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Pat Padua

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Strange Days (1995) 71% EDIT “"...chillingly prescient in so many other ways, an opening volley for a new century that would unfold in ways we could never have predicted."” – Washington City Paper Jan 15, 2026 Full Review Satan Jawa (2017) EDIT “What makes Setan Jawa remarkable is that—with inspiration drawn from wayang shadow puppet theater and Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau’s 1922 classic Nosferatu—it’s a black-and-white silent film. ” – Washington City Paper Nov 25, 2025 Full Review Peter Hujar's Day (2025) 92% EDIT “"A fascinating drama, its 16mm aesthetic transporting the viewer into the storied past of the New York art world."” – Washington City Paper Nov 18, 2025 Full Review Stop Making Sense (1984) 100% EDIT “Despite the wild eyes and non sequiturs, Byrne’s vision is accessible and charismatic. It’s incredibly moving that someone so clearly awkward and uncomfortable can be himself and make money from it” – Washington City Paper Nov 18, 2025 Full Review A Better Tomorrow (1986) 94% EDIT “Such fevered shootouts have become de rigueur ... and Woo was its prime mover, a mild-mannered personality whose fever dreams ignited a big bang whose reverberations are still viscerally felt in 2025” – Spectrum Culture Nov 11, 2025 Full Review Pavements (2024) 95% EDIT “It’s no surprise that one of the best bands of the ‘90s should be honored in such a complicated manner, but the multi-faceted gem here is an unexpected next chapter in Pavement’s storied history” – Spectrum Culture Jul 10, 2025 Full Review Brenda Starr (1986) EDIT “There’s a moment in the misbegotten, long-delayed comic book adaptation Brenda Starr where you can, for a few precious seconds, see all the promise of its mischievous cartoon glee—and it’s almost a throwaway shot.” – Spectrum Culture Jul 3, 2025 Full Review Night Games (1966) 33% EDIT “Everything your parents warned you about in 1966, and it remains a case study for the perils of modernity” – Washington City Paper May 29, 2025 Full Review The Other Woman (1954) EDIT “If its creators’ limitations hamper the results, the discrepancy between ambition and talent is fascinating and moving.” – Spectrum Culture May 28, 2025 Full Review Bound (2023) 87% 67/100 EDIT “A convincing coming-of-age drama that becomes a less convincing crime drama in the third act. But the largely unknown cast carries this idiosyncratic vision. ” – Spectrum Culture May 20, 2025 Full Review Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted (2024) 100% 60/100 EDIT “Jerry Williams...may have found himself multiple times over the course of a long and strange career...Unfortunately, the film never finds itself. ” – Spectrum Culture May 20, 2025 Full Review Eraserhead (1977) 87% EDIT “...took several years to complete but unspools like a single, unforgettable fever dream. ” – Washington City Paper Apr 30, 2025 Full Review Seven Samurai (1954) 100% EDIT “For three and a half hours, this epic immerses you in a tradition that passes on its wisdom to the modern world through sheer entertainment. ” – Washington City Paper Apr 30, 2025 Full Review Blood for Dracula (1974) 68% EDIT “Conveying at once a great menace and vulnerability, Kier was born for this moment, and he leans in to Drac’s juicy fervor with glee” – Washington City Paper Mar 20, 2025 Full Review Death by Hanging (1968) 86% EDIT “One braces the emotions for what must inevitably be a laborious two-hour ordeal. Would you believe the movie is absolutely hilarious? ” – Washington City Paper Mar 20, 2025 Full Review The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990) EDIT “There is no pearl in this oyster, which should be flung to the depths of the sea, never to see daylight again. ” – Spectrum Culture Mar 6, 2025 Full Review Universal Language (2024) 95% EDIT “Rankin has created a distinct and fantastic low-budget world.” – Washington City Paper Jan 28, 2025 Full Review Hello, Love, Again (2024) 65/100 EDIT “Within these commercial trappings, the film depicts a genuine, relatable humanity. ” – Spectrum Culture Dec 4, 2024 Full Review Absolution (2024) 56% 59/100 EDIT “The returns on this once consistently satisfying second act are diminishing.” – Spectrum Culture Nov 5, 2024 Full Review Traffic Jam (1991) EDIT “Mitsuo Kurotsuchi fuels his absurdist comedy-drama (accent on the latter) with a profound melancholy that rises above its occasional descent into the barnyard.” – Spectrum Culture Nov 5, 2024 Full Review Assault on the Pay Train (1962) EDIT “The most striking element [is] the appalling conditions in Rio’s favelas, where the film captures barefoot children happily playing in little more than mud.” – Washington City Paper Oct 18, 2024 Full Review Basements (1987) EDIT “Does not do any justice to its source material, careening from simply misguided to bloody awful.” – Spectrum Culture Oct 18, 2024 Full Review Victims of Sin (1950) 100% EDIT “How can a movie be both so brutal and so musical? ” – Washington City Paper Oct 14, 2024 Full Review Odd Man Out (1947) 100% EDIT “When it starts snowing in the final act, it feels like a much darker parallel to It’s a Wonderful Life.” – Washington City Paper Oct 14, 2024 Full Review Across the Bridge (1957) EDIT “Steiger finds humanity in what could have been a ridiculous role, and he finds a formidable co-lead in Dolores—his victim’s dog, whom Carl spends most of the movie trying to shoo away.” – Washington City Paper Oct 14, 2024 Full Review
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