Sugarcane (2024)
100%
“It is a nonfiction film made with remarkable empathy and restraint, a sober but humane interrogation of the recurrent damage done by arrogantly applied benign intentions.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
May 17, 2024
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You Have No Idea (2022)
“A delicate, compelling and relatable story that is heartfelt without becoming mawkish or emotionally prescriptive to tell about the tribulations -- and rewards -- of raising a different kid in the 1990s and beyond.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Mar 22, 2024
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We Have Just Begun (2023)
“The film is powerful and deserves sober consideration. It has a place in the ongoing conversation about how we ought to remember and redress some of the terrible crimes of the past.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Jan 23, 2024
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Fallen Leaves (2023)
97%
“In a way, this is a mathematically elegant movie, a simple but precisely calibrated film that we're lucky to have the opportunity to see in a theater.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Jan 19, 2024
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Ferrari (2023)
72%
“Racing action aside, Ferrari is more a stolid soap opera than a portrait of an obsessed, arrogant legend.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Dec 29, 2023
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The Boys in the Boat (2023)
57%
85/100
“This isn't a great movie, and it may not even be a movie that most 21st-century people will want to watch, but there's no denying the quality of the production values and Clooney's mastery. He's made exactly what he wanted to make.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Dec 23, 2023
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Dream Scenario (2023)
91%
88/100
“While some of these threads are incompletely developed and others dropped entirely, Dream Scenario never collapses in formless entropy thanks in large part to Cage's open-hearted embrace of his character.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Dec 11, 2023
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May December (2023)
91%
90/100
“The best role belongs to Portman, who will surely get major awards attention for her turn as ambitious, diligent and perpetually line-crossing Elizabeth.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Dec 1, 2023
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Golda (2023)
54%
86/100
“Mirren gets the job done, which is the important thing. She blasts away the old caricature of the grandmotherly, somehow doddering Meir without ever indulging in over-the-top actorliness.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Aug 25, 2023
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Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback (2023)
100%
“I was a little skeptical that "Reinventing Elvis" could justify its length -- at one hour and 26 minutes it's more than twice the running time of the original special -- but even those well-versed in Presley lore are likely to learn something.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Aug 22, 2023
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The Miracle Club (2023)
68%
“It feels like a waste of [a] pretty spectacular cast, but it's not the sort of movie that reasonable people get mad at... Good intentions ought to count for something.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Aug 14, 2023
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Jules (2023)
86%
“Quirky and sweet, "Jules" has a certain predictability and Gavin Steckler's screenplay at times strains a little too hard, but nothing about it feels like anything less than an earnest choice.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Aug 13, 2023
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Loudmouth (2022)
67%
85/100
“While it's absolutely true that the dominant media has a double standard for Black activists it wouldn't apply to white do-gooders there's a lot here that goes unchallenged.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Dec 10, 2022
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Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon (2022)
87/100
“It's a movie that makes a case -- and makes it well except for one niggling point. Laurie insists this is the untold -- or at least under-told -- story of Johnny Cash. I'd counter that Cash's Christianity was never something you could overlook. ” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Dec 6, 2022
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Pleasure (2021)
88%
“It's moderately successful but may be best remembered as the launching pad for its star, a 24-year-old Swedish woman named Sofia Kappel who is appearing in her first movie.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
May 20, 2022
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Happening (2021)
99%
90/100
“Happening isn't particularly political, at least not in the sense that it proffers a particular agenda. It's a deeply personal episode from a particular life told in a straightforward manner without a lot of moralizing.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
May 13, 2022
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Petite Maman (2021)
97%
“It's a straightforward and compact movie (73 minutes long) touched with magic. It was one of the best films I saw last year and I'm glad it's getting a widespread theatrical release. It's a movie I'd recommend to almost anyone.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
May 6, 2022
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2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation (2022)
100%
“Spanish animator Alberto Mielgo's "The Windshield Wiper," which also runs about 15 minutes, is a moving and startling work about the nature of love that features male and female nudity, sex, and adult themes. ” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Feb 25, 2022
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2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Documentary (2022)
90%
“Usually the documentary shorts are as grim as they are rigorously made -- but this year they are generally uplifting. ” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Feb 25, 2022
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Flee (2021)
98%
90/100
“While at times, Flee feels invasively intimate, as though we are eavesdropping on a therapy session, it allows us to imagine what it might be like to live in Amin's consciousness and to understand his reality.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Jan 28, 2022
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Licorice Pizza (2021)
90%
89/100
“It's like spending time on a planet where the oxygen percentage has been dialed up to particularly pleasing levels.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Dec 31, 2021
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The First Wave (2021)
98%
“A heart-pounding and graphic verite snapshot of the early days of the covid-19 crisis, focused through the lens of a single hospital... The First Wave isn't an easy watch, but it's a necessary one.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Oct 16, 2021
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The Gateway (2021)
50%
“While The Gateway script was much heralded, what really makes the movie work is the chemistry of the cast and director Michele Civetta's sleekly self-aware look.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Sep 3, 2021
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The Green Knight (2021)
89%
89/100
“It's definitely not for everyone -- despite its dramatic title, it's anything but superhero fare -- but it's also precisely the sort of jolt the summer onslaught of films, depressingly craven up to this point, so badly needs.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Aug 6, 2021
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Annette (2021)
72%
83/100
“I can't in good conscience recommend a rock musical comprised largely of repetitive chants. The Maels are adorable, but their music remains an acquired taste. As does Driver's singing voice.” –
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Aug 6, 2021
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