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Kate Erbland

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Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie (2026) B+ EDIT “The revulsion that we feel toward this attack is, of course, baked right into the film, but Gibney often dances away from making it feel like a symptom of something wider. ” – IndieWire Jan 26, 2026 Full Review The Invite (2026) 91% B+ EDIT “Wilde’s expressive face and big eyes tap into a Lucille Ball elasticity; the film would be funny enough if it was only its director turning in such a hilarious performance, but she’s hardly alone in this endeavour.” – IndieWire Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Nuisance Bear  (2026) B- EDIT “The imagery is startling. The story needs to hit even harder.” – IndieWire Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Josephine (2026) 100% A- EDIT “If these questions sound heady and heavy, they are, but de Araújo’s masterful ability to interrogate tension on every level keeps the film clipping along, each turn both a surprise and an inevitability. ” – IndieWire Jan 24, 2026 Full Review Saccharine (2026) 92% B- EDIT “These ideas are big and ripe for the picking, but James’ interest in delivering a full meal verges on overstuffed. It’s haunting stuff, but perhaps not always in the intended ways.” – IndieWire Jan 23, 2026 Full Review Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (2026) 91% B EDIT “It might not all flow in perfect step (insert ballroom dancing metaphors here), but “Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!” offers an effervescent spirit so often missing in this milieu, with a lovely performance from Kikuchi at its center.” – IndieWire Jan 23, 2026 Full Review Carousel (2026) 87% B+ EDIT “Carousel feels ripped from the fabric of a million lives. Don’t let the seemingly small nature of the film fool you; there is career-best work here, especially from Pine, who was always made for a romantic drama. This one was worth the wait.” – IndieWire Jan 23, 2026 Full Review The Housemaid (2025) 74% C+ EDIT “It’s diverting enough semi-shlock. It’s certainly interesting counter-programming for the holiday season. Pickier viewers might balk, however, as fine details aren’t exactly in high supply here.” – IndieWire Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Zootopia 2 (2025) 91% B+ EDIT “It’s also got the kind of heart that has too long seemed to be missing from other Disney animated offerings. There’s a weight to the messaging of the film. There’s real care behind the bond between Nick and Judy. ” – IndieWire Nov 25, 2025 Full Review Wicked: For Good (2025) 66% B- EDIT “The things that missed the mark the first time, well, they still do. The things that worked in “Wicked”? They still do, but only a clock-tick better.” – IndieWire Nov 18, 2025 Full Review Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) 60% B- EDIT “I felt, if not magic, a generous dash of cinematic enchantment. Let’s make four more of these things.” – IndieWire Nov 11, 2025 Full Review Regretting You (2025) 29% C EDIT “Tucked into the melodrama of “Regretting You,” there is a sweet story about a mother and daughter trying to figure things out, but the reliance on their outside romances often detracts from it. That’s a shame.” – IndieWire Oct 22, 2025 Full Review The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025) 28% C+ EDIT “Stone’s film doesn’t spend nearly enough time with these fellow travelers, all of whom clearly have interesting backstories and personalities, and might as well have been heaved over the side of the boat before it even leaves the port.” – IndieWire Oct 12, 2025 Full Review A Life Illuminated (2025) B EDIT “She's got way too much to say. And that compulsion -- a genuine, profound desire to share her findings with the world -- makes for a classic, stick-to-your ribs documentary experience about a fascinating person.” – IndieWire Sep 23, 2025 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% B+ EDIT “It works, and it’s no big mystery why -- Johnson knows his form and format, and delivers on it, playing with tone and message but never losing sight of why these stories are so damn entertaining to watch and unravel.” – IndieWire Sep 18, 2025 Full Review Easy's Waltz (2025) 75% B- EDIT “Vaughn pours himself into the role, but he also seems to understand that going big and broad for this one is a misstep. Easy isn’t a caricature, even if the people and events around him increasingly feel that way.” – IndieWire Sep 12, 2025 Full Review Nuremberg (2025) 72% C+ EDIT “It’s delivered in the most plain-faced way possible. There is no cat-and-mouse here. There are few surprises.” – IndieWire Sep 9, 2025 Full Review California Schemin' (2025) 95% B- EDIT “It’s the oldest story in the book, but it’s made all the more crushing in “California Schemin'” because Gavin and Billy are so very convinced they’re the ones pulling one over on the brass.” – IndieWire Sep 9, 2025 Full Review I Swear (2025) 100% B EDIT “Aramayo’s sensitive portrayal of the man and Jones’ unflinching dedication to showing some of Davidson’s most painful moments, the ones that pushed him into action, add up to an insightful biopic that chronicles a very worthy subject.” – IndieWire Sep 8, 2025 Full Review Hedda (2025) 89% B+ EDIT “Words like “bold” and “daring” and “wild” will be thrown around in regards to Nia DaCosta’s “Hedda,” one of the more original and thrilling adaptations of a classic work in recent memory. ” – IndieWire Sep 8, 2025 Full Review The Lost Bus (2025) 88% B EDIT “The larger-scale drama is unquestionably effective and so evocative and terrifying that words fail to do it justice... [But] for once, zooming in proves to be prohibitive.” – IndieWire Sep 7, 2025 Full Review The Choral (2025) 67% B- EDIT “A light, low-key crowdpleaser that occasionally steps into more harrowing territory before neatly spinning right out of it.” – IndieWire Sep 6, 2025 Full Review Christy (2025) 67% B+ EDIT “Sweeney disappears into the role, not just changing her hair color, eye color, accent, and way of moving, but her general air, her overall mien, the space she takes up in a room. ” – IndieWire Sep 6, 2025 Full Review The Man in My Basement (2025) 40% C+ EDIT “The devil isn’t just on the screen, it’s in the details, and Latif’s film can’t pull those together.” – IndieWire Sep 6, 2025 Full Review Marc by Sofia (2025) B EDIT “That someone as successful as Jacobs is so beset by a lack of confidence is a compelling conceit -- it also speaks to Coppola’s own interest in the subject, admirable indeed -- but in “Marc by Sofia,” we really believe him.” – IndieWire Sep 2, 2025 Full Review
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