Michael Nordine
Tomatometer-approved critic
Publications:
Variety,
L.A. Weekly,
Film Threat,
Slant Magazine,
Village Voice,
Willamette Week,
Reverse Shot,
IndieWire,
TheWrap,
Vice,
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul,
House Next Door,
OZY,
Pasadena Weekly,
Not Coming to a Theater Near You,
Film Occasionally,
Movie Brief
Blue Sun Palace (2024)
100%
3/4
“Tsang’s approach is patient but not withholding, like a documentarian focused on the gradual accumulation of everyday details and what they reveal about the lives of her characters.” –
Movie Brief
Apr 24, 2025
Full Review
The Ugly Stepsister (2025)
96%
3/4
“One story’s happy ending is another story’s tragedy.” –
Movie Brief
Apr 16, 2025
Full Review
Warfare (2025)
93%
3/4
“The most immersive, unsettling look at the Iraq War since The Hurt Locker” –
Movie Brief
Apr 10, 2025
Full Review
Viet and Nam (2024)
100%
3/4
“Việt and Nam is nothing if not earthbound — much of it takes place hundreds of feet below ground, after all — and yet at times it feels transcendent, even cosmic.” –
Movie Brief
Apr 3, 2025
Full Review
Grand Tour (2024)
91%
3/4
“Visiting a new country can beguile you in much the same way that seeing a new movie can.” –
Movie Brief
Mar 27, 2025
Full Review
Who by Fire (2024)
79%
3/4
“There’s nothing we can do to prevent that flame from igniting, try as we might from our side of the screen, and the characters’ ultimate tragedy is that there’s nothing they can do either.” –
Movie Brief
Mar 20, 2025
Full Review
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)
88%
3/4
“Its zany energy is a reminder of how much more these tireless characters have to offer.” –
Movie Brief
Mar 13, 2025
Full Review
Mickey 17 (2025)
77%
3/4
“Whether you consider the many delays worth it might depend on which half of Bong’s filmography you favor.” –
Movie Brief
Mar 5, 2025
Full Review
Okiku and the World (2023)
3/4
“As charming as a movie about the Edo-era manure business could possibly be.” –
Movie Brief
Feb 28, 2025
Full Review
The Monkey (2025)
79%
2.5/4
“If anyone gets a pass for depicting generational trauma this bluntly, it’s Osgood Perkins.” –
Movie Brief
Feb 21, 2025
Full Review
Rounding (2022)
63%
2.5/4
“At times feels more like a resident than a fellow: still in the process of becoming whatever it’s meant to be, leaving questions unanswered in a manner that suggests it might not know them either.” –
Movie Brief
Feb 14, 2025
Full Review
Bring Them Down (2024)
90%
3/4
“Bring Them Down is often brutal but never gratuitous in its portrayal of violence and vendettas. It’s mostly just sad.” –
Movie Brief
Feb 7, 2025
Full Review
Presence (2024)
88%
3/4
“It’s a bravura display from Soderbergh in terms of both narrative and technique, which slowly fuse together as if bound by ectoplasm.” –
Movie Brief
Jan 31, 2025
Full Review
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
84%
4/4
“Mulholland Drive, like all his movies, isn’t an equation to be solved but a dream to be shared.” –
Movie Brief
Jan 24, 2025
Full Review
Grand Theft Hamlet (2024)
93%
3/4
“An ode to the creative process and the necessity of art in challenging times.” –
Movie Brief
Jan 17, 2025
Full Review
Hard Truths (2024)
95%
3/4
“It’s to Leigh and Jean-Baptiste’s infinite credit that they inspire you to ponder just why Pansy is the way she is rather than roll your eyes and write her off as a lost cause.” –
Movie Brief
Jan 17, 2025
Full Review
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)
100%
3/4
“Another endlessly charming addition to the ever-joyful franchise, one with the rare distinction of literally never missing.” –
Movie Brief
Jan 17, 2025
Full Review
Nosferatu (2024)
84%
3/4
“Suffused with an atmosphere so dread-inducing you’ll find yourself holding your breath long before you catch your first glimpse of the eponymous vampire.” –
Movie Brief
Jan 17, 2025
Full Review
The Brutalist (2024)
93%
3.5/4
“Movies, like buildings, outlive the hands that created them. The Brutalist seems destined for an especially long afterlife.” –
Movie Brief
Jan 17, 2025
Full Review
Nickel Boys (2024)
91%
3/4
“By the time the credits roll and you understand what everything was leading up to, scenes you didn’t fully grasp as they were unfolding have a new, revelatory weight to them.” –
Movie Brief
Jan 17, 2025
Full Review
The Girl With the Needle (2024)
92%
3/4
“The feel-bad movie of the year.” –
Movie Brief
Jan 17, 2025
Full Review
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)
97%
3/4
“The family’s roots might not be as strong as they thought, but the film’s are never less than sturdy.” –
Movie Brief
Jan 17, 2025
Full Review
Witches (2024)
88%
3/4
“Sankey, who survived her own trial, has fashioned a moving tribute to the countless women who did not.” –
Movie Brief
Jan 17, 2025
Full Review
Heretic (2024)
91%
3/4
“Uniquely compelling in its approach to frightening viewers, first by confining us in the home of a madman and then by putting us in the even more uncomfortable position of agreeing with some of the points he’s making.” –
Movie Brief
Jan 17, 2025
Full Review
Christmas Eve in Miller's Point (2024)
79%
3/4
“Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point is like every holiday party you’ve ever been to, but it’s also not like any of them.” –
Movie Brief
Jan 17, 2025
Full Review
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