5
Asia (2020) Cameron Meier The emotional impact of that re-examination takes a while to build, and ... the storytelling isn't always as crisp as it could be. But the payoff is profound.
Posted Nov 12, 2020  Edit critic review
2/5
Tenet (2020) Cameron Meier Tenet is all action all the time, sacrificing heart and clarity for spectacle.
Posted Sep 04, 2020  Edit critic review
2.75/5
Tesla (2020) Cameron Meier Almereyda ... still has something interesting to say and, more often than not, a refreshingly strange way to say it.
Posted Aug 19, 2020  Edit critic review
4/5
Boys State (2020) Cameron Meier Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss ... craft not just one of the best recent documentaries but one of this year's most revelatory and relevant films of any genre.
Posted Aug 14, 2020  Edit critic review
3/5
The Perfect Candidate (2019) Cameron Meier Not unlike her movie's lead character, director Haifaa Al-Mansour is a trailblazer, becoming in 2012 the first Saudi woman to direct a feature.
Posted Aug 06, 2020  Edit critic review
3.25/5
Summerland (2020) Cameron Meier Its period charm, tight screenplay and interesting story transcend its contrivances. It's especially buoyed by Gemma Arterton's great lead performance.
Posted Aug 06, 2020  Edit critic review
1.25/5
S...house (2020) Cameron Meier With a rambling structure and subpar craftsmanship, Shithouse smells too much like a low-budget debut film.
Posted Aug 06, 2020  Edit critic review
3.75/5
Some Kind of Heaven (2020) Cameron Meier A tragicomic ... combination of The Stepford Wives and an Errol Morris movie, it's one of the best documentaries you'll see this year.
Posted Aug 06, 2020  Edit critic review
2.75/5
Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles (2020) Cameron Meier The desserts - and the stories behind them - are delectable.
Posted Aug 06, 2020  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Adam (2019) Cameron Meier With methodical and muted, but tender, direction by first-timer Maryam Touzani, who penned the socially relevant screenplay, Adam is a reminder that the unlikeliest of relationships can change a life forever.
Posted Aug 06, 2020  Edit critic review
1.25/5
18 to Party (2019) Cameron Meier There's just too little joy, humor, originality and entertainment in this dimly lit, low-budget slice-of-lifer.
Posted Aug 06, 2020  Edit critic review
3/5
Born Into the Gig (2020) Cameron Meier The simple premise slowly morphs into an enjoyable, honest and occasionally prophetic examination of what it takes to follow in the familial footsteps of giants.
Posted Aug 06, 2020  Edit critic review
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