Sinners (2025)
97%
“Like Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Coogler’s bravura filmmaking brings a mythic approach to a sinister, larger than life story.” –
Newport This Week (RI)
May 16, 2025
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The Friend (2024)
84%
““The Friend” sneaks up on you. It’s a sweet charmer that by the end, becomes a moving tale of what it means to be human, which is all it really takes to love a pet.” –
Newport This Week (RI)
May 16, 2025
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Bob Trevino Likes It (2024)
95%
“[There are] more than a few plot holes. But these are filled by two subtle and memorable performances that deliver ordinary, wounded, yet believable characters not often found on screen.” –
Newport This Week (RI)
May 1, 2025
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Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025)
100%
“A moving personal account of how quickly helplessness slides into hopelessness. But in its portrait of an ordinary man who followed his conscience, the film offers a lesson far beyond a Russian classroom.” –
Newport This Week (RI)
May 1, 2025
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The Penguin Lessons (2024)
78%
“The film may be too light for such a dark time, but it’s hard not to root for The Penguin Lessons and its story of unlikely alliances that nudge the wounded toward redemption.” –
Newport This Week (RI)
May 1, 2025
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Merkel (2022)
86%
“Director Eva Weber’s well-crafted and surprisingly entertaining film provides not just important historical context but also illuminates the forces that shaped her character and world view.” –
Newport This Week (RI)
May 1, 2025
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Pangolin: Kulu's Journey (2025)
“A revelatory look at one of the oddest and most endangered mammals on earth.” –
Newport This Week (RI)
May 1, 2025
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The President's Wife (2023)
88%
“This wildly entertaining film blends stylish family soap opera with intriguing behind the scenes political drama, and gives the brilliant Catherine Deneuve a great late career role as Bernadette, the former First Lady of France” –
AWFJ.org
Apr 22, 2025
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We Were Dangerous (2024)
97%
“From its opening frame, Māori filmmaker Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu’s alternately enraging and celebratory. Set in 1950s New Zealand, the film echoes of Rabbit-Proof Fence in its story of abuse and colonialism but has its own voice and fresh approach.” –
AWFJ.org
Apr 2, 2025
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Eephus (2024)
100%
“A wholly original, lyrical and even elegiac experience and one of the best baseball movies to come along in years.” –
Newport This Week (RI)
Mar 22, 2025
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Secret Mall Apartment (2024)
98%
“Beyond the novelty and notoriety, the film asks broader and more universal questions about gentrification and the role of art in life and in society.” –
Newport This Week (RI)
Mar 19, 2025
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The Last of the Sea Women (2024)
97%
“A lively and illuminating look at a vanishing way of life.” –
Newport This Week (RI)
Mar 8, 2025
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Wish You Were Here (2025)
39%
“The charm and charisma of both Fuhrman and Massoud triumph over sentimentality.” –
Newport This Week (RI)
Mar 8, 2025
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Black Box Diaries (2024)
99%
“Japanese journalist Shiori Ito’s extraordinary verité documentary, “Black Box Diaries”, succeeds as an exposé by any standard. That it is also Ito’s manifesto and reckoning makes this unique film even more of a revelation.” –
Loren King
Feb 19, 2025
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The Brutalist (2024)
93%
“There’s no denying Brody’s commanding screen presence as a wounded man in a new land trying to reconcile his artistry with his demons past and present. It’s his most dynamic role since his Oscar winner, “The Pianist.”” –
Newport This Week (RI)
Feb 19, 2025
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The Fire Inside (2024)
93%
“The rapport between Henry’s coach and Destiny’s battling athlete is depicted with such empathy and realism that it doesn’t matter if you’ve seen movies like this before.” –
Newport This Week (RI)
Jan 17, 2025
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September 5 (2024)
93%
“The tense film, featuring a stellar ensemble cast and seamless editing that blends archival and dramatic footage, deserves audience and awards attention.” –
Newport This Week (RI)
Jan 17, 2025
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Porcelain War (2024)
95%
“The film is an immediate and gripping look at life during wartime, thanks to remarkable, on-the-ground footage shot by Stefanov, a first-time cinematographer. ” –
Newport This Week (RI)
Jan 17, 2025
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Conclave (2024)
93%
“For anyone craving an old-fashioned, polished, riveting, supremely entertaining melodrama made for adults, Conclave... checks every box.” –
Newport This Week (RI)
Jan 3, 2025
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Martha (2024)
89%
“Cutler wisely anchors the film with his interview with Stewart and lets her relate her story in her own words. The disarming candor and occasional prickliness is revealing. ” –
Newport This Week (RI)
Jan 3, 2025
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Woman of the Hour (2023)
91%
“Kendrick deftly juggles timeline and tonal shifts to create a subversive crime thriller, with expected scares and unexpected empathy and humanity.” –
Newport This Week (RI)
Jan 3, 2025
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Wicked (2024)
87%
“Even when the movie lags and too many characters are crammed into too much plot, “Wicked” remains buoyed by the magnetic performances of Erivo and Grande, whose chemistry is evident throughout.” –
Newport This Week (RI)
Jan 3, 2025
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Sugarcane (2024)
100%
“Unforgettable storytelling and a compassionate testament to resiliency.” –
Newport This Week (RI)
Jan 3, 2025
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A Complete Unknown (2024)
82%
“The film and Chalamet’s performance capture Dylan’s elusiveness, frequent meanness and arrogance, coupled with his once-in-a-generation talent. ” –
Newport This Week (RI)
Dec 31, 2024
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The Last Keeper (2024)
57%
“Opre’s sweeping shots of the highlands, with deer gathered on hills and in glens and wild birds soaring overhead, visually conveys the majesty of the region and why there are disparate, often at-odds, efforts to preserve and enjoy it. ” –
Loren King
Nov 24, 2024
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