Juror #2 (2024)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - November 1st, 2024 - Movie Reviews

Juror #2 is a bona fide crowd-pleaser that’s guilty of being hugely entertaining.

Juror #2 is a bona fide crowd-pleaser that’s guilty of being hugely entertaining.

The Apprentice (2024)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - October 11th, 2024 - Movie Reviews

Maybe it is appropriate that The Apprentice director Ali Abbasi has made something so perplexingly frustrating, yet still aggravatingly mesmerizing, out of the relationship between young New York real estate developer Donald Trump and firebrand lawyer Roy Cohn.

Maybe it is appropriate that The Apprentice director Ali Abbasi has made something so perplexingly frustrating, yet still aggravatingly mesmerizing, out of the relationship between young New York real estate developer Donald Trump and firebrand lawyer Roy Cohn.

We Live in Time (2024)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - October 11th, 2024 - Movie Reviews

We Live in Time is undeniably a showcase for Garfield and Pugh’s seemingly unlimited talents. On that front, they, and by extension the film, do not disappoint.

We Live in Time is undeniably a showcase for Garfield and Pugh’s seemingly unlimited talents. On that front, they, and by extension the film, do not disappoint.

Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - October 4th, 2024 - Movie Reviews

I still don’t think Joker: Folie à Deux works. But because of its ambition, and in large part because it gave me something I felt was worth the time and effort to think about after I left the theater, I’m willing to give Phillips and his creative team props for shaking things up.

I still don’t think Joker: Folie à Deux works. But because of its ambition, and in large part because it gave me something I felt was worth the time and effort to think about after I left the theater, I’m willing to give Phillips and his creative team props for shaking things up.

Unforgettables: Cinematic Milestones #32 – Johnny Guitar (1954)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - September 25th, 2024 - Features

Nicolas Ray’s queer-coded 1954 revisionist Western Johnny Guitar remains gloriously — and subversively — ahead of its time

Nicolas Ray’s queer-coded 1954 revisionist Western Johnny Guitar remains gloriously — and subversively — ahead of its time

Booger (2023)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - September 20th, 2024 - Movie Reviews

Surprisingly funny and centered on a wonderful performance from Glowicki, Dauterman proves to be an inventive filmmaker with plenty of original ideas.

Surprisingly funny and centered on a wonderful performance from Glowicki, Dauterman proves to be an inventive filmmaker with plenty of original ideas.

My Old Ass (2024)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - September 20th, 2024 - Movie Reviews

In less than 90 minutes, My Old Ass covers a lot of fertile territory, with barely a false beat and precious little nonsense.

In less than 90 minutes, My Old Ass covers a lot of fertile territory, with barely a false beat and precious little nonsense.

1992 (2022)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - August 30th, 2024 - Movie Reviews

As heists go, the only thing 1992 stole was just over 90 minutes of my time.

As heists go, the only thing 1992 stole was just over 90 minutes of my time.

Trust in Love (2024)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - August 16th, 2024 - Film Festivals Movie Reviews

Where it counts most, Trust in Love gets almost everything right: the interactions between devoted parents and their hurting children, who try to act as if they stoically understand what is happening but on the inside are crumbling to pieces.

Where it counts most, Trust in Love gets almost everything right: the interactions between devoted parents and their hurting children, who try to act as if they stoically understand what is happening but on the inside are crumbling to pieces.

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