Here are some reviews of films coming out at the theater this week as well as others that may be in theaters or newly on home video.
Opening: Mar. 31, 2023
Wide (United States)
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
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A Thousand and One
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Limited (United States)
Enys Men
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Mark Jenkin’s folk horror leaves it to his audience to decide whether his unnamed protagonist is losing her mind in isolation or caught in some bizarre time loop skipping from the present to 1897, the very recent past and even her own teenaged years.
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: I fully appreciate what writer/director Mark Jenkin attempts to do. It just didn’t hit my fear button.
His Only Son
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: Anyone seeking a good Biblical drama will almost certainly walk out of this picture feeling satisfied and raised up.
Smoking Causes Coughing
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: Despite a thin story, it’s often hysterically funny.
2023 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Champions
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John Wick: Chapter 4
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The Lost King
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods
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The Blue Caftan
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: an emotional tour de force, a film about love in all its dimensions.
Fist of the Condor
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
Fugue
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
Last Sentinel
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Whereas you might assume this low budget Estonian production would devolve into an “us versus them” mentality ripe for fireworks, the script refuses to deviate from its anti-war wake-up call approach.
Little Dixie
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
Martin Roumagnac
- Excerpt: To watch Dietrich and Gabin together in Martin Roumagnac is to watch two movie stars that, while perhaps no longer quite at the height of their powers, were still more than capable of capturing the imagination of the viewer.
Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway
The Outwaters
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
The Park
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
Pathaan
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Rhino
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: It’s a graphic drama that supplies a continual string of death and destruction, but none of it occurs without its impact being felt in full. That also means none of it is left unpunished either.
Rye Lane
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: you just have to love a film whose protagonist judges prospective mates by whether or not they wave at boats.
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: Creates a genuine romantic spirit and earns authentic laughs by daring to forge its own path.
Scrap
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: It’s an important message told with a wealth of empathy that never disappears even as Beth spirals deeper and deeper into depression and denial. It’s also an honest portrayal of desperation.
She Came From the Woods
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
Tori and Lokita
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: All I felt was a constant sense of dread—knowing how things were destined to play out and biding my time in the hopes it wouldn’t suddenly turn graphic too. At least [the Dardennes] refuse to showcase the abuse they put these characters through on-screen.
2022 Films
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
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The Whale
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Hidden Letters
Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper’s Reviews
- Excerpt: HIDDEN LETTERS is a documentary about Nushu, a secret script developed by women in China several hundred years ago. Few original Nushu writings survive, and the documentary shows how attempts to preserve it fall prey to attempts to make it of interest to tourists, or to commercialize it as a brand name.
Sidney
Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper’s Reviews
- Excerpt: SIDNEY is a fairly straightforward biography of Sidney Poitier; its interest lies in the story of Poitier’s experiences and how they shaped his life and his work.
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper’s Reviews
- Excerpt: THREE MINUTES–A LENGTHENING is a feature-length documentary based on three minutes of genuine “found footage” taken in a Jewish town in Poland in 1938 by a man who has emigrated to America many years earlier. However, it is not just a documentary of old footage, but also a consideration of what the footage represents, and the varied reactions we have to it.
