Stephen Kearse
Stephen Kearse's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Megalopolis (2024)
45%
“Francis Ford Coppola’s long-awaited magnum opus is a flop.” –
The Nation
Oct 8, 2024
Full Review
Alien: Romulus (2024)
80%
“You can see the gears turning in every scene, and feel the film dutifully avoiding, well, alienation, the unknown, the discomfiting.” –
The New Republic
Aug 30, 2024
Full Review
American Fiction (2023)
93%
“A buzzy film adaptation of Percival Everett’s Erasure, a novel about publishing’s racial politics, misreads what is truly ailing the book industry.” –
The Nation
Jan 2, 2024
Full Review
Knock at the Cabin (2023)
67%
“As much as Shyamalan tries to cloak Knock at the Cabin’s central conflict in metaphysical horror and familial crisis, disbelief persists: The viewer is always aware that they are watching another trite and incurious M. Night Shyamalan film.” –
The Nation
Apr 18, 2023
Full Review
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
84%
“After the death of Chadwick Boseman, the makers of the superhero movie had to reimagine the series. The result makes for a sobering and affecting sequel.” –
The Nation
Dec 13, 2022
Full Review
Nope (2022)
83%
“Nope’s staging is more naturalistic. Peele trusts his overwhelmed characters to forge a path through the story’s obstacles and frights without obvious metacommentary.” –
The Nation
Sep 8, 2022
Full Review
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
63%
“Awash in empty familiarity, stilted action, and half-hearted agitation...” –
The Nation
Feb 12, 2022
Full Review
Dave Chappelle: The Closer (2021)
40%
“The false inversion distorts the lopsided power dynamics between comics and their critics and denies detractors the license Chappelle demands for comedians. In the same breaths, he preaches freedom and dismisses feedback.” –
The Nation
Nov 16, 2021
Full Review
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
96%
“The stark binary of savior and traitor has mixed results. In some ways, it makes the story juicier and more propulsive...” –
The Nation
Mar 19, 2021
Full Review
On the Record (2020)
99%
“By detaching itself from Simmons's legacy, On the Record centers the women's stories.” –
The Nation
Jul 28, 2020
Full Review
High Flying Bird (2019)
91%
“In High Flying Bird, the lockout simply ends without any of the terms being disclosed, but through Ray's finesse, Soderbergh makes it clear that we don't have to know the game to see that it's broken.” –
The Nation
Mar 15, 2019
Full Review
Fyre (2019)
93%
“When put under a microscope, Fyre Festival looks less like an epic con and more like standard start-up-culture flimflam.” –
The Nation
Jan 16, 2019
Full Review
No Reviews Yet
Load More
Something went wrong.. try again