Christy Lemire
Tomatometer-approved critic
April (2024)
94%
3/4
““April” is as exquisite as it is excruciating: a film that will linger with you long afterward, but you’ll probably never want to watch it again. ” –
RogerEbert.com
Apr 25, 2025
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Freaky Tales (2024)
74%
2.5/4
“A scrappy, underdog enthusiasm is unmistakable throughout.” –
RogerEbert.com
Apr 4, 2025
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AUM: The Cult at the End of the World (2023)
64%
“It feels a little superficial... It didn't say a whole lot about why cults are interesting in the first place.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Mar 28, 2025
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Bob Trevino Likes It (2024)
95%
“If you want a balm for these difficult times, Bob Trevino Likes It is it.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Mar 28, 2025
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Locked (2025)
65%
“As a genre exercise, I enjoyed it a lot.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Mar 28, 2025
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Magazine Dreams (2023)
80%
“[Jonathan Majors] is great in it, but it is very tough to watch.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Mar 28, 2025
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The Alto Knights (2025)
40%
“I don't know why this movie exists. It breathes no new new life into the mobster movie genre at all and will only serve to remind you of better movies.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Mar 28, 2025
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Disney's Snow White (2025)
40%
“A mishmash and a mess of stuff. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Mar 28, 2025
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The Assessment (2024)
82%
3/4
“The first feature from [Fleur Fortuné] has a ton of style, and signals from the beginning her confident use of framing, texture and color. ” –
RogerEbert.com
Mar 21, 2025
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Picture This (2025)
45%
2.5/4
“A rom-com that’s more effective as com than rom, with several big laughs and a thoroughly winning lead performance from Simone Ashley. ” –
RogerEbert.com
Mar 6, 2025
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Mickey 17 (2025)
77%
2.5/4
“What’s frustrating is that I totally agree with everything Bong is saying, I just wish he were saying it with a touch more finesse. ” –
RogerEbert.com
Mar 5, 2025
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My Dead Friend Zoe (2024)
95%
3.5/4
“This is a persuasive piece of advocacy filmmaking, tucked inside a playful and profane comedy about female friendship. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry.” –
RogerEbert.com
Feb 28, 2025
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Invader (2024)
58%
1.5/4
“The best thing about “Invader” is that it’s short. But for much of its 69-minute runtime, it is thoroughly unpleasant, which makes it feel much longer. ” –
RogerEbert.com
Feb 21, 2025
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Rose (2021)
81%
“Watching the expressiveness of [Françoise Fabian]'s joy is quite lovely.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Feb 11, 2025
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Grafted (2024)
77%
“It gets gross, but to what end?... I don't know if the young woman at the center of it is all that well drawn.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Feb 11, 2025
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Inheritance (2025)
54%
“She never becomes Jason Bourne... She's figuring it out, and we're figuring it out right alongside her. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Feb 11, 2025
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Flight Risk (2025)
30%
“A really cool idea, but the dialogue is terrible. I hate this script so much... There's a crassness that is really unnecessary.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Feb 11, 2025
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Presence (2024)
88%
“I love that after all these decades as a filmmaker, Soderbergh still likes to do these cool little experimental larks.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Feb 11, 2025
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The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
96%
“It zips by, like back-to-back episodes of prestige television. Thrilling the whole way through. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Feb 11, 2025
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The Room Next Door (2024)
81%
“It is quite lovely in all the ways a Pedro Almodóvar movie can be. Striking and strange. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Feb 11, 2025
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Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
56%
“It swings back and forth tonally very awkwardly, but there are some thrilling moments and it is Barry Jenkins' usual cinematographer, James Laxton, so it is quite lovely at times. But I wish Jenkins would take his artistry where it is his. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Feb 11, 2025
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The Brutalist (2024)
93%
“It is so specific, lived-in and vibrant that you want to spend more time in this world even when it's harrowing. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Feb 11, 2025
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Kinda Pregnant (2025)
29%
1.5/4
“Pretty much everyone in this movie is annoying all the time, and Spindel yanks us around in tone from one moment to the next.” –
RogerEbert.com
Feb 6, 2025
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Like Father, Like Son (2025)
7%
0/4
“At once unintentionally hilarious and borderline reprehensible, and it’s the closest approximation to the disaster of “The Room” since Tommy Wiseau’s cult favorite first graced arthouse theaters over 20 years ago. ” –
RogerEbert.com
Jan 31, 2025
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Eternal You (2024)
90%
3/4
“Beyond the emotional element, “Eternal You” raises intriguing ethical questions about this burgeoning use of technology.” –
RogerEbert.com
Jan 24, 2025
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