Jesse Cataldo
Jesse Cataldo's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Predator 2 (1990)
29%
“Predator 2 feels like an aimless tangent compared to its predecessor, but rarely do unnecessary remixes exhibit such insane and original verve.
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Spectrum Culture
Oct 4, 2022
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The Last Waltz (1978)
98%
“The combination of shagginess and directorial fussbudgetry that marks the final product also functions as a reminder that Scorsese often does his best work while shaping discord into the type of art that retains distinct traces of that turmoil.
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Spectrum Culture
Sep 9, 2022
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The Intruder (2004)
91%
“Formulates a chimeric disquisition on the things that divide us - the self-imposed limitations and expectations cultivated by fear and ignorance - which result in their own form of emotional confinement.
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Spectrum Culture
May 20, 2022
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Trouble Every Day (2001)
57%
“A masterful invocation of the gray areas in which pleasure and pain, attraction and repulsion, can commingle in uncomfortable fashion.
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Spectrum Culture
May 10, 2022
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Saint Jack (1979)
72%
“Shooting halfway around the world, director Peter Bogdanovich manages to reinvent his style in a minor key with Saint Jack, while retaining the love of sparkling dialogue, gag work, and interpretive pastiche that defined his career.” –
Spectrum Culture
Apr 26, 2022
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Losing Ground (1982)
96%
3/4
“The inherent tension of this scenario is ratcheted up gradually, across patient, theatrically composed scenes.” –
Slant Magazine
Mar 1, 2022
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Duet for Cannibals (1969)
80%
3/4
“Susan Sontag's debut film serves as an intriguing cinematic extension of her more well-known written work.” –
Slant Magazine
Nov 16, 2019
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At War (2018)
69%
2/4
“The film is content to bluntly affirm that corporate attempts at compassion are always secondary to providing profit to shareholders.” –
Slant Magazine
Jul 16, 2019
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Dogman (2018)
84%
2/4
“The film only succeeds at evoking a firm sense of place and an accompanying air of alluring grotesquerie.” –
Slant Magazine
Apr 7, 2019
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Sleepless Nights Stories (2011)
67%
“It proves that Mekas is still very much awake, contemplating the broad gulfs of the past and future, the little life that, as Shakespeare put it, "is rounded with a sleep."” –
MUBI
Jan 9, 2018
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Tempestad (2016)
95%
3/4
“This is a heartfelt essay film that digs into several instances of trauma occasioned by Mexico's drug war.” –
Slant Magazine
Oct 15, 2017
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Funeral Parade (1969)
100%
3/4
“The film is caught somewhere between freeform sketch comedy, gonzo documentary, and irony-soaked Warholian melodrama.” –
Slant Magazine
Jun 3, 2017
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Free Fire (2016)
70%
3/4
“Ben Wheatley's film reduces the modus operandi of the action movie down to its starkest elements.” –
Slant Magazine
Apr 14, 2017
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Les hautes solitudes (1974)
3.5/4
“The limitations of black and white both point to Philippe Garrel's silent-era influences and identify a way forward.” –
Slant Magazine
Feb 20, 2017
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Silence (2016)
83%
3.5/4
“Martin Scorsese crafts a versatile, multifaceted work that encourages serious reflection and contemplation.” –
Slant Magazine
Dec 15, 2016
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Nocturnal Animals (2016)
74%
2.5/4
“Tom Ford remains too reliant on overwrought imagery, residual prestige affectations, and conventional rhythms to break free of either genre the film experiments with.” –
Slant Magazine
Nov 14, 2016
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Dog Eat Dog (2016)
52%
1.5/4
“Paul Schrader's film scrambles for contemporary relevance and finds only nihilistic hollowness.” –
Slant Magazine
Oct 28, 2016
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Julieta (2016)
84%
2.5/4
“Pedro Almodvar's object-oriented approach ends up blocking off the deeper emotional access that Alice Munro's stories so effortlessly attain.” –
Slant Magazine
Sep 29, 2016
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Do Not Resist (2016)
91%
3/4
“Director Craig Atkinson's film explicates its points with blunt but persuasive efficiency.” –
Slant Magazine
Sep 25, 2016
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Morris From America (2016)
87%
3/4
“Chad Hartigan's film is especially perceptive about the effect of external influence on personal development.” –
Slant Magazine
Aug 15, 2016
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Under the Sun (2015)
94%
2/4
“The film's primary effect is to substantiate gossip, while satisfying the perverse human desire to gander at misery.” –
Slant Magazine
Jul 2, 2016
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Cosmos (2015)
78%
2.5/4
“Andrzej Zulawski's film experiment ranks somewhere between captivatingly off the wall and utterly exhausting.” –
Slant Magazine
Jun 13, 2016
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Dheepan (2015)
87%
2.5/4
“Jacques Audiard's film struggles to overcome the burden of its over-simplified, moralizing setup.” –
Slant Magazine
May 3, 2016
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Back Home (2015)
73%
3/4
“Louder Than Bombs is a parable that takes depression seriously as a condition and a state of being.” –
Slant Magazine
Apr 4, 2016
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The Witch (2015)
91%
3/4
“The reworking of a tired horror trope into a transformed feminist symbol stands out as an impressive act of genre revisionism.” –
Slant Magazine
Feb 15, 2016
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