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Sarah Manvel

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Biography:

Sarah Manvel is the author of You Ruin It When You Talk. She was born in the USA and raised in four countries on three continents. She has two passports (Irish and American) and one degree, from The Evergreen State College. She writes film and cultural criticism for a variety of websites and lives in London.

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Silver Star (2024) “A deeply imperfect film, mainly because the two main actors don’t quite pull off the wild plot swings, but Silver Star remains an oddly compelling independent film.” – Movies We Texted About Apr 25, 2025 Full Review Hot Milk (2025) 33% “It has no certain tone, and it doesn’t seem to know what it’s about until the very final sequence, meaning the work of those excellent actresses builds to nothing.” – Movies We Texted About Apr 24, 2025 Full Review Peacock (2024) “For a movie about authenticity to feel like such a rip-off is quite the disappointment. And yet, there’s a nugget of truth inside Peacock which didn’t quite grow into a pearl, but is fascinating to examine all the same.” – Movies We Texted About Apr 20, 2025 Full Review Sinners (2025) 98% “It’s surprising that someone as deft at handling complex issues and ambitious storytelling as Mr Coogler allowed his movie to get so out of hand.” – In Their Own League Apr 20, 2025 Full Review Dreams (2024) 100% “Dreams’ entire point is respecting a young person’s sexual awakening, withholding mature judgement as they overanalyze their feelings and figure out if they can handle it themselves. ” – In Their Own League Apr 16, 2025 Full Review Drip Like Coffee (2024) “There’s a wonderful story inside Drip Like Coffee that just needed better flavouring to be properly appreciated.” – In Their Own League Apr 15, 2025 Full Review The Return (2024) 78% “The Return is a movie for adults who have made mistakes, and who continue to strive to be better nonetheless. Every second of it is a hard-earned joy. ” – Movies We Texted About Apr 13, 2025 Full Review The Luckiest Man in America (2024) 66% “What is the point of watching a movie where all that can be said for all the people involved is that they deserve each other?” – Critic's Notebook Apr 1, 2025 Full Review September 5 (2024) 93% “Right now there is so much news happening so quickly there’s the very real risk it becomes a blur. September 5 is therefore alarmingly relevant to the present moment.” – Movies We Texted About Mar 21, 2025 Full Review Long Day's Journey Into Night (2025) “Ms. Lange and Mr. Harris are so good here – their body of work, reputations and awards are wholly justified – that the only thing to say about their performances is how subtle their work is, and how exact.” – Movies We Texted About Mar 13, 2025 Full Review Conclave (2024) 93% C+ “Conclave provokes a great deal of thought, but unfortunately, some stereotypes linger.” – Mediaversity Reviews Jan 26, 2025 Full Review We Live in Time (2024) 79% “A male fantasy about how an ordinary guy can bully a woman into renouncing everything that makes her unique and interesting to stay at home with their child. For women, therefore, We Live in Time is a horror story.” – Movies We Texted About Jan 1, 2025 Full Review Baby John (2024) 31% “It’s depressing that something designed as copaganda ended up cheering on vigilante justice. Baby John would have been much better if it had managed to do only one or the other.” – Movies We Texted About Jan 1, 2025 Full Review No Other Land (2024) 100% “One of the most vitally important documentaries in years. It is impossible to watch this movie and not relate to the suffering it depicts. It is a devastating achievement.” – Movies We Texted About Dec 31, 2024 Full Review Better Man (2024) 88% “ One of the best examples in cinematic history of showing, not telling.” – In Their Own League Dec 28, 2024 Full Review The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) 48% “The pacing is good, the fighting sequences are well done and the many Easter eggs don’t subsume the plot. This will have a lot of appeal to the kind of pre-teen girls who see themselves as the princess at the center of every story.” – Movies We Texted About Dec 23, 2024 Full Review Nightbitch (2024) 59% “Can you imagine the scene with the wine glasses passing without comment if it was working-class women revealing those secrets? Class solidarity triumphs over all.” – Movies We Texted About Dec 13, 2024 Full Review Nickel Boys (2024) 91% “It is shocking that, by pandering to the best intentions of the modern moment, Nickel Boys has turned into a feeble apologia for the worst kind of American evil.” – Movies We Texted About Dec 13, 2024 Full Review The Problem with People (2024) 72% “It’s interesting to see an experiment with non-traditional sources of conflict, whether or not it entirely works.” – Movies We Texted About Dec 11, 2024 Full Review Paddington in Peru (2024) 93% “It’s hard to be emotionally invested when the two international stars are the focus instead of Paddington.” – Movies We Texted About Dec 3, 2024 Full Review Gladiator II (2024) 70% “The only surprise is that Mr. Scott, who has directed four movies in the last five years despite being in his mid-eighties... has chosen to devote his dotage to channeling fury like this. But it, and his star, are absolutely equal to the moment.” – Movies We Texted About Nov 25, 2024 Full Review Sofa, So Good (2024) “The mix of ordinary life and bizarre hyper-reality is incredibly charming. Everything was clearly filmed on the street, in costumes thrown together from the back of people’s closets, and with a willingness to get weird... reminiscent of early Linklater.” – Movies We Texted About Nov 20, 2024 Full Review Joy (2024) 91% “The professional respect [they] have for Jean is a delight, and something still rare to see in a movie about men and women working together. It’s such a shame that boring clichés about the feelings of women were nearly allowed to drown that out.” – Movies We Texted About Nov 12, 2024 Full Review Sex (2024) “Certainly the ideas we have about our lives, the choices we make about the people we want to share our lives with, and the ways we use our bodies to express these choices are all inextricable from each other. It’s very unusual to see. ” – In Their Own League Nov 4, 2024 Full Review Memoir of a Snail (2024) 95% “Students of cinema might think of watching Memoir of a Snail like taking out a friend whose marriage has just exploded. You know it won’t be a good night, but in the long run you’ll be glad you did the right thing.” – Movies We Texted About Oct 31, 2024 Full Review
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