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. 7, 2022
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A Hero
- Excerpt: Farhadi’s latest, A Hero, once again returns to the themes of societal strife that have run through his previous films, including Academy Award-winners A Separation and The Salesman, to tell the story of a man imprisoned for his inability to repay a debt and the storm of public attention that ensues when he does a (seemingly) good deed. The film’s title is deceptively simple and thus perfectly articulates the drama at the center of the story, for what starts as a straightforward way for one man to clear his conscience rapidly spirals out of control into something far more complicated.
2022 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Delicate State
MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: An ultra-low-budget marvel, a perspective on societal disruption and disorder as everyday precariousness comes for those previously sheltered from it. Barely speculative, maybe terrifyingly prescient.
2021 Films
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The King’s Man
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Licorice Pizza
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The Lost Daughter
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The Matrix Resurrections
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Passing
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The Power of the Dog
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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West Side Story
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Cyrano
Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper’s Reviews
- Excerpt: Cyrano is played by Peter Dinklage, and as a result, almost all the nose jokes are dispensed with in favor of remarks about his height. The film also does everything it can to make the nobility more repulsive.
Every Film
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: In the end, the whether someone likes the movie or not will be based on how close the main themes here strike, since “Every Film” is a rather personal work that will not resonate with the majority. Baruah has some interesting ideas, and occasionally shows a good level in the command of the medium; as a whole, however, the film seems to address only hardcore (European) festival goers.
Get Back: The Beatles
Paulo Portugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: A mini-série The Beatles: Get Back é um excelente documentário musical e uma tremenda viagem no tempo e espaço. Até porque nos ajuda a sentir a pulsação de cada membro da banda naquele preciso momento.
Memoria
Paulo Portugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Memoria aproxima-se daquilo que Apichatpong considera ser o futuro do cinema. Algures entre o sonho encarado como forma de realidade, seja ela virtual ou ‘magia negra’.
Petite Maman
Travis Burgess @ The Sacred Wall
Petite Maman
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It allows us to enjoy a fantastical but never implausible story, starring two exceptional girls and filmed with style and emotion.
Silent Night
MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: Apocalyptically sorta-satirical, bone-deep terrifying slap in the face that humanity has properly earned. Formidable, intense… and funny, in a very dry way that is nevertheless difficult to laugh at.
