Elina Alter
Elina Alter's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Manifesto (2015)
75%
“Spliced and layered, stripped of their contexts, gathered just because they are available, the manifestos lose whatever meaning they once held.” –
Brooklyn Magazine
May 10, 2017
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In the Shadow of Women (2015)
87%
“Merhar emotes so little than his bodily tremble during a climactic argument with his wife is seismic. Courau, on the other hand, frowns, dotes, laughs, and seems entirely human.” –
Brooklyn Magazine
Dec 12, 2016
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Lamb (2015)
83%
“Dialogue that's meant to be elevated and insightful sounds a little silly, but this works, in the end, for Lamb's benefit.” –
Brooklyn Magazine
Nov 30, 2016
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Fireworks Wednesday (2006)
100%
“[In a] Farhadi film... each divulged bit of information forces the audience, and the characters, to reevaluate what they thought they understood.” –
Brooklyn Magazine
Nov 15, 2016
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Demon (2015)
92%
“Cynics and pragmatists suggest that unknown factors surface after marriage. Demon, an often auspicious union of satire and horror, offers a variation.” –
Brooklyn Magazine
Sep 7, 2016
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For the Plasma (2014)
59%
“In its obvious, 16mm love for wilderness, its desire both to capitalize on and dismiss tradition, and its stubborn refusal to cohere, a very American production.” –
Brooklyn Magazine
Jul 21, 2016
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The Innocents (2016)
95%
“The Innocents is a movie about nuns becoming mothers, and in the attempt to stave off audience incredulity, it is a very serious film.” –
Brooklyn Magazine
Jun 28, 2016
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Diary of a Chambermaid (2015)
66%
“quick and vicious” –
Brooklyn Magazine
Jun 7, 2016
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Viktoria (2014)
81%
“It's still a matter of some celebration that Viktoria screened at Sundance in 2014, the first Bulgarian movie to make it to that specific West.” –
Brooklyn Magazine
Apr 26, 2016
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Francofonia (2015)
87%
“An essay film, maybe a lyric essay film: ambitious and personal, concise and complex, insightful and at times limited by ponderousness.” –
Brooklyn Magazine
Apr 19, 2016
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