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Lorraine Ali

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The Many Saints of Newark (2021) 72% EDIT “"The Many Saints of Newark" might have played better as a limited series rather than a truncated self-contained production, with the potential for a deeper story to unfold over several impending episodes.” – Los Angeles Times Oct 1, 2021 Full Review Oslo (2021) 72% EDIT “The film is at its strongest when it uses their individual journeys during the negotiations to serve as metaphors for the complicated emotions and human suffering intertwined in the larger Israeli-Palestinian mess.” – Los Angeles Times Jun 9, 2021 Full Review The Mystery of D.B. Cooper (2020) 91% EDIT “HBO's treatment of the evergreen saga remains fresh, fun, and all-consuming.” – Los Angeles Times Dec 31, 2020 Full Review Kevin Hart: Zero F**ks Given (2020) EDIT “Is it funny? Sort of, but what he discloses about his life in the special is often more memorable than the jokes themselves.” – Los Angeles Times Nov 17, 2020 Full Review Black Is King (2020) 94% EDIT “A piece of timely art that entertains with eyes wide open.” – Los Angeles Times Aug 1, 2020 Full Review Dave Chappelle: 8:46 (2020) 90% EDIT “Dave Chappelle was not funny during his first stage performance in 87 days, an impassioned, 27-minute set that spoke to the cultural reckoning triggered by the killing of George Floyd. But the comedian was in top form.” – Los Angeles Times Jun 15, 2020 Full Review Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020) 74% EDIT “She was a larger-than-life success story, a commanding actress, a part of Hollywood when it was glamorous. She was also a mother who was torn from her kids too soon. This film is a love letter from one of those kids.” – Los Angeles Times May 5, 2020 Full Review EDIT “"My Favorite Shapes" - part performance art, part stand-up and part therapy session - highlights Torres the twisted storyteller.” – Los Angeles Times Nov 13, 2019 Full Review Ramy Youssef: Feelings (2019) 100% EDIT “Egyptian-American comedian Ramy Youssef nails his first HBO stand-up special, Feelings, by tackling universal predicaments from hyper-specific angles.” – Los Angeles Times Aug 1, 2019 Full Review Amy Schumer: The Leather Special (2017) 50% EDIT “The dirtier it gets, the less daring it feels.” – Los Angeles Times Jul 9, 2019 Full Review The Dirt (2019) 37% EDIT “It's as if the film arrived to the streaming service in a bubble, unaware that the culture has moved on and that Netflix is brimming with content written, directed and starring strong women.” – Los Angeles Times Mar 22, 2019 Full Review Brexit (2019) 80% EDIT “The film does an impressive job explaining the complicated operation while still delivering a fast-paced and entertaining story.” – Los Angeles Times Jan 21, 2019 Full Review The Judge (2017) 100% EDIT “It's an exceptional, multi-dimensional look at the culture from the inside.” – Los Angeles Times Nov 19, 2018 Full Review Brimstone & Glory (2017) 92% EDIT “But [Brimstone & Glory] deftly captures the skill, passion and peril behind the fireworks, as well as the love of a family whose livelihood is rooted in this booming trade.” – Los Angeles Times Aug 24, 2018 Full Review It Will Be Chaos (2018) 100% EDIT “The harrowing, on-the-ground and by-sea journeys chronicled in It Will Be Chaos... speaks directly to our own immigration crisis...” – Los Angeles Times Jun 18, 2018 Full Review John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls (2018) 92% EDIT “McCain's frank discussions about his limited time left here on Earth and the end of a mission of "serving something more important than myself" are profound and moving.” – Boston Herald May 30, 2018 Full Review Fahrenheit 451 (2018) 31% EDIT “Fahrenheit 451's main problem stems from the fact that it jams a series' worth of story into 100 minutes.” – Los Angeles Times May 21, 2018 Full Review Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018) 100% EDIT “But by the grace of God, or maybe a great cast and lots and lots of expert staging, a great musical became a great TV production.” – Los Angeles Times Apr 2, 2018 Full Review Notes From The Field (2018) 100% EDIT “Its stories are pulled from intimate accounts of life at the bottom. But the artistic flourishes here let in some light.” – Los Angeles Times Feb 26, 2018 Full Review Gaga: Five Foot Two (2017) 72% EDIT “A star isn't born here, she's diminished.” – Los Angeles Times Sep 22, 2017 Full Review The Wizard of Lies (2017) 73% EDIT “As Ruth, Pfeiffer convincingly portrays a pampered woman left with utterly nothing - she's lost her homes, status and, most important, her relationship with her sons.” – Los Angeles Times May 19, 2017 Full Review Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS (2017) 100% EDIT “The 100-minute film does a phenomenal job detangling the numerous scenarios that led to Syria's civil war and current bloodbath, dispelling the notion that this conflict is too complicated for those not versed on the Middle East to understand.” – Los Angeles Times May 18, 2017 Full Review Last Men in Aleppo (2017) 97% EDIT “A tightly focused, on-the-ground account of three men who serve in the White Helmets.” – Los Angeles Times May 18, 2017 Full Review American Jihad (2017) 100% EDIT “[It] goes beyond the hysteria and fear to offer a smart, measured and methodical look at how these men were indoctrinated into terror organizations such as the Islamic State, Al Qaeda and Shabab.” – Los Angeles Times Mar 27, 2017 Full Review Rock and a Hard Place (2017) EDIT “The few times we do get to see cadets outside of drills, lessons and routines are some of the most illuminating.” – Los Angeles Times Mar 27, 2017 Full Review
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