Birdsong (Amariz, 2025)
Warning: This review may be considered to contain plot spoilers. Birdsong is hard movie to recommend even though the part of me that naturally roots for new talent wants to… Continue reading "Birdsong (Amariz, 2025)"
Category: Disclosure
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Snow White (Webb, 2025)
In Hollywood vs. America, Michael Medved’s at-times contemptuous description of the industry he covers and the colleagues he covers it with, he shares an anecdote about a critic (who he… Continue reading "Snow White (Webb, 2025)"
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Rule Breakers (Guttentag, 2025)
Rule Breakers is a tough film to criticize without sounding like a grinch or a jerk. Nevertheless… The Afghan Girls Robotics Team or Afghan Dreamerz would, one thinks, be a… Continue reading "Rule Breakers (Guttentag, 2025)"
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Captain America: Brave New World (Onah, 2025)
The false flag in the new Captain America film turns out to be the word “Brave.” It is as safe and nondescript as a film about a mentally unhinged American… Continue reading "Captain America: Brave New World (Onah, 2025)"
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The Night is Dark and Colder than the Day (Friedrich, 2025)
Is the fact that its subtitles are too small a legitimate reason for downvoting a film? If I had seen this film at a festival or in a test screening,… Continue reading "The Night is Dark and Colder than the Day (Friedrich, 2025)"
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Cash for Gold (Enriquez and Puette, 2024)
One belief that I have developed over twenty-some years as a film critic is that there are more talented people in the industry than there are projects able to showcase… Continue reading "Cash for Gold (Enriquez and Puette, 2024)"
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You Are Cordially Invited (Stoller, 2025)
You Are Cordially Invited strives to find comedy somewhere outside of sitcom misunderstandings. It finds a little in farce — wrestling an alligator — but not enough to differentiate itself… Continue reading "You Are Cordially Invited (Stoller, 2025)"
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September 5 (Fenbaum, 2024)
I admired and respected September 5 as a work of art, but I confess that my interpretation of it seemed so out of step with those I saw it with… Continue reading "September 5 (Fenbaum, 2024)"
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Celebration (Anković, 2024)
Celebration (Proslava) is one of those films that one wants to grade on a curve. It has a serious topic — the rise of fascism in Croatia. It is competently… Continue reading "Celebration (Anković, 2024)"
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The Waiting Game (Husain, 2024)
The Waiting Game is a feel-goodish documentary about a charitable organization, the Dropping Dimes Foundation, trying to get the NBA to fund pensions for former American Basketball Association (ABA) players.… Continue reading "The Waiting Game (Husain, 2024)"