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A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

Drama Rated R

“Mental illness as theater.”

The ’Burbs (1989)

Comedy Rated PG

“…presents suburban expansion as a cheerier version of manifest destiny.”

Ordinary People (1980)

Drama Rated R

“…an especially tony Afterschool Special.”

Yi Yi (2000)

Drama Rated NR

“Yi Yi has space for everyone.”

Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

Musical Rated NR

“…a blast to the senses.”

Faces (1968)

Drama Rated R

“…constantly scratches its own skin.”

High Flying Bird (2019)

Drama Rated NR

“…it’s as if some scenes have dissociative identity disorder.”

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

Family Rated PG

“…crosses the line from exhilaration to exhaustion.”

Miss Bala (2019)

Drama Rated PG-13

“…weirdly sexualizes things to undermine everything the original was interested in.”

Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

Comedy Rated R

“…wields its mockery with the subtlety of a power tool.”

Recent Reviews

Toy Story 5 (2026)

Family Rated PG

“If Toy Story 5 doesn’t quite rise to the challenge of its conceit, it still offers plenty of familiar fun.”

Rose of Nevada (2026)

Horror Rated NR

“…a work of oblique horror, a ghost story that’s something of an apparition itself.”

Z (1969)

Drama Rated NR

“. . . a bitter, brilliant pill to swallow.”


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