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Review: American Fiction (2023)

Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction strikes a delicate balance between hilarious satire and understated family drama.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromFebruary 7, 2024American Fiction, Cord Jefferson, Erasure, Percival Everett, Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Issa Rae, Sterling K. BrownComment

Review: Seven Veils (2023)

Atom Egoyan’s Seven Veils is a vital, messy piece of self-expression from the Canadian auteur.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJanuary 29, 2024Seven Veils, Salome, Atom Egoyan, Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Liddiard, Douglas Smith, Mark O'Brien, Vinessa Antoine, TIFFComment

Review: Wonka (2023)

Wonka is more like Paul King’s Paddington movies than either Gene Wilder’s 1971 adaptation or Roald Dahl’s original book.

Review: Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One works as a compelling postwar drama as well as an exciting kaiju picture.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJanuary 5, 2024Godzilla, Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sakai, TohoComment

Review: The Boy and the Heron (2023)

The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki’s latest masterpiece, beautifully poses the question of how do you live in a broken world?

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromDecember 29, 2023The Boy and the Heron, Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, animationComment

Christmas: The Holdovers (2023)

The Holdovers is something of a Christmas miracle: an Alexander Payne movie that doesn’t have contempt for its characters.

Aren's Reviews, Christmas, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromDecember 1, 2023The Holdovers, Alexander Payne, David Hemingson, Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Carrie Preston, Christmas Comments

Review: The Creator (2023)

Gareth Edwards’ The Creator borrows liberally from other, better films, but it’s strikingly relevant in our present moment.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromNovember 9, 2023The Creator, Gareth Edwards, Chris Weitz, John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpsons, Allison JanneyComment

Review: Talk to Me (2022)

Talk to Me hides some clever commentary on the dissociation of Gen Z in its creepy seance scenario.

Review: Barbie (2023)

Barbie is a summer confection that never resolves the contradictions behind its approach.

Aren's Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, ReviewsAren BergstromJuly 27, 2023Barbie, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Mattel, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, Will Ferrell, Simu Liu, Michael Cera, Helen MirrenComment

Review: Oppenheimer (2023)

Oppenheimer is a biographical epic that is also distinctly a film by Christopher Nolan.

Review: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One has industry-leading actions sequences, but the structure and length demonstrate the bloat that has infected all of Hollywood.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJuly 19, 2023Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Christopher McQuarrie, Erik Jendresen, Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, Henry CzernyComment

Review: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

Does the modern world need Indiana Jones?

Review: The Flash (2023)

The Flash is another Hollywood blockbuster mediocrity and the messy end to the DC Extended Universe.

Review: Fast X (2023)

Louis Leterrier’s Fast X is most distinctly an overlong franchise jumble.

Review: The Maiden (2022)

Graham Foy’s The Maiden is a remarkable debut feature and the kind of mysterious drama that provokes the same profound reaction as our most vivid, consequential dreams.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJune 13, 2023The Maiden, Graham Foy, Jackson Sluiter, Marcel T. Jiménez, Hayley Ness, Canadian film

Review: Master Gardener (2022)

Paul Schrader ends his “Man in a Room” trilogy with Master Gardener, which is simultaneously the most challenging and optimistic of the trilogy.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJune 6, 2023Master Gardener, Paul Schrader, Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver, Quintessa Swindell, Esai MoralesComment

Review: BlackBerry (2023)

Matt Johnson’s BlackBerry is a rollicking, self-aware, gutsy good time.

Review: Retrograde (2022)

Adrian Murray’s Retrograde is a subdued micro-indie that’s too limited by its style and approach.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromMay 19, 2023Adrian Murray, Molly Reisman, Sofia Banzhaf, Bessie Cheng, Erik Anderson, Anne Archer, Peter Frangella, Retrograde, Canada, indieComment

Review: Suzume (2022)

Makoto Shinkai’s remarkable new anime, Suzume, is defined by striking visuals and a compelling blend of fantasy adventure and contemporary character drama.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromMay 15, 2023Makoto Shinkai, Suzume, Nanoka Hara, Hokuto Matsumura, Eri Fukatsu, Shota Sometani, Sairi Ito, Kotone Hanase, Kana Hanazawa, Matsumoto Hakuo II, anime, JapanComment

Review: How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022)

Daniel Goldhaber’s adaptation of the nonfiction book, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, works well as both a taut procedural drama and a work of moral-political questioning.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromApril 21, 2023How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Daniel Goldhaber, drama, heist, environment, politics, adaptationComment