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• Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
  • Excerpt: Luce packs in an awful lot of issues – white liberal saviorhood, cultural identity, black assimilation, victimhood, mental illness shaming, sexual assault – in a psychological thriller which invites debate and introspection rather than providing pat answers.
• Karl Delossantos @ Smash Cut Reviews
  • Excerpt: Luce is a political thriller, horror, and character study all wrapped up neatly into a tight, twisting family drama that keeps you guessing.
• [New] | Herman Dhaliwal @ Cinema Sanctum
  • Excerpt: The buildup in Luce is immaculate, thought provoking, and incredibly performed, which more than makes up for an underwhelming conclusion.
• [New] | James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
• [New] | Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
  • Excerpt: Luce is an intelligent, provocative film you’ll absolutely want to see and discuss.
• [New] | Jared Mobarak @ JaredMobarak.com
  • Excerpt: [The filmmakers] put a boy on trial with no evidence other than his accusers’ own fears because half-truths and assumptions will always be easier to embrace than simple explanations rendered complex by the inherent bias American entitlement provides as a privilege.
• [New] | Don Shanahan @ Every Movie Has a Lesson
  • Excerpt: The enigmas revealed by the spiraling escalation of manipulative confrontations are incredible in Luce.

Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:

• Dragan Antulov @ Draxblog VI [Croatian]
• James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
• [New] | Alan Mattli @ Facing the Bitter Truth
  • Excerpt: Teen Spirit is a well-meaning but clumsy mishmash of ideas and topics, of which none are given the time and space they would have needed to make any kind of impact.
• Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
  • Excerpt: So while the whole is less than the sum of its parts, there is a lot to like. The cast is unique, the visuals mesmerizing, and the music ready to get your toes tapping in the theater. Minghella shows a propensity for directing and room to improve on the writing side.
• Shelagh Rowan-Legg @ ScreenAnarchy

Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:

• Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
  • Excerpt: The Nightingale has its flaws, but Jennifer Kent’s outrage at the brutal injustice doled out to women and minorities burns through every frame.
• [New] | James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
• Aaron Neuwirth @ We Live Entertainment
  • Excerpt: Unlike The Babadook, The Nightingale is not so much a horror film, as it is a bleak adventure-thriller with lots of horrific imagery.
• [New] | Scott Phillips @ The Movie Isle
  • Excerpt: It’s a vast departure in genre and film-making from The Babadook, but in the best possible way. Kent is a brilliant story-teller, and The Nightingale proves that she should continue to work in a writer-director mode and bring her own screenplays to life.
• [New] | Andrew Wyatt @ The Lens

Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:

• [New] | Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
  • Excerpt: Light has too many characters and too many subplots to sustain its throughline momentum, making for an intermittently entertaining but ultimately tedious experience.
• [New] | Herman Dhaliwal @ Cinema Sanctum
  • Excerpt: What easily could have been a simple feel-good story takes a touching and timely approach in exploring the experience of immigrants, identity, and culture clash.
• [New] | James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
• [New] | Charlie Juhl @ Citizen Charlie
  • Excerpt: Springsteen’s words are universal. Director Gurinder Chadha, known for feel-good stories where minority teenagers chase dreams reserved for other ethnicities and social classes, creates a coming-of-age story anybody can identify with and celebrates the power of music to motivate and push one to reach for things long thought unattainable.
• [New] | Eddie Pasa @ DC Filmdom
• [New] | Don Shanahan @ Every Movie Has a Lesson
  • Excerpt: Hell no, you don’t have to be a superfan of Springsteen to enjoy Blinded by the Light, but it sure helps. Even if The Boss is not your ideal vibe, the sprightly emotions on-screen cannot help but target and trigger your own matching passionate feelings for whatever you revere.

Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:

• [New] | Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
  • Excerpt: the book’s comedic, misanthropic vitriol has been toned down in favor of the sweet mother-daughter story and lack-of-artistic-outlet character study at its heart.

Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:

• [New] | Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
  • Excerpt: Cowriter/director Gene Stupnitsky resists easy gross-out gags, instead guiding his three young stars into distinct performances, the comedy derived from their age and innocence.
• [New] | Charlie Juhl @ Citizen Charlie
  • Excerpt: They have just enough information to be dangerous – these “tween” misunderstandings set up awkward episodes, punchy one-liners, and propel an adventure that will test their friendship through threats of grounding, bodily harm, and public humiliation.
• [New] | Eddiw Pasa @ DC Filmdom