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Alison Herman

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Ali Wong: Single Lady (2024) 86% “Not all divorcées will find themselves as sought-after as Wong did in the immediate aftermath, and almost none will turn their saga into an account this entertaining. “Single Lady” is far from a how-to guide, but it’s a riveting testimonial.” – Variety Oct 8, 2024 Full Review Matt Rife: Lucid - A Crowd Work Special (2024) “Though he’s a competent facilitator, Rife never generates the electricity of true, transcendent spontaneity. The framing itself is fairly trite.” – Variety Aug 15, 2024 Full Review David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived (2023) 94% “The documentary works to introduce its audience to Holmes, who proves deserving of the spotlight. But they’ll go in knowing Radcliffe already, and as a result, it’s the star who feels most illuminated by The Boy Who Lived.” – Variety Nov 17, 2023 Full Review John Mulaney: Baby J (2023) 86% “Performances like “Baby J” are the only insight into his mindset we’re likely to get for the foreseeable future, even as they pointedly remind us they’re just that: a performance.” – Variety Apr 25, 2023 Full Review RRR (2022) 96% “In a movie that also includes Bheem battling a tiger with his bare hands and an aerial rescue involving a motorcycle, “Naatu Naatu” may be the most impressive action sequence. ” – The Ringer Mar 10, 2023 Full Review Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023) 48% “Magic Mike turned itself into an unlikely franchise dedicated to promoting women’s pleasure, but in the end, it overcomplicated its appeal...” – The Ringer Feb 17, 2023 Full Review 80 for Brady (2023) 59% “A dubiously effective branding exercise wrapped in a highly effective distraction...” – The Ringer Feb 4, 2023 Full Review The Menu (2022) 88% “Marketed as an upscale spin on horror, The Menu interrogates a culture that has taken the chef from faceless grunt to something of a cult leader.” – The Ringer Nov 22, 2022 Full Review Sharp Stick (2022) 50% “Even as Sharp Stick deals with extremely adult material, it adopts a purposeful innocence that makes Dunham’s latest work less counterintuitive than it might seem.” – The Ringer Oct 11, 2022 Full Review Catherine Called Birdy (2022) 89% “Catherine Called Birdy establishes Dunham as a continued creative force...” – The Ringer Oct 11, 2022 Full Review The Resort (2021) 37% “The Resort’s straightforwardness seems to free up its goofier side, starting with the performances.” – The Ringer Jul 30, 2022 Full Review Tig Notaro: Drawn (2021) 100% “Like most comedy specials, Drawn is a way to burnish and evolve a comic's persona-helping fans get to know them better, even when they can't actually see them.” – The Ringer Jul 26, 2021 Full Review Bo Burnham: Inside (2021) 95% “The auteur can't help but take the pandemic personally in his new comedy special, but really what he's describing is the near-universal feeling of despair in 2020. And that feels good.” – The Ringer Jun 11, 2021 Full Review Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020) 67% “Everything's Fine is yet more proof of the challenge of satirizing our chaotic world, and why traditional forms keep coming up short...” – The Ringer Oct 30, 2020 Full Review “Like all the best gambits, The Golden One's form follows its function: reflecting the singularity of a particular creative life.” – The Ringer Feb 29, 2020 Full Review Jenny Slate: Stage Fright (2019) 100% “In her willingness to invite others into her romantic, family, and interior lives, Slate gives the distinct impression she's not performing at all.” – The Ringer Oct 25, 2019 Full Review Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones (2019) 42% “Sticks and Stones is designed to generate inflammatory coverage... It's a symbiotic cycle with no end in sight, and it's become the last thing a beloved provocateur should ever want to be: predictable.” – The Ringer Aug 29, 2019 Full Review Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted (2015) 100% “Simply surviving what Notaro has is inspirational in and of itself, of course. But Boyish Girl Interrupted puts the machinery required to translate those experiences into great comedy on full display. It's almost awe-inspiring. But mostly, it's funny.” – Flavorwire Aug 2, 2019 Full Review Bo Burnham: Make Happy (2016) 100% “A shockingly prickly, frequently meta medley of stand-up and song that challenges Burnham's fans more than it caters to them.” – The Ringer Jul 15, 2019 Full Review Ali Wong: Baby Cobra (2016) 100% “Cobra is a contradiction in terms ,  and the sly, surface-level hypocrisy is part of Wong's genius, building to one of the most skillful closers in recent memory.” – The Ringer Jul 12, 2019 Full Review Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats (2014) 100% “One of the Greats opens with a montage that styles Peretti after her idols, and the special itself is filled with cutaways to Peretti in character, often as a clown. It's a fittingly weird and inventive approach for someone like Peretti.” – The Ringer Jul 12, 2019 Full Review John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid (2015) 100% “Watch for the laughs, but also the pleasure of watching a masterful entertainer grow into his talents.” – The Ringer Jul 11, 2019 Full Review Anthony Jeselnik: Thoughts and Prayers (2015) 100% “The final third of Thoughts and Prayers is a thrilling break from his established pattern, a near-20-minute meditation on public performance of sympathy in the wake of tragedy.” – The Ringer Jul 11, 2019 Full Review Hannibal Buress: Comedy Camisado (2016) 100% “Comedy Camisado is a reminder that underneath it all, Buress is one of the best stand-ups working today, with a relaxed, beta-male vibe that belies his near-total unflappability.” – Flavorwire Jul 9, 2019 Full Review Aziz Ansari: Right Now (2019) 84% “Ansari flips from being the subject of uncomfortable questions to decisively weighing in on those same dilemmas. It's an abrupt and audacious switch... Regardless, at BAM, Ansari manages to carry the audience right along with him.” – The Ringer Jul 9, 2019 Full Review
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