Drama

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6 days ago
4 min

Mass ★★★1/2

It's hard to imagine a better, more powerful, more complex, and more daring presentation of “the problem” than “Mass.”

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Jun 10
4 min

The Outfit ★★★

This unusual mystery is dominated by mental antics, mostly in the words of Mark Rylance, resulting in a riveting, tension-filled film.

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Jun 1
5 min

Top Gun: Maverick ★★★

This is an action film, dominated by men, by machines, by nostalgia, by Tom Cruise's satisfying performance. On that level, it's superb.

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May 26
3 min

A Chiara ★★★

In his "Nancy-Drew-meets-the-Mafia film," Carpignano draws a narrative from the fun-loving, sometimes mean-girl teen to a sadly wise adult,

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May 16
4 min

Happening (L'Événement) ★★★1/2

This is an honest, unflinching look at what it meant for young women of a certain social class, without resources, to obtain an abortion.

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May 3
3 min

The Northman ★★

A retelling of the Danish story on which "Hamlet" is based, Eggers' blood-and-gore Viking film reduces the hero to his fate: pure revenge.

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Apr 15
5 min

King Richard ★★★

By effacing the role of the sisters, “King Richard” simplifies what should be complex: the ingredients of every extraordinary achievement.

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Apr 10
3 min

A Hero (Ghahreman) ★★★

On its face, “A Hero" asks us to take the measure of this man, but Director Farhadi seems instead to be taking the measure of the society.

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Mar 31
5 min

CODA ★★★

The outpouring of emotion that this feel-good film induces comes at a cost: a script that is manipulative and predictable.

Parallel Mothers (Madres paraleles) ★★1/2

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Mar 15
4 min

Parallel Mothers (Madres paraleles) ★★1/2

Neither solid acting from main characters, nor the attempt to lend historical depth, can save this film from being a predictable melodrama

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Mar 7
4 min

Nightmare Alley ★★1/2

A tension-filled, slow-paced, too-long film, it's rescued from mediocrity by Cooper’s intense performance and exceptional production design.

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Feb 28
4 min

The Worst Person in the World ★★★

In a non-Rom-Com love triangle, Renate Reinsve gives a compelling performance, and is a compelling protagonist in one of 2021's fine films.

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Feb 18
4 min

Drive My Car ★★★1/2

It's an intriguing, complex, at times enigmatic study of character, and, given its length and languid pace, surprisingly engaging.

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Feb 14
5 min

Spencer ★★1/2

Kristen Stewart deserves the Oscar nomination for her mastery of Diana, but the Princess emerges as static and unchanging in this biopic.

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Feb 9
4 min

Licorice Pizza ★★1/2

Aided by great performances from two ingenues, the film is moderately entertaining. In the end, you’ve still got just “Licorice” and “Pizza"

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Feb 4
3 min

Petite Maman ★★★1/2

Sciamma uses this unusual child’s fantasy - it's a fable, not sci-fi - to explore how one relates to an emotionally closed-off person.

INTERVIEW with Warren Beatty’s Reds historical consultant, Robert A. Rosenstone

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Jan 29
15 min

INTERVIEW with Warren Beatty’s Reds historical consultant, Robert A. Rosenstone

Dianne interviews Robert Rosenstone, the historical consultant on Warren Beatty's Reds, probing his ideas about film and history.

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Jan 23
5 min

Bergman Island ★★1/2

The film takes up issues that include gender’s role in the creative process, women’s frustration with men, and the culture of celebrity.

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Jan 18
3 min

Passing ★★★

"Passing" is a small, contained, slow-paced, well-acted film--a compelling portrait of two black women reconsidering their lives.

2filmcritics

Jan 13
4 min

The Lost Daughter ★★★1/2

Gyllenhaal’s nuanced, thoughtful, quirky, sometimes surprising, and carefully constructed screenplay brings these performances together.

Mass

The Outfit

Top Gun: Maverick

A Chiara

Happening (L'Événement)

The Northman

King Richard

A Hero (Ghahreman)

CODA

Flee (Flugt)

Parallel Mothers (Madres paraleles)

Nightmare Alley

The Worst Person in the World

Drive My Car

Spencer

Licorice Pizza

Petite Maman

INTERVIEW with Warren Beatty’s Reds historical consultant, Robert A. Rosenstone

Bergman Island

Passing

The Lost Daughter

Belfast

tick, tick...BOOM!

The Power of the Dog

Pig

The French Dispatch

Bad Attitude: The Art of Spain Rodriguez

The Souvenir (Part One)

Dune

Black Bear

No Time to Die

Acasă, My Home (“Acasă”)

No Sudden Move

Quo Vadis, Aida?

Shiva Baby

The Green Knight

White on White

The Truffle Hunters

Zola

In the Heights

Riders of Justice

A Quiet Place Part II

There Is No Evil

Syndrome K

The Forty-Year-Old Version

Judas and the Black Messiah

Crip Camp

The Father

Promising Young Woman

News of the World

Nomadland

Minari

Another Round ("Druk")

Some Kind of Heaven

The White Tiger

One Night in Miami

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Mangrove

Mank

You Never Had It: An Evening with Bukowski

The True Adventures of Wolfboy

The Vast of Night

Martin Eden

Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

The Wild Goose Lake

Cuties ("Mignonnes")

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

The Assistant

Palm Springs

Sorry We Missed You

The Painted Bird

The Truth

Bacurau

Da 5 Bloods

Beanpole

Tommaso

L'Innocente ("The Innocent")

The Painter and the Thief

Bad Education

Until the Birds Return

The Two Popes

The Lighthouse

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Midsommar

Ford v Ferrari

American Factory

First Cow

Seberg

Ordinary Love

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

The Traitor/Il Traditore

Uncut Gems

Les Misérables

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Bombshell

1917

Knives Out

Little Women

Marriage Story

Queen & Slim

The Irishman

Cold Brook

Jojo Rabbit

Parasite

Joker

Ad Astra

Pain and Glory

First Love

Downton Abbey

Monos

The Goldfinch

Late Night

Good Boys

The Farewell

Yesterday

Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood

They Shall Not Grow Old

Toy Story 4

Bad Times at the El Royale

Bob Wilson's Life and
Death of Marina
Abramovic

The Sisters Brothers

Gloria Bell

Us

Won't You Be My
Neighbor

Never Look Away

Capernaum

Everybody Knows

Shoplifters

Three Identical Strangers

Minding the Gap

Cold War

The Favourite

Creed II

If Beale Street Could Talk

Roma

Can You Ever Forgive Me

Green Book

The House with a Clock in its Walls

Wildlife

The Kindergarten Teacher

Free Solo

A Star is Born

Museo

Eighth Grade

BlacKkKlansman

Sorry to Bother You

A Ciambra

The First Purge

Piazza Vittorio

Loro 1

My Cousin Rachel

Black Panther

Marshall

Call Me By Your Name

I, Tonya

Mudbound

The Darkest Hour

The Post

The Shape of Water

Indiscretion of an American Wife (Stazione Termini)

Downsizing

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

INTERVIEW with "Blade Runner" Screenwriter Hampton Fancher

Lady Bird

Rome Adventure

Last Flag Flying

Mother!

Blade Runner 2049

Logan Lucky

Wonder Woman

Dunkirk

The Beguiled

Berlin Syndrome

Facing Windows

Baby Driver

Personal Shopper

INTERVIEW with "John Wick" Screenwriter Derek Kolstad

I Am Not Your Negro

Sing

Get Out

The Salesman

Toni Erdmann

Hacksaw Ridge

Hidden Figures

Fences

Arrival

Elle

Lion

La La Land

Hell or High Water

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Doctor Strange

Florence Foster Jenkins

Demon

Mia Madre

Indignation

Captain Fantastic

Weiner

2 FILM CRITICS

Bill and Dianne's Excellent Adventure

Reviewing Films, Together

Mass ★★★1/2

The Outfit ★★★

Top Gun: Maverick ★★★

A Chiara ★★★

Happening (L'Événement) ★★★1/2

The Northman ★★

King Richard ★★★

A Hero (Ghahreman) ★★★

CODA ★★★

Parallel Mothers (Madres paraleles) ★★1/2

Nightmare Alley ★★1/2

The Worst Person in the World ★★★

Drive My Car ★★★1/2

Spencer ★★1/2

Licorice Pizza ★★1/2

Petite Maman ★★★1/2

INTERVIEW with Warren Beatty’s Reds historical consultant, Robert A. Rosenstone

Bergman Island ★★1/2

Passing ★★★

The Lost Daughter ★★★1/2

4 STARS

Mass ★★★1/2

The Outfit ★★★

Top Gun: Maverick ★★★

A Chiara ★★★

Happening (L'Événement) ★★★1/2

The Northman ★★

King Richard ★★★

A Hero (Ghahreman) ★★★

CODA ★★★

Parallel Mothers (Madres paraleles) ★★1/2

Nightmare Alley ★★1/2

The Worst Person in the World ★★★

Drive My Car ★★★1/2

Spencer ★★1/2

Licorice Pizza ★★1/2

Petite Maman ★★★1/2

INTERVIEW with Warren Beatty’s Reds historical consultant, Robert A. Rosenstone

Bergman Island ★★1/2

Passing ★★★

The Lost Daughter ★★★1/2

4 STARS

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