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Argun Ulgen

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Working Woman (2018) 98% 8/10 EDIT “Working Woman is an invaluable take on relationships in the workplace.” – PopMatters Mar 27, 2019 Full Review Hillbilly (2018) 91% 7/10 EDIT “Hillbilly provides a cogent analysis of the connection between the United States' cultural supremacy over its own Appalachian region, and the nation's resultant economic and political exploitation of it.” – PopMatters Nov 21, 2018 Full Review Monrovia, Indiana (2018) 85% 8/10 EDIT “Holistically, Monrovia, Indiana, is a quiet impressionistic opus with minor political keys which are bigger than a critical analysis of the town itself.” – PopMatters Oct 26, 2018 Full Review Diamantino (2018) 87% 7/10 EDIT “This is a robust, vividly entertaining cinematic experience with a number of intellectually satisfying moments worthy of contemplation well after the film is over.” – PopMatters Oct 5, 2018 Full Review Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018) 97% 8/10 EDIT “Hale County This Morning, This Evening is not sequential, but impressionistic and synergistic, based more on visual and auditory impressions than linear narrative accounts.” – PopMatters Sep 28, 2018 Full Review Generation Wealth (2018) 46% 5/10 EDIT “Generation Wealth will appall, but it is unlikely to enlighten.” – PopMatters Jul 23, 2018 Full Review Skate Kitchen (2018) 89% 7/10 EDIT “Crystal Moselle's narrative feature Skate Kitchen is a paean to one of these crews: an all-girl skateboard gang.” – PopMatters Jun 26, 2018 Full Review Breath (2017) 80% 7/10 EDIT “Baker confidently steadies the story for a poignant final act, which returns to what worked so well during its first hour.” – PopMatters Jun 1, 2018 Full Review When She Runs (2018) 9/10 EDIT “When She Runs rejects a blaring soundtrack, snappy motivational dialogue, or brisk training montages to relegate itself to a typical underdog sports story.” – PopMatters May 4, 2018 Full Review All About Nina (2018) 85% 6/10 EDIT “Eva Vives' All About Nina is a well-intentioned attempt to capture this enduring conflict, even if at times it falls into traditional mainstream comedic tropes.” – PopMatters Apr 27, 2018 Full Review Every Act of Life (2018) 90% 5/10 EDIT “Ultimately however, Every Act of Life too frequently veers into overly romanticized terrain...” – PopMatters Apr 26, 2018 Full Review Netizens (2018) 92% 7/10 EDIT “Lowen's technique represents a refreshingly new dynamic of an uninterrupted 90 minutes of close-ups to women's faces as they address the still patriarchal entertainment and social media industry.” – PopMatters Apr 26, 2018 Full Review Tully (2018) 87% 7/10 EDIT “Tully is a remarkable film for its admirable effort at portraying a stripped down, raw version of the mother wish fulfillment genre.” – PopMatters Apr 26, 2018 Full Review Call Her Ganda (2018) 100% 8/10 EDIT “A languidly told retrospective of Jennifer Laude's homicide, which meshes poignantly with the equally torpid, creaky judicial wheels of the U.S.-Filipino military industrial complex.” – PopMatters Apr 26, 2018 Full Review The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) 86% 6/10 EDIT “If the film took the time to build Cameron's stakes-a college scholarship, her desire to compete and win-her "miseducation" would have entailed a greater sense of emotional suspense at the prospect of valuable time lost.” – PopMatters Apr 26, 2018 Full Review The Final Year (2017) 83% 6/10 EDIT “... The Final Year remains justifiably reverential to an Administration which, even during its final months, worked to carefully addressed diplomatic alternatives toward a safer, more peaceful world.” – PopMatters Jan 19, 2018 Full Review Glory (2016) 94% 8/10 EDIT “Glory is a grave signal not only on the ethical pitfalls of social media, but a meta-commentary on cinema's current lack of stories about heroic modern female professionals.” – PopMatters Jan 16, 2018 Full Review The Force (2017) 87% 6/10 EDIT “Although it has its imperfections, The Force stands out for its uniquely equitable treatment of law enforcement as a complex organism necessitating difficult incremental changes.” – PopMatters Dec 21, 2017 Full Review Quest (2017) 98% 8/10 EDIT “Quest closely portrays faces of America that are all too ignored.” – PopMatters Dec 8, 2017 Full Review Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) 93% 8/10 EDIT “A hilarious and poignant film that would prove to be particularly relevant in the upcoming years.” – PopMatters Nov 14, 2017 Full Review Certain Women (2016) 92% 9/10 EDIT “Certain Women's extraction of so much humanity and visual beauty from this despondent outlook renders it a minor masterpiece.” – PopMatters Nov 10, 2017 Full Review The Departure (2017) 100% 7/10 EDIT “Despite its shortcomings, The Departure confidently centers itself on a searching study of a universally relatable character who has seen a great deal of sorrow in this world.” – PopMatters Oct 13, 2017 Full Review Bobbi Jene (2017) 64% 5/10 EDIT “... far too often, Bobbi Jene veers dangerously close to a feature length melodrama overly insistent on uplift, rather than on the continual poignancy Smith's solo dance performances seem to evoke.” – PopMatters Sep 22, 2017 Full Review Trophy (2017) 96% 9/10 EDIT “In deliberately refusing to push a single agenda, Trophy maturely acknowledges the wildlife ecosystem - and for that matter, human motivation -  as a delicate if not unsettling balance of several factors.” – PopMatters Sep 8, 2017 Full Review Brillo Box (3 Cents Off) (2016) 88% 7/10 EDIT “Brillo Box (3 Cents Off) may have needed an iconic Warhol artwork to receive attention, but the film's narrative journey would have remained compelling even if it had focused on lesser known artists.” – PopMatters Aug 10, 2017 Full Review
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