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: May 6, 2022
Wide (United States)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
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Limited (United States)
Happening
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Using a 1.37:1 aspect ratio which keeps us intensely within Anne’s point of view, “Happening” envisions her circumstance as a claustrophobic, ever-tightening vise. It is impossible to watch this horrifying, true story from 1963 France without contemplating the U.S. in 2022.
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: No matter where you come down on the abortion issue, Happening is a film worthy of your time and consideration.
Reflection
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Vasyanovych’s style is reminiscent of Swedish director Roy Andersson’s, although Vasyanovych’s tableaux flow into each other, his colors darker than reality
2022 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
The Bad Guys
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
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The Lost City
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Memory
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The Northman
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
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Anais in Love
Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Cinema
- Excerpt: I liked the low-level intensity of this film. It’s observational about this woman’s mind, her heart and her reckless nature and where it gets her.
The Automat
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Lisa Hurwitz and her editor Michael Levine make their directorial and screenwriting debuts with this lively, informative and nostalgic look at a bit of Americana with a surprisingly profound parallel to American democracy itself.
The Aviary
Sarah E Boslaugh @ The Arts STL
- Excerpt: While The Aviary begins in an apparently realistic mode, over time it raises doubts about how much of what we’re seeing on screen is real.
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen
- Excerpt: If this documentary never makes it out of the category of “interesting DVD extra” into a standalone film, it still has some entertaining inside stories and some insights into the art of cinematic storytelling.
Firebird
- Excerpt: This film is a bittersweet love story about characters burdened by oppression, but the theme of liberation is as palpable as the sense of loss.
Gangubai Kathiawadi
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Marvelous and the Black Hole
Cecilia Barroso @ Cenas de Cinema [Portuguese]
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Cinema
- Excerpt: Netflix’s newest “tapes” documentary The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes is a disgusting bag of tabloid trash, a movie that purports to take us behind the Hollywood façade to the real-life Norma Jean heard through audio tapes made more than 60 years ago. What it is really doing is gluing together pieces and parts of rumors, speculation and mythology (read: gossip!) into a movie that wants to root around under this poor woman’s fingernails and unearth a lot of nonsense without any real commentary or – God forbid – genuine concern for this troubled soul.
The Survivor
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: The best biopics don’t just tell you what a person did, they tell you who that person was.
Valerie
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: A warm and loving portrait of star Valerie Perrine.
The White Fortress
Marilyn Ferdinand @ Alliance of Women Film Journalists
- Excerpt: Despite the differences in their economic and social circumstances, Faruk and Mona are both looking for understanding, “a feeling of belonging,” as Mona says. The White Fortress offers a ray of hope to the Monas and Faruks who face an uncertain and possibly bleak future, but wisely confronts the realities they can’t afford to ignore.
2021 Films
The Worst Person in the World
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