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: Jan. 28, 2022
Limited (United States)
Sundown
- Excerpt: he film leaves the viewer with the impression of a man trying to beat the entropic decay that surrounds him to the punch.
- Excerpt: Franco’s films are often preoccupied with the trials and tribulations of the upper classes; this is a theme that continues in Sundown, the story of a man who is willing to throw away a life of outrageous privilege in order to live out his days on a Mexican beach. Featuring a wonderfully understated performance from Tim Roth (who previously appeared in Franco’s Chronic) the film packs a surprising number of twists into a succinct 83 minutes, continuously forcing the audience to reevaluate all of our assumptions about this man and his unconventional (and often unsympathetic) choices.
2022 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
The 355
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The King’s Daughter
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892
- Excerpt: Abi Damaris Corbin’s quiet and unobtrusive style helps 892 build tension primarily from character instead of incident.
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
Marilyn Ferdinand @ Alliance of Women Film Journalists
- Excerpt: Through the use of film clips, director Nina Menkes shows how a film vocabulary has formed and hardened into accepted practice, one that privileges the male gaze over all other points of view. It is Menkes’ contention that these internalized norms of film construction influence how men and women behave in the real world.
Call Jane
- Excerpt: Call Jane is curiously staid and low-wattage story where, too often, things work out just fine for its characters.
Endless Sunshine on a Cloudy Day
Marilyn Ferdinand @ Alliance of Women Film Journalists
- Excerpt: Actor and screenwriter John Connors, who makes his directorial debut chronicling the devastating battle that Anthony, his wife Kim, and their children, Jade and Eion, waged over the next two years to beat back cancer, shows a deep empathy for his subjects as he unspools their story.
Fire of Love
Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
Futura
- Excerpt: While Futura doesn’t unveil any extraordinary new insights into the minds of teens and twentysomethings, it does force us to reconcile with the necessity of changing the world now so that we can all look forward to some kind of future, let alone a better one.
My Old School
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Reviews
- Excerpt: A stranger-than-fiction documentary.
The Royal Treatment
Kirsten Hawkes @ Parent Previews
The Tiger Rising
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When You Finish Saving the World
- Excerpt: Jesse Eisenberg’s satire hits its targets dead on, but he flattens his mother-and-son narcissists to the point of caricature.
2021 Films
Belfast
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Benedetta
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Cyrano
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Flee
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A Hero
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House of Gucci
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Nightmare Alley
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No Time to Die
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The Power of the Dog
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Spiral
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Titane
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Attica
Bev Questad @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: The testimony of the ex-inmates who had been part of the riot explains how the occupation ended. It also encourages the viewer to re-think the American penal system and encourage Congress to develop a much better plan.
Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry
Bev Questad @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: This documentary on Billie Eilish, which is shortlisted for an Oscar, is surprisingly revelatory, interesting, well-constructed and intimate.
Day of Rage
Bev Questad @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: “Day of Rage” will become a classic film on a demonstration gone berserk. It is an American duty to see this film and then decide for yourself what the heck is up and what we can do about it.
Shrieking in the Rain
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “Shrieking in the Rain” is not exactly a pioneering film, and the truth is, that the combination of nostalgia and love for cinema do lead to some scenes that could be described as cheesy (the donut ones for example). It is, however, sincere, realistic, informative and quite fun, in a combination that truly deserves to be watched.
