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Lisa Trifone

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The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) 88% 4/4 EDIT “A film like The Testament of Ann Lee reminds me of what's possible in this beautiful, expansive and ever-surprising art form...” – Third Coast Review Jan 16, 2026 Full Review A Private Life (2025) 80% 3/4 EDIT “The story itself gets a bit complex, but what's clear is Foster's assured performance...” – Third Coast Review Jan 16, 2026 Full Review The Choral (2025) 67% 3/4 EDIT “If the British are known to keep calm and carry on, The Choral would like to stretch that definition ever so slightly.” – Third Coast Review Jan 10, 2026 Full Review Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) 81% 3/4 EDIT “Father Mother Sister Brother might not go down as one of Jarmusch's most acclaimed or mainstream films, but it's a gem nonetheless. ” – Third Coast Review Jan 10, 2026 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% 4/4 EDIT “Park Chan-wook's ambitious and whip-smart No Other Choice [is] a satire with so much bite you'll be forgiven for looking for bruises by the time the credits roll.” – Third Coast Review Dec 26, 2025 Full Review Song Sung Blue (2025) 78% 3.5/4 EDIT “At the end of the day, Song Sung Blue won't be remembered for being a cinematic achievement, per se...but it's an exceptional film nonetheless, something much more human and grounded.” – Third Coast Review Dec 26, 2025 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% 3.5/4 EDIT “That The Secret Agent works on so many levels is its super-power.” – Third Coast Review Dec 19, 2025 Full Review Is This Thing On? (2025) 86% 3.5/4 EDIT “Is This Thing On? becomes a winsome take on the state of modern marriage, individual identity and recognizing there's still goodness to be found around us” – Third Coast Review Dec 19, 2025 Full Review Merrily We Roll Along (2025) 95% 3.5/4 EDIT “In intimate, copious close-ups, we witness every shift of an eyebrow, every turned corner of a mouth; it's the kind of connection to the performances only those in the front rows of a theater can typically enjoy.” – Third Coast Review Dec 5, 2025 Full Review Wicked: For Good (2025) 66% 2/4 EDIT “If you're in it for the eye-candy, there's definitely a lot of that.” – Third Coast Review Nov 22, 2025 Full Review Rebuilding (2025) 93% 3/4 EDIT “Rebuilding's emotional center and O'Connors impressive performance are both strong enough to carry us through its shortcomings.” – Third Coast Review Nov 22, 2025 Full Review It Was Just an Accident (2025) 97% 4/4 EDIT “The Iranian filmmaker puts a mirror to modern society and asks us to investigate how we treat each other, what impact our collective choices have on each other and how we are meant to live together in the wake of it all.” – Third Coast Review Oct 31, 2025 Full Review Nouvelle Vague (2025) 91% 4/4 EDIT “Godard is played by Guillaume Marbeck, a relative newcomer and an absolute revelation as a young man who is at once the most confident man in the room and the most insecure.” – Third Coast Review Oct 27, 2025 Full Review The Mastermind (2025) 90% 3/4 EDIT “What Reichardt is doing is so much more astute, so much more compelling, breaking down the archetype of a thief and laying bare the shortcomings of a character like JB” – Third Coast Review Oct 24, 2025 Full Review Blue Moon (2025) 90% 3/4 EDIT “Linklater clearly appreciates this era of American creativity and creation.” – Third Coast Review Oct 24, 2025 Full Review Hedda (2025) 89% 3/4 EDIT “Hedda, at least in DaCosta’s 21st century adaptation, is a story of self-reliance, unrequited love and finding ways to move forward through it all.” – Third Coast Review Oct 24, 2025 Full Review After the Hunt (2025) 37% 3/4 EDIT “Though some may disagree, I find the controversies and questions at the heart of After the Hunt to be quite intriguing” – Third Coast Review Oct 24, 2025 Full Review Steve (2025) 78% 3/4 EDIT “The film is at its most heartbreaking when Steve and the young men in his charge are given space to be vulnerable, something that doesn't come naturally to any of them. ” – Third Coast Review Oct 24, 2025 Full Review Anemone (2025) 53% 3/4 EDIT “Though it may be because he co-wrote the script, there's nevertheless a sense that Daniel Day-Lewis is the only person who could have played this role.” – Third Coast Review Oct 24, 2025 Full Review Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025) 77% 3/4 EDIT “With Bill Condon's Kiss of the Spider Woman...[Lopez] redefines her on-screen career with a role she was seemingly born to play.” – Third Coast Review Oct 10, 2025 Full Review Eleanor the Great (2025) 67% 2/4 EDIT “The film's biggest flaw is the massive suspension of disbelief we're asked to make as Eleanor and Nina become more and more enmeshed in the film's central lie” – Third Coast Review Sep 25, 2025 Full Review A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025) 36% 4/4 EDIT “In a way no film in recent memory has been able to do, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey captures the head-spinning, heart-wrenching experience of falling in love.” – Third Coast Review Sep 16, 2025 Full Review Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025) 91% 3/4 EDIT “Fellowes knows what fans of the show (and films) are looking for and he delivers.” – Third Coast Review Sep 13, 2025 Full Review The Roses (2025) 64% 2.5/4 EDIT “The Roses is actually quite nice to look at, at least, taking a page out of Nancy Meyers' playbook for pretty movies.” – Third Coast Review Aug 30, 2025 Full Review Lurker (2025) 95% 3/4 EDIT “Russell brings a welcome assuredness to the screen, taking risks with perspective and editing that imbue the film with a youthful, modern sense of motion and urgency.” – Third Coast Review Aug 30, 2025 Full Review
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