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Lauren Humphries-Brooks

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Lauren Humphries-Brooks is a writer, editor, and media journalist. She holds a Masters degree in Cinema Studies from New York University, and in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh. She regularly contributes to film and pop culture websites, and has written extensively on Classical Hollywood, British horror films, and the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror genres. She currently works as a freelance copyeditor and proofreader.

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Maurice (1987) 82% “That's what I like about this film: It goes into the social and cultural ramifications of being a gay man.” – Citizen Dame Apr 25, 2025 Full Review Tommy (1975) 71% “Russell’s surrealistic style is perfect for The Who’s music.” – Suddenly A Shot Rang Out Mar 18, 2025 Full Review All You Hear Is Noise (2023) “All You Hear is Noise allows the three to speak for themselves, falling neither into condescension nor turning into an “uplifting” story about overcoming disability.” – Citizen Dame Jun 20, 2023 Full Review The Gullspång Miracle (2023) 100% “The Gullspång Miracle’s otherworldly elements hang at the peripheries, as the various subjects give nothing away at first, then burst out with declarations of love and hate, or even fantasies of violence. ” – Citizen Dame Jun 20, 2023 Full Review Chasing Chasing Amy (2023) 94% “Chasing Chasing Amy is about finding identity and solace in cinema and art, as often problematic and complex as that art can be—and how at times we can also leave those films behind, without losing our love for them. ” – Citizen Dame Jun 11, 2023 Full Review Dark Glasses (2022) 52% “At base, Dark Glasses is a damn good thriller, well-paced and well-acted, with a slow-building dread and a clear interaction between many of the thematics that run throughout Argento’s films. ” – Citizen Dame Oct 11, 2022 Full Review Hellraiser (2022) 67% “If the original Hellraiser sought to explore the lines between horror and sex, pleasure and pain, with the Cenobites representing extreme sadomasochistic desires, this reboot explores the same within the context of drug addiction.” – Citizen Dame Oct 9, 2022 Full Review Love in Kilnerry (2019) 86% “Despite its promising concept, Love in Kilnerry fails to fulfill its goals, becoming instead a generic, paint-by-numbers comedy that somehow misses the mark on most, if not all, of its punch lines. ” – Citizen Dame Oct 3, 2022 Full Review Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) 65% “If this sequel is less biting than the original, Hocus Pocus 2 is still a candy-coated poison apple held out performers whose enthusiasm filters through the screen.” – Citizen Dame Oct 1, 2022 Full Review God Save the Queens (2022) 90% “There’s something wonderful and refreshing about a film featuring drag queens that does not entirely rely on broad comedy or uber-serious subplots. God Save the Queens is about workaday drag queens.” – Citizen Dame Jun 13, 2022 Full Review Kaepernick & America (2022) 93% “Kaepernick & America examines the influence that a simple act of protest had not just on the man who did it, but on the country outraged by it.” – Citizen Dame Jun 11, 2022 Full Review The Northman (2022) 90% “While the violence, blood, and mud won’t be for everyone, The Northman is a rewarding film for those who venture into its wilderness.” – Citizen Dame May 20, 2022 Full Review What We Do Next (2022) 90% “The narratives intersection of race, class, and social justice provides both an individual and a universal exploration of abusive systems from the perspectives the people trapped, and attempting to work, within them.” – Citizen Dame May 2, 2022 Full Review Parallel Mothers (2021) 96% “Parallel Mothers is ultimately about healing trauma through catharsis, the understanding and uncovering of the past as a way to push through into the future. Women are the repositories of trauma, working through the countrys collective suffering .” – Citizen Dame Feb 28, 2022 Full Review Corridor of Mirrors (1948) 86% “Even if Corridor of Mirrors is ultimately insubstantial, that is also a part of its charm, and its strangeness. It might be odd, a little meandering, and occasionally incoherent, but then...that's what dreams are made of.” – Citizen Dame Dec 30, 2021 Full Review Number 17 (1932) 73% “Number Seventeen's weirdness is quite entertaining, a great director playing around in a sandbox full of tropes and genuinely creepy images.” – Citizen Dame Dec 10, 2021 Full Review This Is Not a War Story (2021) 100% “Though This is Not a War Story deals with trauma, there is also an underlying hope to it-that the characters it depicts might be OK, that they can learn to connect to each other, that they cannot banish their trauma, but might be able to live with it.” – Citizen Dame Nov 22, 2021 Full Review The Accused (1948) 100% “If The Accused is ultimately of its time, it also attempts to stretch beyond it. While not exactly a progressive film, it nevertheless grapples with assault, victim-blaming, and women existing within a deeply patriarchal culture.” – Citizen Dame Nov 18, 2021 Full Review The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) 63% “The Mystery of Edwin Drood is far from the best Dickens adaptation of the period, but it does give life to a story that has always been a little loose and truncated.” – Citizen Dame Nov 18, 2021 Full Review Titane (2021) 90% “Titane is a rare kind of film, a waking dream that makes perfect sense while you're experiencing it, but that upon waking makes you go, "Well, that was odd."” – Citizen Dame Oct 28, 2021 Full Review Malignant (2021) 77% “Malignant is the best of contemporary horror written in bold, bloody, flashing neon letters.” – Citizen Dame Sep 13, 2021 Full Review Theater of Blood (1973) 88% “Theater of Blood is a rare delight. It's a camp horror film, a dissection of Shakespeare, a diatribe against cruel critics, a wicked adoration of the acting profession.” – Citizen Dame Sep 6, 2021 Full Review The Green Knight (2021) 89% “The Green Knight wants to be a complex allegory of the death drive, but fails to touch on its own narrative's chivalric code or the inherent dark humor at its core.” – Citizen Dame Aug 22, 2021 Full Review Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It (2021) 96% “While there are times when the film edges into a charming but simple celebration of Moreno's career, the heavier aspects of it deepen the viewing experience and raise some important issues” – Citizen Dame Jun 20, 2021 Full Review She Done Him Wrong (1933) 93% “Coming in at a spare hour plus, She Done Him Wrong is entertaining, hilarious, and shocking in many ways-even in a Pre-Code world, what West got away with onscreen is nothing short of revolutionary.” – Citizen Dame Jun 12, 2021 Full Review
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