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. 18, 2022
Wide (United States)
The Adam Project
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Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie
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Turning Red
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Limited (United States)
Master
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Vive L’Amour
- Excerpt: Winner of the Golden Lion at the 1994 Venice Film Festival, the film is a tightly constructed study of how one can feel alienated and alone even in close proximity with others. Now available in a new 2K restoration from Film Movement Classics, Vive L’Amour is a must-see for anyone who has ever felt themselves being swallowed up by the city swirling around them and stretched out a hand for salvation.
2022 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
2021 Oscar Nominated Shorts
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The Batman
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Death on the Nile
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Fresh
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The Outfit
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Uncharted
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X
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7 Days
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: [Soni] and Sethi’s screenplay make multiple callbacks to such things as Australian sailors, ringing bells and Rita’s art works evoking different emotions each and every time.
Deep Water
- Excerpt: Racy, risqué fun.
Emergency
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Fear
- Excerpt: In highlighting the absurdity inherent in such xenophobia, Fear gives us permission to laugh at people’s close-minded attitudes while also highlighting the bravery of those who take a stand against them.
Gold
MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: In a dry, dusty, desperate landscape, Zac Efron goes full grunge, effectively underplaying physical and psychological implosion. But there’s nothing unexpected in this brutal open-air chamber piece.
Howling
- Excerpt: “Howling” has its issues, but in general, emerges as a very interesting film to watch, particularly for its visuals and original approach to its subject, while it is also a rather hopeful debut.
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
Sanka: Nomads of the Mountain
- Excerpt: “Sanka: Nomads of the Mountain” is an excellent movie, a true gem of Japanese cinema and one I feel everybody should watch.
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Wildhood
Sarah Gopaul @ Digital Journal
- Excerpt: Writer/director Bretten Hannam’s feature debut is a thoughtful and sincere film that embraces the intimacy of their adventure, demonstrates the healing abilities of community and captures their journey without frills, but not skill.
2021 Films
Belfast
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CODA
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Drive My Car
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I’m Your Man
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King Richard
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Nightmare Alley
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The Power of the Dog
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Children of the Mist
- Excerpt: One could say the director gets too close to her subject, occasionally even affecting the “narrative” with her presence, “Children of the Mist” is an excellent documentary that showcases an appalling phenomenon with brutal realism and through a rather artful approach.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
- Excerpt: Not much more to say, “Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time” is an astonishing finale to an astonishing restart, and a film that is very difficult to describe its quality in writing. Better go watch it ASAP.
Finch
Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper’s Reviews
- Excerpt: FINCH is a post-apocalypse (solar flare/gamma burst) story, with many nods to earlier science fiction stories: a low-slung robot named Dewey, an opening sequence reminiscent of THE MARTIAN, and a humanoid robot built for companionship. Not a lot of new ground is broken here, but it is enjoyable in a classic science fiction sort of way.
Guardians of the Dead Sea
- Excerpt: “Guardians of the Red Sea” is an easy to watch documentary in its 78 minutes, with the three axes it revolves around working quite well in that regard, while also highlighting the situation in Dead Sea in the most eloquent fashion.
Imad’s Childhood
- Excerpt: “Imad’s Childhood” is a great documentary that manages to highlight a very sensitive subject in eloquent but also respectful fashion, thus fulfilling a number of the key purposes of the medium.
Mother/Android
Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper’s Reviews
- Excerpt: MOTHER/ANDROID is a standard robot apocalypse story done on a low budget.
No Ground Beneath the Feet
- Excerpt: “No Ground Beneath the Feet” is a great movie, a rather hopeful debut, and a testament to the progress of Bangladeshi cinema.
North Shinjuku 2055
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Despite its rather experimental approach, “North Shinjuku 2055” is a very easy-to-watch film and an overall excellent title.
Signal The Movie Cold Case Investigation Unit
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “Signal The Movie Cold Case Investigation Unit” has its faults, but in general emerges as a rather entertaining genre movie that works very well within its crime film aesthetics.
Sooryavanshi
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Swan Song
Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper’s Reviews
- Excerpt: Cameron (played by Ali) is dying, and to save his family from grief, he agrees to a new technique that will duplicate him completely, with all his memories except the ones that would tell him he is a duplicate. The plot has similar ideas to FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED, and also MOON.
A Writer’s Odyssey
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: As was always the concept of wuxia films, the action is what truly matters, and in that regard, “A Writer’s Odyssey” truly excels, in one of the most impressive action fantasy mashup we have seen in the latest years. Hollywood super hero movies could take a lesson or two from Lu Yang.
2020 Films
A Balance
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “A Balance” is a tremendous film, one that truly reinvigorates the largely preterit family drama genre, and one that touches the borders of the masterpiece, which it would have surpassed if the ending was a bit different.
