Do I Know You from Somewhere? (2024)
3/5
“There is ambition and verve here ... that was difficult to resist. Perhaps I have an affinity for scrappy underdogs that dare to push boundaries a little.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Dec 2, 2024
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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024)
100%
3.5/5
“What On Becoming a Guinea Fowl offers is a vital vision in our cinematic landscape of today, told by a filmmaker who does not fear taking the bold and uncompromising approaches needed to make her voice heard.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Dec 2, 2024
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Mr. K (2024)
80%
2.5/5
“Where Mr. K does fall short, ultimately, is that its larger reveals don’t hold the same level of grandeur and risk as Schwab’s setup.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Dec 2, 2024
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Viktor (2024)
3.5/5
“We never lose Viktor’s reality amidst the galling reality of Russia’s brutality. It’s a reality we quickly learn is adaptable: not a handicap, but a way to be in the world anew, full of life and sense of self.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Dec 2, 2024
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Really Happy Someday (2024)
3/5
“It's thanks to the acting from Lalama and Lopez ... and Stevens’s sensitivity in finding joy in the smallest of moments as a director, that Really Happy Someday nevertheless emerges from its cocoon of woes with a sense of ultimate triumph and serenity.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Dec 2, 2024
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Sad Jokes (2024)
3/5
“I laughed quite a bit during Sad Jokes. I also cringed and winced—and I’m sure that’s exactly what Fabian Stumm wanted me to do.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Dec 2, 2024
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Universal Language (2024)
96%
4/5
“Rankin’s ear for quick and absurd wit hits with aplomb as his characters traverse their environs and comment on their situations with the driest of deadpans outside of, perhaps, Finland’s Aki Kaurismäki.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Dec 2, 2024
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All We Imagine as Light (2024)
100%
4.5/5
“A timeless portrait of two women drawn close together out of both necessity and empathy.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Dec 2, 2024
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The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2023)
86%
4/5
“While the film’s overt deliberateness will not be for everyone, Arnow’s cinematic voice is excitingly distinct and one that I, personally, will be looking forward to seeing again.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Oct 1, 2023
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The Holdovers (2023)
97%
3.5/5
“While not the strongest of efforts from Payne, there is certainly a pleasing warmth to The Holdovers that is accentuated by his undeniable sense of craftsmanship and attention to the little details.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Oct 1, 2023
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Riddle Of Fire (2023)
79%
3/5
“Razooli does great work in evoking the way overactive childhood imaginations help to sensibly order the eccentric dictums of the real world, which all too easily can lurch from being ordinary to unknowable with the snap of a tree branch.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Sep 27, 2023
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American Fiction (2023)
93%
2.5/5
“[In] processing the film, one can’t help but feel that there was so much more potential left untapped to have it go the distance as a modern classic. And in saying so, perhaps Cord Jefferson should have waited a little longer to tackle it.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Sep 27, 2023
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The Zone of Interest (2023)
93%
4.5/5
“[The Zone of Interest] shows us that there is no possible point of comprehension in the cinders of depravity. We bear witness to the totality of the truth in darkness.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Sep 27, 2023
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I Don't Know Who You Are (2023)
100%
4/5
“I certainly hope queer filmmakers of all stripes will be inspired by the issues the film presents well down the line so that, hopefully, the inequalities here can be rectified.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Sep 27, 2023
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Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023)
90%
3/5
“Humanist Vampire remains a pleasing, yet insubstantial diversion, one best viewed on a cool October night with your romantic partner when every shadow outside your window feels imbued with mystery and cuddling close together is a necessity.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Sep 22, 2023
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Solo (2023)
94%
3/5
“[Its] unfiltered empathy, coupled with its focus on drag’s cathartic qualities, allow it to stand with enough merit alongside other works that celebrate drag’s sheer power and fierceness.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Sep 22, 2023
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Valeria Is Getting Married (2022)
100%
3/5
“Vinik’s indictment of manufactured marriages that are dehumanizingly transactional is a cutting one, and she is unsparing in her critique of the male characters in particular.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Sep 29, 2022
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One Fine Morning (2022)
93%
4/5
“Hansen-Løve’s uncanny ability to wring wells of profundity from the humblest of ideas ... encapsulates why this film---unsurprising as its general story may be on the whole---manages to nevertheless console us with its wise and warm perceptiveness anyway.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Sep 29, 2022
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No Bears (2022)
99%
3.5/5
“The master has left the building, albeit only for a moment. And like any master worth following, he has left behind his most challenging work for us to reckon with in his wake.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Sep 29, 2022
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Return to Seoul (2022)
97%
3.5/5
“Park is able to thread the needle of her maturation while keeping an air of danger within her; like a live grenade on the cusp of explosion, she throws herself into terrain that even she sometimes is not ready to tread.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Sep 29, 2022
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This Place (2022)
100%
3/5
“The battle to preserve connections of all kinds becomes the shaping tenet of Nayani’s work, which is engrained in all facets of the film’s makeup ... allowing viewers to see how fully and freely these characters live out their roots in the moment.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Sep 26, 2022
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De Humani Corporis Fabrica (2022)
97%
4.5/5
“De Humani Corporis Fabrica already feels like one of the most vital and pioneering documentaries of the decade because of how thoroughly and unbelievably it lays everything on the line, providing us with a singular experience of unmatched perspicacity.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Sep 26, 2022
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Other People's Children (2022)
91%
3.5/5
“By the time Rachel is caught in one final freeze frame, her face almost out of view as the frantic pace of life quickens once more, the weight of Zlotowski’s efforts careens into its fullest focus and we’re able to walk out feeling nourished.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Sep 26, 2022
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Aftersun (2022)
95%
4.5/5
“Both Paul Mescal and newcomer Frankie Corio are more than up to the task to bring Wells’s poetic meditations to fruition, and it's their collective efforts that ensures the ending devastates us with the weight of its impact.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Sep 26, 2022
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Walk Up (2022)
97%
3.5/5
“The many strands of the story ... guide us to a further appreciation of Hong’s stealthy craftsmanship, particularly in the way he can peel back the hidden melancholies of life with such nimble placidity and unconventional detours.” –
The Lonely Film Critic
Sep 25, 2022
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