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STREAMING · NETFLIXSXSW Review: FURIOUS 7
Even through Vin Diesel's almost total inability to act (though the guy has thrived playing a tree and a robot), Furious 7 has a…
RENT / BUYSXSW Review: LAMB
Says Partridge, "Lamb attempts to suspend and challenge our preconceived beliefs of right and wrong, raising the question, "If we could all reset and…
STREAMING · KANOPYSXSW Review: EXCESS FLESH
For an improved, abridged version of similar material, you're much better off watching the five minute French short "X is for XXL" from The…
RENT / BUYSXSW Review: AVA’S POSSESSIONS
Galland states that his motivation to make the film came from an encounter with a passage in "Herzog on Herzog" that loosely read: "There…
RENT / BUYSXSW Review: PETTING ZOO
Growing pains and relationship strife bucks up against strict family values and the ensuing dichotomy of a lower-class preggo schoolgirl hoping against hope to…
STREAMING · MUBISXSW Review: SWEATY BETTY
A few horrid musical cues - Luther Vandross' melodramatic "Dance With My Father" overstays its welcome within seconds - arrive aggressively on the nose.…
STREAMING · DISNEY+Out in Theaters: CINDERELLA
Full of life, love and beauty, Cinderella is that rare product of uncommonly good intent that actually casts a spell. Accented by bips and…
STREAMING · TUBIOut in Theaters: WILD TALES
Although the anthology film has seen a bit of a revival of late within the horror genre (three V/H/S films, ABCs of Death 1&2),…
STREAMING · PRIME VIDEOOut in Theaters: THE LAZARUS EFFECT
Exiting the theater, one man turned to another and said, "It was alright but I can't imagine paying $10 to see it" and that…
STREAMING · DISNEY+Out in Theaters: MCFARLAND USA
That isn't to say that it doesn't actually work though. In fact, McFarland USA can be downright rousing, with Antônio Pinto's soaring eagle score…
STREAMING · KANOPYSundance Review: RESULTS
Stilted and knowingly jumpy editing leaves general logic gaps polluting Result's saggy middle section, jettisoning its characters into convoluted triangular form and forcing them…
STREAMING · PRIME VIDEOSundance Review: PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS
If there's anything holding People, Places, Things back it's how slight it all feels - another solid entry into the increasingly salient category of…
RENT / BUYSundance Review: MISTRESS AMERICA
All of Mistress America's silly-serious discourse adds up to a statement on how the youth of today is itself silly-serious - self-distracted, partially arrogant…
STREAMING · PRIME VIDEOSundance Review: LAST DAYS IN THE DESERT
García delivers some surprisingly compelling, though sleepy, material for a "Jesus in the Desert" art film but his post-screening testaments that this is a…
STREAMING · AMC+Sundance Review: THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT
All the authenticity The Stanford Prison Experiment brings to the table establishes an alarming, visceral sense of reality but is also accountable for a…
RENT / BUYSundance Review: MISSISSIPPI GRIND
Strong chemistry between Mendelsohn and Reynolds ease the more predictable elements from taking hold and directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's ability to slam the…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELSundance Review: DIGGING FOR FIRE
Each half of the couple contents with the ghost of their old selves, opening doors that uncover new demons. Problem is, those doors sometimes…
STREAMING · NETFLIXSundance Review: SLOW WEST
Robbie Ryan's cinematography adds a ton to the picture as well. His painterly touch is frequently stunning, becoming a star of the show in…
RENT / BUYSundance Review: ADVANTAGEOUS
The appearance of Ken Jeong on the cast list comes as a major red flag though he ends up the least to blame for…
STREAMING · PRIME VIDEOSundance Review: 99 HOMES
Wheeling into the last act, motivations get fuzzy and a touch overwrought. Dern's final minutes on film are without ample justification as Garfield is…
STREAMING · NETFLIXSundance Review: SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE
Lines between friendship and relationship become palpably blurred - a fact that circumstantial BFF Xander (Jason Mantzoukas) is happy to point out - as…
STREAMING · AMC+Sundance Review: JAMES WHITE
Mond keeps things simple in order to showcase the developing relationship arcs - the twentysomething deadbeat manning up, the caregiver role inevitably transplanted from…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELSundance Review: THE OVERNIGHT
The final result is both articulate and insightful, an uncommonly honest look at adult sexuality and the bargaining chips that married couples exchange. It's…
STREAMING · KANOPYSundance Review: Z FOR ZACHARIAH
As it comes to a close, Z fails to ever truly erupt. Rather, it offers a major turn sans clarity. That ambiguity is Zobel's…
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By: Matt Oakes
Matt Oakes is the founder and editor-in-chief of Silver Screen Riot. A Tomatometer-approved critic on Rotten Tomatoes, he’s a founding member of the Seattle Film Critics Society and a member of the Online Film Critics Society. He started writing about movies in college, when the university paper wouldn’t have him, and has been reviewing ever since, covering festivals like Sundance and SIFF along the way. He has a soft spot for horror movies that make him die a little inside, a healthy skepticism of film Twitter’s consensus favorites, and a philosophy degree he swears is relevant. He’s based in Seattle.
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