Production Company(ies)
Aurum Film Canal+ Polska W F S Walter Film Studio,
 
Distributor
Broad Green Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
Gisborne, New Zealand
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for language throughout, and drug use
 
Year of Release
2014
 

 
Genre(s)
Biography/Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston, Kirk Torrance, Xavier Horan, Miriama McDowell, Wayne Hapi, directed by James Napier Robertson, written by James Napier Robertson, biography, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Michael Sragow, Nell Minow, Brad Wheeler, Peter Keough, Radheyan Simonpillai, Ann Hornaday, Graeme Tuckett, Hosea Rupprecht, Leslie Combemale, Mae Abdulbaki, David ‘Mad Dog’ Bradley, produced by Tom Hern, R rating, chess player, mental illness, disadvantaged children, New Zealand, inspiring, complex characters, bipolar disorder, gang, at-risk youth, family, sensitive eye, nuanced performance, diverse performer, true story, Amazon Prime
 

Cast & Crew

Cliff Curtis

James Rolleston

Kirk Torrance

Xavier Horan

Miriama McDowell

Genesis

Mana

Noble

Jedi

Sandy

Cliff Curtis – Genesis
James Rolleston – Mana
Kirk Torrance – Noble
Xavier Horan – Jedi
Miriama McDowell – Sandy
Wayne Hapi – Ariki
Director – James Napier Robertson
Producer – Tom Hern
Writer – James Napier Robertson

 

James Napier Robertson

James Napier Robertson

Tom Hern

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
James Napier Robertson
 
Writer(s)
James Napier Robertson
 
Producer(s)
Tom Hern

 

Film Festivals
Toronto
 
Awards & Nominations
26 wins & 15 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Michael Sragow

Nell Minow

Brad Wheeler

Peter Keough

Radheyan Simonpillai

Film Comment Magazine

Movie Mom

Globe and Mail

Boston Globe

NOW Toronto

THE DARK HORSE
 All Critics (66) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (64) | Rotten (2)
 The Dark Horse is a rough beauty of a picture.
 
 April 29, 2016
 
 Michael Sragow
 Film Comment Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 It might get corny but for Robertson’s unaffectedly gritty settings and understanding that modest gains can be enough for checkmate.
 
 April 15, 2016 | Rating: B+
 
 Nell Minow
 Movie Mom
 TOP CRITIC
 Curtis is 100-per-cent watchable as a puffy, mumbling shuffler whose chess lessons double as life strategies.
 
 April 15, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Brad Wheeler
 Globe and Mail
 TOP CRITIC
 “Dark Horse” falls into the formula of underprivileged kids challenging the elites at their own game. But the outcome is never certain.
 
 April 14, 2016 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Peter Keough
 Boston Globe
 TOP CRITIC
 Potoni can’t trust his own instincts, let alone convince others to trust him with vulnerable kids. Curtis makes you see that internal tension, raising the stakes on what would otherwise be a conventional inspirational drama.
 
 April 14, 2016 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Radheyan Simonpillai
 NOW Toronto
 TOP CRITIC
 “The Dark Horse” isn’t always easy to watch, but Curtis’s quietly powerful presence makes it worthwhile.
 
 April 14, 2016 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Ann Hornaday
 Washington Post
 TOP CRITIC
 This is flat-out one of the most entertaining and moving true life stories I have ever seen on a movie screen. The fact that it is a locally made film just delights me.
 
 September 9, 2021
 
 Graeme Tuckett
 Stuff.co.nz
 Cliff Curtis’s superb performance as Gen raises a sometimes saccharine genre, that of the inspirational mentor, to amazing heights…
 
 August 27, 2021
 
 Hosea Rupprecht
 Pauline Center for Media Studies
 The end result shows the best of what feature filmmaking can be.
 
 October 22, 2019 | Rating: A
 
 Leslie Combemale
 Cinema Siren
 Propped up by good storytelling and powerful performances, “The Dark Horse” is uplifting and moving without falling into the usual traps that occur with other films of its kind.
 
 August 23, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5
 
 Mae Abdulbaki
 Movies with Mae
 A hugely chunked-up Curtis, a Kiwi actor who’s worked all over the world but returned home to star in and help produce Robertson’s film, is masterly here.
 
 August 10, 2016
 
 David ‘Mad Dog’ Bradley
 Adelaide Review
 This year, Disney bypassed the feel-good sports movie, and luckily for U.S. audiences, we got a smaller but better version with The Dark Horse.
 
 July 15, 2016 | Rating: 4 1/2/5
 
 Lesley Coffin
 The Mary Sue…

 

Plot
A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The Dark Horse features an outstanding performance from Cliff Curtis.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Columbia Pictures,
 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
Eddie Brandt’s Saturday Matinee – 5006 Vineland Ave, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
 
Year of Release
2016
 

 
Genre(s)

 
Keyword(s)
action, adventure, thriller, espionage, spy, James Bond, MI6, Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, Léa Seydoux, Christoph Waltz, Monica Bellucci, Dave Bautista, directed by Sam Mendes, written by John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, produced by Michael G Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, music by Thomas Newman, cinematography by Hoyte van Hoytema, edited by Lee Smith, production design by Dennis Gassner, budget of $245 million, box office performance of $1.109 billion, reviewed by Roger Ebert, Fresh Kernels score of 63%, MPAA rating of PG-13, car chases, explosions, gadgets, exotic locations, high stakes, intense action, thrilling plot twists, iconic franchise
 

Cast & Crew

Jack Nicholson

Shelley Duvall

Danny Lloyd

Scatman Crothers

Barry Nelson

Jack Torrance

Wendy Torrance

Danny Torrance

Dick Hallorann

Stuart Ullman

Director:
Stanley Kubrick

Writers:
Stanley Kubrick – screenplay
Diane Johnson – screenplay
Stephen King – novel

Cast:
Jack Nicholson – Jack Torrance
Shelley Duvall – Wendy Torrance
Danny Lloyd – Danny Torrance
Scatman Crothers – Dick Hallorann
Barry Nelson – Stuart Ullman
Philip Stone – Delbert Grady
Joe Turkel – Lloyd the Bartender
Anne Jackson – Doctor
Tony Burton – Larry Durkin
Lia Beldam – Young Woman in Bath
Billie Gibson – Old Woman in Bath
Barry Dennen – Bill Watson
David Baxt – Forest Ranger #1
Manning Redwood – Forest Ranger #2

Cinematography:
John Alcott

Music:
Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind

Production Design:
Roy Walker

Art Direction:
Leslie Tomkins

Set Decoration:
Vernon Dixon

Costume Design:
Milena Canonero

Makeup Department:
Tom Smith – makeup artist
Dick Smith – makeup artist

Production Management:
Douglas Twiddy – production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
Brian W. Cook – assistant director

Art Department:
Peter Voysey – assistant art director

Sound Department:
Gordon K. McCallum – sound mixer
Bill Nicholson – sound editor

Special Effects by:
Roy Arbogast – special effects

Visual Effects by:
Douglas Trumbull – special photographic effects

Stunts:
Bill Weston – stunts

Camera and Electrical Department:
Kelvin Pike – camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department:
Betty Adamson – wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department:
Ray Lovejoy – supervising editor

Location Management:
Jan Harlan – location manager

Music Department:
Jack Nitzsche – music consultant

Transportation Department:
Eddie Frewin – transportation captain

 

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NA

NA

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
NA
 
Writer(s)
NA
 
Producer(s)
NA

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
2 wins & 1 nomination
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

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Plot
Two estranged brothers reunite at their missing father’s video store to liquidate the property and sell off his assets. As they dig through the store, they find a VCR board game dubbed ‘Beyond The Gates’ that holds a connection to their father’s disappearance and deadly consequences for anyone who plays it.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
NA
 

 
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Production Company(ies)

 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
Tehran, Iran
 
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
 
Year of Release
2015
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
Jafar Panahi’s Taxi, directed by Jafar Panahi, written by Jafar Panahi, Iranian movie, social commentary, dissent, martyr, art, Iranian society, taxi, driver, passengers, conversations, cutting, comic, troubled, profound, formal restrictions, visually lively, accessible, cheeky, playful, subversion, masterpiece, recommended, fun, brave, committed, necessary, punishment, essential cinema, dense, thematically strong, light on its feet, critic reviews, reviewed by Jake Wilson, Anthony Lane, Scott Marks, Steven Rea, Jonathan Romney, Donald Clarke, Yasser Medina, Ruhaan Shah, Mikel Zorrilla, Lucía Ros Serra, Mattie Lucas, C.J Prince, audience score, not released yet, featured reviews, Tomatometer, Fresh Kernels, box office performance, budget, MPAA rating, starring Jafar Panahi
 

Cast & Crew

Jafar Panahi

Self

Jafar Panahi

Self

Jafar Panahi – Director
Self – Jafar Panahi

 

Jafar Panahi

NA

NA

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Jafar Panahi
 
Writer(s)
NA
 
Producer(s)
NA

 

Film Festivals
Berlin, Telluride, Toronto
 
Awards & Nominations
8 wins & 9 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Jake Wilson

Anthony Lane

Scott Marks

Steven Rea

Jonathan Romney

Sydney Morning Herald

New Yorker

San Diego Reader

Philadelphia Inquirer

Observer (UK)

JAFAR PANAHI’S TAXI
 All Critics (106) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (102) | Rotten (4)
 iven the option, Panahi might prefer to move onto fresh material — but as man and artist, he seems to be surviving as well as could be hoped.
 
 December 22, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/5
 
 Jake Wilson
 Sydney Morning Herald
 TOP CRITIC
 Panahi’s status as a martyr for his art could have gulled him into loftiness and pride; and yet, by some miracle, Taxi stays as modest as his smile, the point being not to recruit us to his cause but to put us on the side of his compatriots.
 
 December 8, 2015
 
 Anthony Lane
 New Yorker
 TOP CRITIC
 Taxi is easily the director’s most accessible work to date.
 
 November 13, 2015
 
 Scott Marks
 San Diego Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 Jafar Panahi’s Taxi looks onto a world where the social order and the spiritual order are at odds, in flux, where the conversations are sometimes cutting, sometimes comic, sometimes troubled, sometimes profound.
 
 November 5, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Steven Rea
 Philadelphia Inquirer
 TOP CRITIC
 Panahi has made a work of invention and brio that remains visually lively throughout, despite its formal restrictions.
 
 November 1, 2015 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Jonathan Romney
 Observer (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 Panahi follows up the excellent This is not a Film and the slightly dry Closed Curtain with his cheekiest and most playful subversion yet.
 
 October 30, 2015 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Donald Clarke
 Irish Times
 TOP CRITIC
 Taxi Tehran’s pleasurable strength is ingenious at all times because Panahi takes the wheel to sneakily tell the story of his life and the country he lives in. [Full review in Spanish]
 
 June 26, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
 
 Yasser Medina
 Cinemaficionados
 The car is the only spatial reference Panahi provides, and within that small vehicle, we are offered his silent dissent and resistance as well as his unquenchable need to make movies.
 
 May 16, 2020
 
 Ruhaan Shah
 Film Companion
 ‘Jafar Panahi’s Taxi’ is not a masterpiece, but it is a highly recommended film that works both in its most reflective aspect and if you only want to have a fun time. [Full Review in Spanish]
 
 April 14, 2020
 
 Mikel Zorrilla
 Espinof
 ‘Taxi Tehran’ is a brave, committed and undoubtedly necessary film due to its reflection of Iranian society. [Full Review in Spanish]
 
 April 11, 2020
 
 Lucía Ros Serra
 Espinof
 Panahi is a master craftsman who continues to make bricks without straw, turning his punishment into some of the most essential cinema of the decade.
 
 August 7, 2019 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Mattie Lucas
 From the Front Row
 One of Panahi’s greatest skills as a filmmaker is how he can weave such dense and thematically strong material into a film that can feel light on its feet.
 
 May 24, 2019 | Rating: 7.5/10
 
 C.J. Prince
 Way Too Indie…

 

Plot
Jafar Panahi’s Taxi follows the director as he drives a taxi around Tehran, picking up various passengers and offering a glimpse into Iranian society.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels doesn’t provide any goofy or funny comments about Jafar Panahi’s Taxi, but they do mention that the director, Jafar Panahi, is also the star of the film.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Studio Chizu Book Walker Dentsu
 
Distributor
Zipporah Films
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
TV-MA
 
Year of Release
2016
 

 
Genre(s)
Documentary
 
Keyword(s)
documentary, Frederick Wiseman, directed by Frederick Wiseman, written by Frederick Wiseman, Queens, New York, multiethnic neighborhood, community, grassroots democracy, self-government, mutual respect, civilization, culture, diversity, immigration, social issues, politics, society, humanity, compassion, observation, immersion, filmography, box office, gross USA, budget, Zipporah Films, producer Frederick Wiseman, cinematographer John Davey, film editing Frederick Wiseman, critic reviews, reviewed by Adam Nayman, Alissa Wilkinson, Adam Graham, David Lewis, Kate Taylor, John Hartl, Matthew Eng, Glenn Heath Jr., Charles Mudede, Daniel Kasman, Boris Nelepo, Jay Neugeboren, MPAA rating, limited release, 3 hours 10 minutes, audience score, verified purchase, Fresh Kernels, Tomatometer, TV shows, movies, streaming movies, news, showtimes, actors, Thor: Love and Thunder, Marvel Movies in Order, Minions: The Rise of Gru, The Sea Beast, Black Bird, Rapid Response, Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable, To Be Takei, Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?, Q Ball, starring Frederick Wiseman
 

Cast & Crew

Frederick Wiseman

John Davey

Frederick Wiseman

Frederick Wiseman

Frederick Wiseman

John Davey

Frederick Wiseman

Frederick Wiseman – Director
Frederick Wiseman – Writer
Frederick Wiseman – Producer
John Davey – Cinematographer
Frederick Wiseman – Film Editing

 

Frederick Wiseman

Frederick Wiseman

Frederick Wiseman

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Frederick Wiseman
 
Writer(s)
Frederick Wiseman
 
Producer(s)
Frederick Wiseman

 

Film Festivals
Venice, Toronto
 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Adam Nayman

Alissa Wilkinson

Adam Graham

David Lewis

Kate Taylor

The Ringer

Vox

Detroit News

San Francisco Chronicle

Globe and Mail

IN JACKSON HEIGHTS
 All Critics (51) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (49) | Rotten (2)
 …improbably nostalgic, while also offering hope that the communities whose intricate maintenance we once took for granted can be more gratefully reclaimed in the future.
 
 March 27, 2020
 
 Adam Nayman
 The Ringer
 TOP CRITIC
 Like all Wiseman films, In Jackson Heights is a stealth statement with some political implications.
 
 May 3, 2018
 
 Alissa Wilkinson
 Vox
 TOP CRITIC
 To watch “In Jackson Heights” is to feel like you’re a part of it.
 
 February 19, 2016 | Rating: B+
 
 Adam Graham
 Detroit News
 TOP CRITIC
 It may be difficult to fully comprehend all the cacophony, but the vibrant hues and collection of characters still make for an interesting sensory experience.
 
 December 24, 2015 | Rating: 3/4
 
 David Lewis
 San Francisco Chronicle
 TOP CRITIC
 Three hours … some of it brilliant, some tedious …
 
 November 20, 2015 | Rating: 2/4
 
 Kate Taylor
 Globe and Mail
 TOP CRITIC
 It may take a village to understand what’s going on here, and maybe that’s [Wiseman’s] point.
 
 November 19, 2015 | Rating: 3/4
 
 John Hartl
 Seattle Times
 TOP CRITIC
 By placing such lengthy emphasis on these people and their perspectives, Wiseman not only encourages multiple viewpoints, but simultaneously forces us to consider them in an attentively thoughtful way that movies so rarely ask of their audiences.
 
 May 1, 2019
 
 Matthew Eng
 Tribeca Film
 The most important American film of the year.
 
 November 3, 2018
 
 Glenn Heath Jr.
 San Diego CityBeat
 Wiseman’s film turns out to be a document of a world entering its last days. The rich mix of cultures he meticulously and even impersonally captures…will become a thing of the past.
 
 August 23, 2018
 
 Charles Mudede
 The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
 If you aren’t a New Yorker familiar with the sights, sounds, smells, tastes and peoples of the area, the opening to “In Jackson Heights”, one of the most important American films of the year, might seem like you’re entering a different country.
 
 November 16, 2017
 
 Daniel Kasman
 MUBI
 This portrayal of waning cycles of life, both human and communal, nevertheless illustrates quite vividly the benefits of grassroots democracy, self-government, and mutual respect — in other words, it lays bare the inner workings of civilization itself.
 
 November 11, 2017
 
 Boris Nelepo
 Cinema Scope
 The persistent attention to sorrow, despair, and frustration shows an evident part of the truth-one revealed with grace and veracity in the lives of the people we meet.
 
 August 17, 2017
 
 Jay Neugeboren
 The New York Review of Books…

 

Plot
In Jackson Heights is a documentary film that explores the multiethnic neighborhood of Jackson Heights in Queens, New York.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels doesn’t provide any goofy or funny comments about the film “In Jackson Heights.”
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Columbia Pictures, New Regency Productions, Pascal Pictures,
 
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
 
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
Mafilm, Budapest, Hungary
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for disturbing violent content, and some graphic nudity.
 
Year of Release
2015
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Géza Röhrig, Kecske Molnár Levente, Todd Charmont, Sándor Zsótér, Marcin Czarnik, Uwe Lauer, directed by László Nemes, written by Clara Royer, László Nemes, drama, World War II, Auschwitz concentration camp, Jewish worker, rabbi, burial, graphic nudity, disturbing violent content, German language, Gábor Sipos, Gábor Rajna, Sony Pictures Classics, Dolby Digital, $1.8M box office, R rating, reviewed by Elissa Suh, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Jordan Hoffman, Dwight Brown, Sara Michelle Fetters, Jason Bailey, Olly Richards, Dustin Chang, David Bax, Dennis Harvey, Yasser Medina, Lucía Ros Serra, Holocaust, POV camera work, dehumanization, horror, thriller, technique, direction, protagonist, motivations, foreign film, visceral, personal experience, true horror, silent contemplation, uneasiness
 

Cast & Crew

Géza Röhrig

Kecske Molnár Levente

Todd Charmont

Sándor Zsótér

Marcin Czarnik

Saul

Abraham

Bearded Man

Doctor

Feigenbaum

Géza Röhrig – Saul
Kecske Molnár Levente – Abraham
Todd Charmont – Bearded Man
Sándor Zsótér – Doctor
Marcin Czarnik – Feigenbaum
Uwe Lauer – Voss

 

László Nemes

Clara Royer

Gábor Sipos

Gábor Rajna

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
László Nemes
 
Writer(s)
Clara Royer, László Nemes
 
Producer(s)
Gábor Sipos, Gábor Rajna

 

Film Festivals
Cannes, Telluride, Toronto
 
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
66 wins & 62 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Winners, Oscar Best International Feature Film Of The Year Winners, Oscar Winners
 

Top Reviews

Elissa Suh

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Jordan Hoffman

Dwight Brown

Sara Michelle Fetters

StageBuddy.com

The Blue Lenses

Times of Israel

National Newspaper Publishers Association

MovieFreak.com

SON OF SAUL
 All Critics (232) | Top Critics (73) | Fresh (222) | Rotten (10)
 Son of Saul is a film of considerable virtuosity, a harrowing film like no other before it.
 
 March 16, 2020
 
 Elissa Suh
 StageBuddy.com
 TOP CRITIC
 Son of Saul employs the formal mechanics of filmmaking to turn [its] … questions back in on and around themselves, doing what cinema does best in the hands of great filmmakers: showing by not showing, telling by not telling.
 
 August 25, 2018
 
 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
 The Blue Lenses
 TOP CRITIC
 Perhaps one of the most striking works of art about the Holocaust yet made.
 
 February 1, 2018
 
 Jordan Hoffman
 Times of Israel
 TOP CRITIC
 Son of Saul is a masterwork that leads viewers right to the gates of hell.
 
 March 7, 2017
 
 Dwight Brown
 National Newspaper Publishers Association
 TOP CRITIC
 Important as it is essential, the movie is a remarkable achievement deserving of every honor and ounce of acclaim it has so far achieved, watching it a catastrophically profound experience I’m not soon to forget.
 
 August 16, 2016 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Sara Michelle Fetters
 MovieFreak.com
 TOP CRITIC
 It’s an extraordinary method of making this unfathomable act personal, a formalist experiment that yields stunning emotional dividends.
 
 May 3, 2016
 
 Jason Bailey
 Flavorwire
 TOP CRITIC
 If the intention is to give us even a fleeting experience of what it could have been like to live in constant fear, hoping for a breath of humanity in a life shaped by evil, then it has achieved that entirely.
 
 May 5, 2021
 
 Olly Richards
 NME
 I understand Godard’s criticism of Schindler’s List now. No holocaust movie should be a thriller. Hungarian first timer Laszlo Nemes’s Auschwitz set drama is at once riveting and quietly devastating experience and it doesn’t feel like a gimmick.
 
 February 14, 2021
 
 Dustin Chang
 Floating World
 Son of Saul presents a gargantuan moral victory in the face of incomprehensible evil.
 
 January 7, 2021
 
 David Bax
 Battleship Pretension
 Its jagged stylistic urgency [makes] it unlike any prior Holocaust drama
 
 October 28, 2020
 
 Dennis Harvey
 48 Hills
 Nemes also achieves a cinema separated from sentimentality that offers a sober, unavoidable and gloomy glimpse of dehumanization in times of war. [Full review in Spanish]
 
 June 26, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
 
 Yasser Medina
 Cinemaficionados
 László Nemes believes in the viewer’s capabilities and gives him an intelligent, hard and real film. [Full Review in Spanish]
 
 May 14, 2020
 
 Lucía Ros Serra
 Espinof…

 

Plot
During World War II, a Jewish worker at the Auschwitz concentration camp tries to find a rabbi to give a child a proper burial in the harrowing and intense drama, Son of Saul.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Nothing to add here about Son of Saul.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Cosmo Films, Distressed Films, Film Nation Entertainment,
 
Distributor
Showtime Entertainment
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate
Unrated
 
Year of Release
2015
 

 
Genre(s)
Documentary
 
Keyword(s)
Listen to Me Marlon, Marlon Brando, documentary, English, Stevan Riley, R.J Cutler, George Chignell, John Battsek, Peter Ettedgui, Showtime Entertainment, $423.2K, rated PG-13, reviewed by Martin Hoyle, Kristen Yoonsoo Kim, Adam Nayman, Tara Brady, Tim Robey, Mark Kermode, Michael Clark, Nikki Baughan, Jennifer Merin, Michael J Cinema, Richard Crouse, Debbie Lynn Elias, actor, director, writer, producer
 

Cast & Crew

Michael Borne

Marlon Brando

Stevan Riley

Peter Ettedgui

R.J. Cutler

Young Marlon Brando

Voice

Director

Writer

Writer

Michael Borne – Young Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando – Voice
Stevan Riley – Director, Writer
Peter Ettedgui – Writer
R.J. Cutler – Producer

 

Stevan Riley

Stevan Riley

R.J. Cutler

George Chignell

John Battsek

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Stevan Riley
 
Writer(s)
Stevan Riley, Peter Ettedgui
 
Producer(s)
R.J. Cutler, George Chignell, John Battsek

 

Film Festivals
Sundance
 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
5 wins & 21 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Martin Hoyle

Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

Adam Nayman

Tara Brady

Tim Robey

Financial Times

Complex

The Walrus

Irish Times

Daily Telegraph (UK)

LISTEN TO ME MARLON
 All Critics (107) | Top Critics (44) | Fresh (102) | Rotten (5)
 Much is hinted at, then skipped over. But Brando at least leaves us feeling there were real depths there: the angst was genuine, he took his art seriously.
 
 May 2, 2017 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Martin Hoyle
 Financial Times
 TOP CRITIC
 Through its ups and downs, Listen to Me, at its core, is a gift for the fans. It’s like an audiobook for the cinephiles and Brando lovers-almost like a bedtime story from Brando himself.
 
 February 27, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5
 
 Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
 Complex
 TOP CRITIC
 There are plenty of posthumous profile pieces, of course, but Listen to Me Marlon is unique in that the dearly departed is the only one permitted to speak. It’s more of a séance than a documentary.
 
 February 29, 2016
 
 Adam Nayman
 The Walrus
 TOP CRITIC
 An essential document for anybody even peripherally interested in this great, mumbling enigma.
 
 October 30, 2015 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Tara Brady
 Irish Times
 TOP CRITIC
 Approaches Brando’s life and work as you might a kind of seance – a journey into the spirit world.
 
 October 25, 2015 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Tim Robey
 Daily Telegraph (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 Built upon Brando’s archive of self-analysing audio tapes, Stevan Riley’s intimate documentary gets under the actor’s skin to reveal a troubled, fragile, self-obsessed soul.
 
 October 25, 2015 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Mark Kermode
 Observer (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 Stevan Riley peels back the layers of one of the most mysterious figures in the history of film, with practically every word spoken by the subject himself. It is an unprecedented coup and perhaps the finest documentary of any entertainment icon ever made.
 
 April 7, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Michael Clark
 Epoch Times
 Together with family photos and home movies, it makes for an intimate and compelling portrait of a legend.
 
 October 4, 2021
 
 Nikki Baughan
 AWFJ Women on Film
 Brando was as fascinating in real life as he was on screen, and this documentary is a great way to get to know him up close and very personal.
 
 October 4, 2021
 
 Jennifer Merin
 AWFJ Women on Film
 Riley is in awe of Brando-as he should be. But he should also be critical of that awe.
 
 September 1, 2021 | Rating: 2.5/5
 
 Michael J. Casey
 Michael J. Cinema
 A biography unlike any other.
 
 February 3, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Richard Crouse
 Richard Crouse
 A documentary as masterful and complex as Brando himself, Listen to Me Marlon is the ultimate Brando on Brando.
 
 December 8, 2019
 
 Debbie Lynn Elias
 Behind The Lens…

 

Plot
With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. Charting his exceptional career as an actor and his extraordinary life away from the stage and screen with Brando himself as your guide, the film will fully explore the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely from Marlon’s perspective, entirely in his own voice. No talking heads, no interviewees, just Brando on Brando and life.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The documentary features Marlon Brando’s own audio recordings, giving viewers a unique insight into his life and career.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
New Regency Productions, The Wolper Organization Warner Bros.,
 
Distributor
Open Road
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for language, drug content, sexuality/nudity, and some violence-all involving teens
 
Year of Release
2015
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
starring Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Kimberly Elise, Zoë Kravitz, LaKeith Stanfield, directed by Rick Famuyiwa, written by Rick Famuyiwa, produced by Nina Yang Boniovi, Forest Whitaker, comedy, R-rated, drug content, all involving teens, language, sexuality/nudity, some violence, box office gross $17.5M, reviewed by Nijla Mu’min, Candice Frederick, Aramide Tinubu, Max Weiss, Mark Kermode, Geoffrey Macnab, Therese Lacson, Joanne Laurier, Dan Scully, VyceVictus, smart, insightful, original, 90s hip-hop culture, punk band, drug dealer, nightclub, violence, armed thugs, Ecstasy, backpack, Harvard, crime-riddled neighborhood, racial profiling, inner-city struggles, gangsters, social commentary, coming-of-age, romance, comedy
 

Cast & Crew

Shameik Moore

Tony Revolori

Kiersey Clemons

Kimberly Elise

Zoë Kravitz

Malcolm

Jib

Diggy

Lisa Hayes

Nakia

Shameik Moore – Malcolm
Tony Revolori – Jib
Kiersey Clemons – Diggy
Kimberly Elise – Lisa Hayes
Zoë Kravitz – Nakia
LaKeith Stanfield – Bug

 

Rick Famuyiwa

Rick Famuyiwa

Nina Yang Boniovi

Forest Whitaker

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Rick Famuyiwa
 
Writer(s)
Rick Famuyiwa
 
Producer(s)
Nina Yang Boniovi, Forest Whitaker

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
5 wins & 25 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Nijla Mu’min

Candice Frederick

Aramide Tinubu

Max Weiss

Mark Kermode

Bitch Media

Reel Talk Online

Shadow and Act

Baltimore Magazine

Observer (UK)

DOPE
 All Critics (161) | Top Critics (56) | Fresh (142) | Rotten (19)
 In the end, the film is smart, fun, and wild.
 
 February 3, 2021
 
 Nijla Mu’min
 Bitch Media
 TOP CRITIC
 The film falls so hard off its course that I basically checked out after about 40 minutes.
 
 September 1, 2017 | Rating: C-
 
 Candice Frederick
 Reel Talk Online
 TOP CRITIC
 What I love most about Dope is director Famuyiwa’s confidence in his audience.
 
 April 12, 2017
 
 Aramide Tinubu
 Shadow and Act
 TOP CRITIC
 It’s kind of facile and kind of corny, but I don’t know… kind of important, too.
 
 June 10, 2016 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Max Weiss
 Baltimore Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 The film’s primary colour palette provides a satirical antidote to cinema’s more familiar gangsta hues.
 
 September 7, 2015 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Mark Kermode
 Observer (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 What is refreshing about Dope is its cheerful irreverence.
 
 September 4, 2015 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Geoffrey Macnab
 Independent (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 With a summer full of action movies and blockbuster hits, Dope stands out as both a comedy as well as a dramatic film written about teens growing up in this generation
 
 October 9, 2021 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
 Therese Lacson
 Nerdophiles
 While individuals like the overachiever Malcolm may well escape the relatively mean streets of Inglewood, Dope seems largely unconcerned with the majority condemned to remain.
 
 February 26, 2021
 
 Joanne Laurier
 World Socialist Web Site
 Dope is a colorful story, chock full of fantastic music culled from the golden age of hip hop… smart performances, and a beautiful message hidden behind a good ol’ time at the movies.
 
 April 9, 2020
 
 Dan Scully
 Cinema76
 In Dope he (Keith Stanfield) gets another understated but powerful dramatic moment, and I hope to see a lot more from him and all the other young cast members in the future.
 
 February 6, 2020
 
 VyceVictus
 Birth.Movies.Death.
 With Dope, writer/director Rick Famuyiwa has given the teen-movie genre a 21st-century upgrade.
 
 January 10, 2020
 
 Chris McCoy
 Memphis Flyer
 Jam-packed with fantastic characters and performances, a soundtrack that may jockey with Guardians of the Galaxy’s for bragging rights and thoughtful social commentary, Dope made my heart hurt I loved it so much.
 
 July 30, 2019 | Rating: A
 
 Ryan Syrek
 The Reader (Omaha, NE)…

 

Plot
A coming of age comedy/drama for the post hip hop generation. Malcolm is a geek, carefully surviving life in The Bottoms, a tough neighborhood in Inglewood, CA filled with gangsters and drug dealers, while juggling his senior year of college applications, interviews and the SAT. His dream is to attend Harvard. A chance invitation to a big underground party leads Malcolm and his friends into an “only in Los Angeles” gritty adventure filled with offbeat characters and bad choices. If Malcolm can persevere, he’ll go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The film features a breakout performance from Shameik Moore.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Dreamworks Pictures, Kemp Company, Splendid Pictures,
 
Distributor
A24
 
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for language including some sexual references
 
Year of Release
2015
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Segel, Becky Ann Baker, Anna Chlumsky, Joan Cusack, Mamie Gummer, directed by James Ponsoldt, written by Donald Margulies, drama, R rating, box office gross $3.0M, reviewed by Max Weiss, Jason Bailey, David Stratton, Philippa Hawker, John Semley, Yasser Medina, Dan Scully, produced by David Kanter, Matt DeRoss, James Dahl, Mark C Manuel, Ted O’Neal
 

Cast & Crew

Jesse Eisenberg

Jason Segel

Becky Ann Baker

Anna Chlumsky

Joan Cusack

David Lipsky

David Foster Wallace

Sarah

Patty

Julie

Jesse Eisenberg – David Lipsky
Jason Segel – David Foster Wallace
Becky Ann Baker –
Anna Chlumsky – Sarah
Joan Cusack – Patty
Mamie Gummer – Julie
David Kanter – Producer
Matt DeRoss – Producer
James Dahl – Producer
Mark C. Manuel – Producer
Ted O’Neal – Producer
Donald Margulies – Writer
James Ponsoldt – Director

 

James Ponsoldt

Donald Margulies

David Kanter

Matt DeRoss

James Dahl

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
James Ponsoldt
 
Writer(s)
Donald Margulies
 
Producer(s)
David Kanter, Matt DeRoss, James Dahl, Mark C. Manuel, Ted O’Neal

 

Film Festivals
Sundance
 
Awards & Nominations
4 wins & 18 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Max Weiss

Jason Bailey

David Stratton

Stephen Romei

Philippa Hawker

Baltimore Magazine

Flavorwire

The Australian

The Age (Australia)

Globe and Mail

THE END OF THE TOUR
 All Critics (161) | Top Critics (48) | Fresh (148) | Rotten (13)
 I can’t speak to its veracity, but I loved Segel’s work here, playing Wallace as someone who over-analyzed everything, to a compulsive, near paralyzing degree, while still managing to be the most interesting, literary guy in the room.
 
 June 12, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Max Weiss
 Baltimore Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 By the time we’re at the end of ‘The End of the Tour,’ it’s arrived at something thoughtful and true about being a writer-and, even better, about being a real person.
 
 May 30, 2016
 
 Jason Bailey
 Flavorwire
 TOP CRITIC
 Strong performances from the lead actors anchor the film, but the world depicted is rather too hermetic for anyone not immediately interested in the subject matter.
 
 May 20, 2016 | Rating: 3/5
 
 David Stratton
 The Australian
 TOP CRITIC
 It’s essentially a two-hour conversation about life, love, selfhood, art high and low (Wallace was a television addict) — and I did not want it to end.
 
 December 11, 2015 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Stephen Romei
 The Australian
 TOP CRITIC
 Despite the depiction of rivalry and discomfort, its tone is not harsh; there’s something restrained and carefully poignant about the film and the rueful reverence it displays for its central figure.
 
 December 9, 2015 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Philippa Hawker
 The Age (Australia)
 TOP CRITIC
 The performances, the writing, the direction, Segel’s D.F.W. impression, everything is just fine. But The End of the Tour is disgraceful. It feels like it’s towing out the real Wallace’s ghost to perform some soppy parody of himself.
 
 August 28, 2015 | Rating: 1/4
 
 John Semley
 Globe and Mail
 TOP CRITIC
 The film is fascinatingly intellectual and brimming with humanity.
 
 July 26, 2021
 
 George Fenwick
 Stuff.co.nz
 Occasionally it feels like an excuse for introspective comments from the David Foster Wallace Book of Wisdom, but Segel finds the humanity in him, playing him as a man who lived inside his head even as his world expanded.
 
 February 3, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Richard Crouse
 Richard Crouse
 The End of the Tour movingly illustrates how deeply a human connection, no matter how momentary, can effect a person’s life.
 
 January 14, 2021
 
 David Bax
 Battleship Pretension
 The End of the Tour is a riveting film that celebrates a literary genius by exposing his flaws.
 
 July 17, 2020
 
 Damond Fudge
 KCCI (Des Moines, IA)
 James Ponsoldt shows a very moving study on friendship, idolatry and fear of sincerity seen through the eyes of two writers. [Full review in Spanish]
 
 June 26, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
 
 Yasser Medina
 Cinemaficionados
 Both Segel and Eisenberg are fantastic, each offering up some of the their best work.
 
 April 8, 2020
 
 Dan Scully
 Cinema76…

 

Plot
The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace’s groundbreaking epic novel, ‘Infinite Jest.’
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The End of the Tour stars Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segel in “powerful” and “fantastic” performances, according to audience reviews.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
T A T Communications, Company,
 
Distributor
IFC Films
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
 
Year of Release
2015
 

 
Genre(s)

 
Keyword(s)
starring Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Michael Maertens, Imogen Kogge, Felix Römer, directed by Christian Petzold, written by Christian Petzold, Harun Farocki, History, Drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Clayton Dillard, Catherine Wheatley, J Hoberman, Fionnuala Halligan, Jordan Mintzer, Scott Foundas, Brian Eggert, Dustin Chang, David Bax, Nicholas Bell, producer Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber, PG-13, concentration camp survivor, reconstructive surgery, Nazis, post-war Berlin, betrayal, Holocaust survivor, pianist, singer, club, Kurt Weill, Speak Low, deception, remembrance, truth, atmosphere, tension, allegory, identity, loss, search for answers, individual, cinematic ouroboros, Criterion Collection, Dolby Digital, German, IFC Films
 

Cast & Crew

Nina Hoss

Ronald Zehrfeld

Nina Kunzendorf

Michael Maertens

Imogen Kogge

Nelly Lenz

Johnny Lenz

Lene Winter

Arzt

Elisabeth

Nina Hoss – Nelly Lenz
Ronald Zehrfeld – Johnny Lenz
Nina Kunzendorf – Lene Winter
Michael Maertens – Arzt
Imogen Kogge – Elisabeth
Felix Römer – Geiger

 

Christian Petzold

Christian Petzold

Florian Koerner von Gustorf

Michael Weber

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Christian Petzold
 
Writer(s)
Christian Petzold, Harun Farocki
 
Producer(s)
Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber

 

Film Festivals
Sundance, Berlin, Toronto
 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Clayton Dillard

Catherine Wheatley

J. Hoberman

Fionnuala Halligan

Jordan Mintzer

Slant Magazine

Sight & Sound

Tablet

Screen International

Hollywood Reporter

PHOENIX
 All Critics (132) | Top Critics (47) | Fresh (129) | Rotten (3)
 Phoenix, Christian Petzold’s meditation on individual and cinematic ouroboros, lands on Blu-ray with a masterful transfer from the Criterion Collection.
 
 April 27, 2016
 
 Clayton Dillard
 Slant Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 This is cinema at its most ineffable and its most potent.
 
 January 15, 2016
 
 Catherine Wheatley
 Sight & Sound
 TOP CRITIC
 The movie is fluid, suspenseful, and preposterous-although, more historically than psychologically, and not necessarily in a negative sense.
 
 December 31, 2015
 
 J. Hoberman
 Tablet
 TOP CRITIC
 Christian Petzold’s collaboration with the actress Nina Hoss reaches a new level of intensity in Phoenix, a moving drama set in the rubble of post-war Berlin.
 
 December 14, 2015
 
 Fionnuala Halligan
 Screen International
 TOP CRITIC
 Both a powerful allegory for post-war regeneration and a rich Hitchcockian tale of mistaken identity.
 
 December 14, 2015
 
 Jordan Mintzer
 Hollywood Reporter
 TOP CRITIC
 Life is a bombed-out, soulless cabaret in Christian Petzold’s Phoenix, a haunting portrait of identity, loss and the search for answers in post-WWII Berlin.
 
 December 14, 2015
 
 Scott Foundas
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 Petzold’s direction is simple and natural, far removed from the expressive formal styles of Hitchcock and Frankenheimer in their respective films about a facial transmigration.
 
 April 23, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Brian Eggert
 Deep Focus Review
 Petzold plays around with the idea of forced forgetfulness in this tale of inversed Vertigo.
 
 February 14, 2021
 
 Dustin Chang
 ScreenAnarchy
 Phoenix is beautifully constructed and melancholy piece of cinema but its implausibility means that it can only be admired from a distance.
 
 January 14, 2021
 
 David Bax
 Battleship Pretension
 Hoss gives a startlingly impressive performance as a Holocaust survivor entangled in a devious arrangement where love and hate resides within the same amorphous shadow.
 
 October 8, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Nicholas Bell
 IONCINEMA.com
 Petzold’s dark cinematography bolsters the film’s portrayal of a devastated society…
 
 August 13, 2020
 
 Joanne Laurier
 World Socialist Web Site
 [A]n allegory has to string together coherent narratives in two distinct registers at once in a high-strung balancing act. Phoenix manages this remarkable feat[.]
 
 June 30, 2020
 
 CJ Sheu
 Critics at Large…

 

Plot
After reconstructive surgery, a concentration camp survivor searches for answers about her past and her husband’s potential betrayal in post-WWII Berlin in the tense and atmospheric drama, Phoenix.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Nina Hoss gives a “startlingly impressive performance” as a Holocaust survivor in Phoenix.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Columbia Pictures, Pascal Pictures, Marvel Studios,
 
Distributor
20th Century Fox
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate
TV-14
 
Year of Release
2015
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy/Action
 
Keyword(s)
starring Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law, Rose Byrne, Miranda Hart, Bobby Cannavale, Allison Janney, Jason Statham, Peter Serafinowicz, Morena Baccarin, Richard Brake, Nargis Fakhri, 50 Cent, Will Yun Lee, Zach Woods, Jessica Chaffin, Katie Dippold, directed by Paul Feig, written by Paul Feig, produced by Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Paul Feig, Jessie Henderson, comedy, action, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Rebecca Olson, Max Weiss, Jason Bailey, Emily St James, Alison Willmore, Scott Marks, Brian Eggert, Nick Levine, Mike Massie, Charlotte Harrison, Joanne Laurier, R-rated, CIA analyst, undercover, spy, assassination, revenge, Bulgarian arms dealer, high-tech equipment, hidden earpiece, guardian angel, danger, field training, desk jockey, gender-switched Bond spoof, physical comedy, combat, action scenes, offensive humor, violent humor, belly laughs, Melissa McCarthy’s comedic genius, Paul Feig’s writing, Jason Statham’s performance, Rose Byrne’s performance, Jude Law’s performance, Miranda Hart’s performance, Allison Janney’s performance, Morena Baccarin’s performance, Nargis Fakhri’s performance, 50 Cent’s performance, Will Yun Lee’s performance, Zach Woods’ performance, Jessica Chaffin’s performance, Katie Dippold’s performance
 

Cast & Crew

Melissa McCarthy

Jason Statham

Rose Byrne

Miranda Hart

Bobby Cannavale

Susan Cooper

Richard Ford

Rayna Boyanov

Nancy

Sergio De Luca

Melissa McCarthy – Susan Cooper
Jason Statham – Richard Ford
Rose Byrne – Rayna Boyanov
Miranda Hart – Nancy
Bobby Cannavale – Sergio De Luca
Allison Janney – Elaine Crocker
Paul Feig – Director/Writer
Peter Chernin – Producer
Jenno Topping – Producer
Jessie Henderson – Producer

 

Paul Feig

Paul Feig

Peter Chernin

Jenno Topping

Paul Feig

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Paul Feig
 
Writer(s)
Paul Feig
 
Producer(s)
Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Paul Feig, Jessie Henderson

 

Film Festivals
South by Southwest
 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Rebecca Olson

Max Weiss

Jason Bailey

Emily St. James

Alison Willmore

Bitch Media

Baltimore Magazine

Flavorwire

Vox

BuzzFeed News

SPY
 All Critics (260) | Top Critics (70) | Fresh (247) | Rotten (13)
 Spy is a smart and uplifting film – one that’s finally worthy of Melissa McCarthy’s comedic genius.
 
 January 28, 2021
 
 Rebecca Olson
 Bitch Media
 TOP CRITIC
 Spy is many things: A clever spoof. A chance for Melissa McCarthy and her co-stars to strut their comedic chops. An international romp. It’s also a pretty darn engaging spy film. It’s about a woman leaning in and finding her inner Bond.
 
 June 10, 2016 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Max Weiss
 Baltimore Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 At its core, this action-packed, globe-trotting, gender-switched Bond spoof is about lookism.
 
 May 28, 2016
 
 Jason Bailey
 Flavorwire
 TOP CRITIC
 Feig is great at writing big, obvious gags that nonetheless succeed. It made me think I was in for a good time – and Spy is definitely that.
 
 December 17, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/5
 
 Emily St. James
 Vox
 TOP CRITIC
 She’s no Mata Hari, and she may not get the guy (though she does get some) – but that doesn’t mean she can’t be a different sort of badass, the kind that’s a reminder of McCarthy’s range beyond just physical comedy.
 
 November 10, 2015
 
 Alison Willmore
 BuzzFeed News
 TOP CRITIC
 Melissa McCarthy keeping pace in foot chases with actors who spend the better portion of their lives in a gym is about as funny as it gets, unless you count the antonymous editing of the action sequences.
 
 August 2, 2015 | Rating: 0/5
 
 Scott Marks
 San Diego Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 Even though the R-rated movie overstays its welcome by about a half-hour, preventing itself from becoming a sharp, breezy lark, it’s a James Bond parody worth a casual viewing.
 
 June 9, 2022 | Rating: 2.5/4
 
 Brian Eggert
 Deep Focus Review
 Melissa McCarthy shows off her superb comic timing in this frothy action comedy.
 
 June 14, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/5
 
 Nick Levine
 NME
 Melissa McCarthy and crew brandish a polished comedic expertise to poke fun at every major facet of the spy subgenre.
 
 December 4, 2020 | Rating: 6/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 I can say with some certainty that a good comedy is hard to find. I can confirm this is one of them.
 
 October 13, 2020
 
 Charlotte Harrison
 Charlotte Sometimes Goes to the Movies
 There’s something absolutely irresistible about Melissa McCarthy. It’s a beautiful thing to behold when she gifts us with a film worthy of her talent.
 
 September 24, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
 
 Richard Propes
 TheIndependentCritic.com
 Does it occur to Feig-or anyone involved in the making of Spy-that not everyone dotes on the forces of law and order nor finds their operations as endlessly fascinating as he apparently does?
 
 August 11, 2020
 
 Joanne Laurier
 World Socialist Web Site…

 

Plot
After her partner is assassinated, CIA analyst Susan Cooper goes undercover for the first time to capture the arms dealer responsible and avenge her colleague in the action-comedy film Spy.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Jason Statham hilariously parodies his own action hero persona in Spy, playing a spy who has killed a thousand enemies, lost and re-attached several of his own limbs, and died several times.
 

 
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