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John Esther

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Los Angeles, California

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Our Little Sister (2015) 93% EDIT “As emotionally superficial as a Hollywood movie by the likes of Nancy Myers or Cameron Crowe.” – UR Chicago Magazine Jul 13, 2016 Full Review Angel of Nanjing (2015) EDIT “Solid in its scope, this inspiring 64-minute documentary by co-directors/producers Frank Ferendo and Jordan Horowitz offers a portrait of a man who gives his best for others.” – UR Chicago Magazine Jul 13, 2016 Full Review Zoolander No. 2 (2016) 21% EDIT “A noisy, often nonsensical, unfunny enterprise with lots and lots of cameos from some of the culture industry's most recognized faces.” – UR Chicago Magazine Jul 13, 2016 Full Review Jim: The James Foley Story (2016) 91% EDIT “To the documentary's credit it makes it clear from the beginning that this will not be a sensationalized hagiography of the 40-year-old murdered journalist.” – UR Chicago Magazine Jul 13, 2016 Full Review A Good Wife (2016) 100% EDIT “Serbian actor Mirjana Karanovic makes an impressive debut as director and co-writer in A Good Wife, a film about personal and political cancer in current Serbia.” – UR Chicago Magazine Jul 13, 2016 Full Review The Innocents (2016) 95% EDIT “Offers a harrowing yet hopeful picture of what good women (and one man) can do when they do choose to rebel against patriarchal power.” – UR Chicago Magazine Jul 13, 2016 Full Review Uncle Nick (2015) 45% EDIT “It certainly is a funnier holiday film than most holiday films.” – UR Chicago Magazine Jan 3, 2016 Full Review Love (2015) 42% EDIT “The film offers a lot more than most films attempting to convey human interaction or attempting to understand human love and its intercourse with sex. It is certainly more honest than most films...” – UR Chicago Magazine Nov 17, 2015 Full Review I Smile Back (2015) 49% EDIT “Holding the film together is Silverman's tour-de-force performance. Involved in every scene, her "serious" acting holds the film together.” – UR Chicago Magazine Nov 17, 2015 Full Review Heart of a Dog (2015) 95% EDIT “The documentary glides on with few lulls, even if one does squint during its brief moments of silliness.” – UR Chicago Magazine Oct 23, 2015 Full Review Experimenter (2015) 85% EDIT “The film seems to believe, and illustrate, that the best way to learn is while having fun (not getting punished with pain); and Experimenter is one very playful, enjoyable film.” – UR Chicago Magazine Oct 23, 2015 Full Review The Assassin (2015) 80% EDIT “Other than human nature, the film suggests there was nothing ugly to witness during this period in time.” – UR Chicago Magazine Oct 18, 2015 Full Review Coming Home (2014) 89% EDIT “This is politically-fueled melodrama of a higher order.” – UR Chicago Magazine Sep 10, 2015 Full Review Dragon Blade (2015) 36% EDIT “The film barely passes the entertainment mustard.” – UR Chicago Magazine Sep 5, 2015 Full Review The Second Mother (2015) 98% EDIT “The story about a young woman coming from "the outside" and entering a particular milieu and shaking things up is not entirely new, but there is enough skill here to make this film worth viewing.” – UR Chicago Magazine Aug 28, 2015 Full Review Digging for Fire (2015) 64% EDIT “It is not important that a film contain likable characters -- far from it. But when the filmmakers behind the camera seem to like those characters, or be too forgiving for their faults, this is what you get.” – UR Chicago Magazine Aug 21, 2015 Full Review Top Spin (2014) 100% EDIT “Peppering the trials, tribulations and training of the three athletes is some spectacular table tennis action.” – UR Chicago Magazine Aug 21, 2015 Full Review The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015) 95% EDIT “Few films this frank about teenage sexuality are found in American cinema.” – UR Chicago Magazine Aug 7, 2015 Full Review Chorus (2015) 100% EDIT “A gritty, emotionally honest (and draining) film about coming to grips with the horrors life can throw at you at any given moment.” – UR Chicago Magazine Jul 18, 2015 Full Review Cronies (2015) 67% EDIT “The film skillfully blends gritty cinema and faux documentary interviews with the film's very skilled three leads.” – UR Chicago Magazine Jul 18, 2015 Full Review Things of the Aimless Wanderer (2015) EDIT “It does not take long to realize Kivu Ruhorahoza's film is something special. Well, different at least.” – UR Chicago Magazine Jul 18, 2015 Full Review Eastern Boys (2013) 89% EDIT “The film tackles solidarity and solitude, economic class, language and lingering ages -- managing to remain engaging throughout most of its two hours-plus running time.” – UR Chicago Magazine Jul 18, 2015 Full Review The Hand That Feeds (2014) 93% EDIT “Members of the working and shrinking middle classes will have plenty to gain by investing in the price of a movie ticket to view this documentary.” – UR Chicago Magazine Jul 18, 2015 Full Review Gemma Bovery (2014) 54% EDIT “A film that could only be made in a country where literature is widely consumed and considered worthy of one's time, this is an entertaining, smart film with strong performances.” – UR Chicago Magazine Jul 18, 2015 Full Review Everything Before Us (2015) EDIT “A highly enjoyable, smart, very funny, well written story about young people in love.” – UR Chicago Magazine Jul 18, 2015 Full Review
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