

2021 Reviews
So... I swapped grading systems in September 2017! I've always hated that there are star-grading-systems out of 5 stars, and some out of 4, such that I always need to specify! And I've found that conversationally I use letter grades more often, as there are more grade options, allowing for greater specificity. So I figured that with my new approach of posting video-reviews on Instagram, now's a good time to swap grading systems. Heeeere we go: letter grades it is!
Also, if you think I'm too nice given that most of my reviews are rather positive, remember: I'm not a critic who's paid to see all movies including the bad. I only go to see movies that I think I will like, and I'm pretty good at gauging that :)
AMERICAN BIRTHRIGHT (no review - my friend Becky made it!) [Instagram review]
THE ALPINIST (B+) [Instagram post]
ANNETTE (B?!?!) [Instagram post]
BARB & STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR (A-) [Instagram post]
BEING THE RICARDOS (B) [Instagram post]
BELFAST (A-?) [Instagram post]
BERGMAN ISLAND (C-) [Instagram post]
CANDYMAN (B) [Instagram post]
C'MON C'MON (A) [Instagram post]
CODA (B+) [Instagram post]
CYRANO (A-) [Instagram post]
DON'T LOOK UP (B+) [Instagram post]
DRIVE MY CAR (B) [Instagram post]
DUNE (B) [Instagram post]
ENCANTO (B+) [Instagram post]
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE (B-) [Instagram post]
FLEE (A-) [Instagram post]
THE FRENCH DISPATCH (B) [Instagram post]
THE GREEN KNIGHT (C+) [Instagram post]
THE HAND OF GOD (A-) [Instagram post]
A HERO (B) [Instagram post]
HOUSE OF GUCCI (B) [Instagram post]
THE HUMANS (A-) [Instagram post]
IN THE HEIGHTS (B-) [Instagram post]
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (A-) [Instagram post]
KING RICHARD (A) [Instagram post]
THE LAST DUEL (C+) [Instagram post]
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (B) [Instagram post]
LICORICE PIZZA (A) [Instagram post]
THE LOST DAUGHTER (C+) [Instagram post]
LUCA (B+) [Instagram post]
MALCOLM & MARIE (B-) [Instagram post]
MASS (B+) [Instagram post]
NIGHTMARE ALLEY (C+) [Instagram post]
NINE DAYS (B-) This film about souls being tested over nine days to see who's most worthy to enter a new body is a fascinating proposition with a mediocre execution.
NO TIME TO DIE (C+) [Instagram post]
PARALLEL MOTHERS (C+) [Instagram post]
PASSING (A-) [Instagram post]
PIG (B+) [Instagram post]
THE POWER OF THE DOG (B) [Instagram post]
A QUIET PLACE: PART II (B-) [Instagram post]
PARALLEL MOTHERS (C) [Instagram post]
RED ROCKET (B-) [Instagram post]
THE RESCUE (B+) [Instagram post]
RESPECT (B-) [Instagram post]
SHIVA BABY (B+) Fun movie about a girl who runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva, and it turns out he has a wife and a baby. The awkwardness around their interactions running adjacent to her parents' shiva mingling is juicy - fun times, nothing extraordinary. Though I was super tired and falling asleep, missed some pieces...
SPENCER (C+) [Instagram post]
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (B) [Instagram post]
STILLWATER (C+) [Instagram post]
SUMMER OF SOUL (B+) [Instagram post]
SWAN SONG (A-) [Instagram post]
TICK, TICK...BOOM! (A) [Instagram post]
TITANE (D) [Instagram post]
THE HARDER THEY FALL (B+) [Instagram post]
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (A-) [Instagram post]
THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY (B+) [Instagram post]
WEST SIDE STORY (B) [Instagram post]
THE WHITE TIGER (B+) [Instagram post]
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (B) [Instagram post]