JOKER (2019)
“slapping your face with a dead fish of incredibly on the red nose musical cues, socially pertinent over indulgent verbosity, and cultural touchstones”
Read MoreTHE FAREWELL (2019)
“fairly fantastic film that kind of evokes that tender emotion”
Read MoreHOTEL ARTEMIS (2018)
“A sci-fi stage play with some noirish elements and a fun anti-hero panache”
Read MoreA SIMPLE FAVOR (2018)
“we get a bloated, try hard of a monstrosity that leaves no one satisfied”
Read MoreCRAWL (2019)
“if you want to raise your blood pressure a bit but still roll your eyes”
Read MoreASH IS THE PUREST WHITE (2018)
“A film that rumbles and smolders beneath the surface”
Read MoreONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (2019)
“adoring a time of wonder and preserving with the crank of his camera a world that was not meant to sustain”
Read MoreFAST COLOR (2018)
“familial experience of 3 generations of black women with powers, as told in a languid and oddly soulful way”
Read MoreEXTINCTION (2018)
“ larva of an idea could gestate into a beautiful cinematic butterfly, but a worm of potential is all you get”
Read MoreI AM MOTHER (2019)
“A very watchable and interesting little flick that clicks but won’t stick”
Read MoreHAGAZUSSA (2017)
“an experience bleakly grasped and wraithly rewarding”
Read MoreGLASS (2018)
“We lose what we had and find our new possibility wholly underwhelming.”
Read MorePOSSUM (2018)
“tattered suburban brown, dirty British scowls and a clutching inability to destroy a puppet”
Read MoreTRIPLE FRONTIER (2019)
“just never got over that “this is pretty darn good” speed-bump, stalling a bit on its way up that hill, despite a satisfactory ride”
Read MoreCOLD WAR (2018)
“There is a magical mix of grim and bittersweet, with each frame and each scene housing a hope, hidden in the reluctantly oppressive. “
Read MoreTHE WIFE (2018)
“The Wife was one good performance (mostly...probably) in a workmanlike “okay” slog.”
Read MoreMARY QUEEN OF SCOTS (2018)
“Never dulls though as my interest continuously stays alight, much like the passion that Ronan and Mary herself forever stoked”
Read MoreAT ETERNITY'S GATE (2018)
“Lushly displayed with lavish Defoe acting, but a little navel-gazing overall “
Read MoreCAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? (2018)
“Sardonic wit doesn’t mask the malevolent melancholy”
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