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: Jul. 7, 2023
Wide (United States)
Joy Ride
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Limited (United States)
The Lesson
Chris Barsanti @ Slant Magazine
- Excerpt: It’s a testament to the cast and filmmakers that The Lesson’s mysteries are worth unraveling.
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Despite the filmmakers’ intent to surprise us, little that happens in “The Lesson” cannot be anticipated. The chief pleasures to be found here are in the beautiful Hamburg estate…and the performance of rising star McCormack.
2023 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Asteroid City
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The Blackening
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
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Past Lives
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Tetris
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Chile ’76
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Martelli builds suspense along with Carmen’s dawning social awareness, her film becoming a paranoid thriller before its devastating conclusion.
De Humani Corporis Fabrica
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: By the time they get around to cornea surgery, those who’ve seen Phil Tippett’s “Mad God” or even “A Clockwork Orange” may have feelings of déjà vu…like cinematic punk rock Da Vinci.
Every Body
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: For anyone wondering what the ‘IA’ recently added to the LGBTQIA acronym means, along comes director Julie Cohen (“RBG,” “Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down”) and her three fearless subjects to clue you in about the ‘I’ part of the equation
It’s Burning
Victoria Luxford @ Dirty Movies
- Excerpt: A shockingly racist confrontation symbolises a systemic problem in this prescient German drama
The League
Chris Barsanti @ Slant Magazine
- Excerpt: At its most engrossing, the film vibrantly sketches out the historical roots of the Negro Leagues.
Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: : a sure fire summer blockbuster with a film that feeds into our fears of AI and manipulation of the truth, gathers together MI players old and new for what is looking like a sendoff and delivers a one-two knockout punch of a cliffhanger ending.
My Name is Alfred Hitchcock
Victoria Luxford @ Dirty Movies
- Excerpt: The Master of Suspense guides you through his work in Mark Cousins’s illuminating new documentary
The Night of the 12th
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: an unconventional police procedural, one in which an unsolved crime haunts its investigators… emotional callousness begins an array of the violent tendencies of too many men toward women which will weigh upon Yohan.
Nimona
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: A fun and exciting adventure, filled with creativity, social awareness, and a ton of heart.
Other People’s Children
Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
Passengers of the Night
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: This is but one chapter in their lives. A passage of upheaval and rebirth to discover that pursuing happiness on their terms is enough to know it will eventually be found.
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
Revoir Paris
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: an ode to the innocent in the City of Lights.
