Aaron Hillis
Aaron Hillis's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Never Here (2017)
80%
“There's more substance than pastiche in performance artist and documentarian Camille Thoman's ambitious narrative feature debut.” –
Village Voice
Oct 18, 2017
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Hong Kong Trilogy (2015)
60%
“Offers modest pleasures yet never quite commits to being contemplative poetry or probing journalism.” –
Village Voice
Sep 20, 2017
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Alina (2016)
“A hokey female-driven drama that liberally fails the Bechdel test.” –
Village Voice
Sep 13, 2017
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The Future Perfect (2016)
100%
“Each neorealist story thread doubles as a case study for how our ever-shrinking world redefines culture and communication, but played as a downbeat comedy of misunderstandings in which Xiaobin mimics Buster Keaton's expressionless disenchantment.” –
Village Voice
Sep 13, 2017
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Rebel in the Rye (2017)
29%
“This thanklessly watchable film ... may not warrant Holden Caulfield's trademark judgment of phoniness - but, like any clichéd writing, deserves rejection.” –
Village Voice
Sep 5, 2017
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The Teacher (2016)
91%
“A little power corrupts absolutely in this caustically clever Slovak-language dramedy from the prolific Czech director-writer team of Jan Hrebejk and Petr Jarchovsky” –
Village Voice
Aug 30, 2017
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Machines (2016)
93%
“Machines proves both uncompromising and unforgettable.” –
Village Voice
Aug 8, 2017
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Endless Poetry (2016)
94%
“Loopy, irreverent, and more intensely personal than anything its mystic creator has invented before.” –
Village Voice
Jul 17, 2017
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Goodnight Brooklyn: The Story of Death by Audio (2016)
57%
“The footage relies more on idealistic testimonies than a cinematic experience showcasing DBA's vitality; why not let those blistering, immersive concert performances play longer than a chorus?” –
Village Voice
Nov 30, 2016
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Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
92%
“Herzog smartly takes a broad, bird's-eye perspective of our early techno-evolution.” –
Village Voice
Aug 17, 2016
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Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
93%
“The film's alchemic blend of Bressonian rigor, Hitchcockian suspense, and overall proto-Nouvelle Vague cool more than compensates for its straightforward plotting ...” –
Village Voice
Aug 2, 2016
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SPL 2: A Time for Consequences (2015)
100%
“Dizzily entertaining when the knives, bullets, and feet are flying, and sometimes painfully melodramatic during the interim exposition.” –
Village Voice
May 11, 2016
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An Eye for Beauty (2014)
20%
“[A] feeble soap opera that's as stilted and unsexy as an adolescent dry hump.” –
Village Voice
Apr 14, 2016
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Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016)
85%
“I literally cried tears of joy.” –
Village Voice
Mar 18, 2016
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Remember (2015)
68%
“Atom Egoyan's atypically linear revenge fantasy disingenuously evokes the ghastly legacy of Auschwitz as an artsploitation thriller.” –
Village Voice
Mar 8, 2016
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Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015)
94%
“The performances are undeniably authentic, the cinematography could make Terrence Malick stand to give a slow clap, and sometimes a sensitive mood and evocative milieu are enough to sustain when there's barely a plot.” –
Village Voice
Mar 1, 2016
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Backtrack (2015)
28%
“Glossily shot yet soullessly schematic ...” –
Village Voice
Feb 23, 2016
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Jack of the Red Hearts (2015)
58%
“It's rare that a drama shows such specificity with respect to the experience of coping with autism, and that sensitivity goes a long way.” –
Village Voice
Feb 23, 2016
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The Girl in the Book (2015)
93%
“So unpretentious that it could be accused of lacking style or vigor, writer-director Marya Cohn's maturely conceived, Kickstarter-budgeted debut swaps genders on the more traditionally male-driven story of a stunted coming-of-age.” –
Village Voice
Dec 8, 2015
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American Hero (2015)
30%
“The filmmakers blend tones like a child mixing fountain drinks into one unidentifiable flavor.” –
Village Voice
Dec 8, 2015
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Johnny Guitar (1954)
94%
“A slyly radical psychosexual oddity busting through genre conventions, beyond its Old West Arizona setting ...” –
Village Voice
Nov 10, 2015
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Coming Home (2014)
“The cinematography is far too slick, and Diddy's title song is overplayed, but most of the revelations and one climactic confrontation cut to the bone.” –
Village Voice
Oct 27, 2015
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Crocodile Gennadiy (2015)
98%
“The best superhero vigilante movie of the year.” –
Village Voice
Oct 9, 2015
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(T)ERROR (2015)
91%
“Watching a spy sit on the couch waiting for text messages from higher-ups may not sound as compelling as a le Carr novel, but it's a necessary build to a pulse-pounding third act that reveals how lives are destroyed by half-truths and hearsay.” –
Village Voice
Sep 30, 2015
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Youth (2013)
100%
“Elegantly shot to emphasize the suffocating atmosphere of its believably frightening scenario, the film speaks clearly about generational expectations and the disintegration of the middle class, even when the brothers communicate without using words.” –
Village Voice
Aug 18, 2015
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