Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes
Publications list

KDHX (St. Louis)

KDHX (St. Louis) is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Martha K. Baker.

Prev Next
Rating Title | Year Author Quote
Killing the Devil (1970) Diane Carson Praised as inspiration for the Czech New Wave, "Murdering the Devil" exaggerates to skewer gender stereotypes as the woman feigns stupidity and the man nothing but indulgence.
Posted Feb 24, 2025  Edit critic review
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) Diane Carson Rasoulof metaphorically addresses the Iranian crackdown on women who refuse to wear the hijab, but it casts its net wider, indicting those who cave to pressure, who lose all ethical behavior.
Posted Feb 03, 2025  Edit critic review
Theater of Thought (2022) Diane Carson What's here is no more than an unfulfilling appetizer. Indeed, as a parting comment, Herzog says he leaves this inquiry more mystified than when he began.
Posted Feb 03, 2025  Edit critic review
The Bloody Lady (1980) Diane Carson Kubal eccentrically presents his unique, layered interpretation in cheerful, cartoonish manner suffused with gruesome moments.
Posted Jan 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Lee (2023) Diane Carson "Lee" insists we all confront historical and contemporary events with Lee's empathy, a value critical for a better world.
Posted Jan 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Wolf Man (2025) Diane Carson It’s told so minimally and efficiently that by the end... What remains is a lean little treat.
Posted Jan 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Youth (Homecoming) (2024) Diane Carson Bing samples a few of the 18,000 workshops, employing over 300,000 migrant garment workers, adopting a fly-on-the-wall approach to the oppressive living conditions and minimum wage jobs.
Posted Jan 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Youth (Hard Times) (2024) Diane Carson Living the hours of "Youth" brings this hard scrabble world to life and reminds me how fortunate we are in our comforts.
Posted Jan 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Nickel Boys (2024) Diane Carson Technically innovative, emphasizing audience's subjective viewing experience, Ross insists on a first-person point-of-view for the first third of the film, segueing to some more conventional compositions in later scenes.
Posted Jan 23, 2025  Edit critic review
The Last Showgirl (2024) Diane Carson With Andrew Wyatt's music, including "Beautiful That Way" sung by Miley Cyrus, the cinematic harmony of all the elements delivers a unified, powerful portrait of this showgirl's life, a rather sad one at this point in her career.
Posted Jan 23, 2025  Edit critic review
The Room Next Door (2024) Diane Carson This philosophically and emotionally rich film summons feelings and thoughts that occur late at night or under trying circumstances; Why? For what? To what end? It beautifully asks and answers those questions and more.
Posted Jan 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Hard Truths (2024) Diane Carson In a magnificent, courageous performance, Marianne Jean-Baptiste manages to reveal Pansy's pain amidst her outbursts.
Posted Jan 23, 2025  Edit critic review
September 5 (2024) Diane Carson Over fifty years later, the painful shock and intense horror of this first live terrorist broadcast has not diminished.
Posted Jan 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Better Man (2024) Diane Carson These deliriously energetic sequences propel the story, but its heart remains the turmoil of Robbie's life, and that stirs the soul in this fresh, innovative way to present a musical biopic.
Posted Jan 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024) Diane Carson To be sure, as with the best comedies, the sugar-coated amusement, rather like Norbot, disguises a pointed critique of the real world.
Posted Jan 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Agent of Happiness (2024) Diane Carson Ironically, some individuals who adamantly pursue "happiness" find it an elusive achievement. A more successful approach to this life-affirming state is illuminated in directors Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó's documentary "Agent of Happiness."
Posted Jan 23, 2025  Edit critic review
All We Imagine as Light (2024) Diane Carson "All We Imagine as Light" tells three women's interconnected stories, each specific, deeply moving, and universally relevant.
Posted Jan 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Babygirl (2024) Diane Carson So while it is gratifying to have the sexual vitality of middle-aged women acknowledged, "Babygirl's" offensive representation devoid of complexity and its insulting characterization of this executive can only feel regressive.
Posted Dec 24, 2024  Edit critic review
A Traveler's Needs (2024) Diane Carson While the lives captured may appear random and superficial, Hong effects a poignant examination of values and behavior
Posted Dec 24, 2024  Edit critic review
A Complete Unknown (2024) Diane Carson Mangold avoids formulaic pitfalls of the tired musical biopics while also capturing Dylan's real appeal—atypical lyrics, his singular vocal delivery, and his, at best, brooding, conflicted presence in the spotlight.
Posted Dec 24, 2024  Edit critic review
The Fire Inside (2024) Diane Carson Morrison palpably communicates the drab, hard scrabble world of home and gym locations: the smell of the ring, the kitchen, the dreary Flint weather, and the joy of fierce competition.
Posted Dec 24, 2024  Edit critic review
Nocturnes (2024) Diane Carson Immersing viewers quietly for a mesmerizing eight-three minutes, "Nocturnes" encourages greater, deep appreciation of this too-often overlooked, but invaluable, small, beautiful insect.
Posted Dec 24, 2024  Edit critic review
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) Diane Carson "Three Wishes for Cinderella" reinterprets the familiar fairy tale, presenting the attractive servant as a spunky animal whisperer.
Posted Dec 24, 2024  Edit critic review
Maria (2024) Diane Carson The density of the visuals, music, and sound, of the space that often dwarfs Maria, and of her conflicted self makes this a fitting tribute to Maria Callas.
Posted Dec 24, 2024  Edit critic review
Bird (2024) Diane Carson [Andrea Arnold] leavens the struggles of twelve-year-old Bailey with a welcome infusion of fanciful, magical realism in the figure of title character Bird.
Posted Dec 24, 2024  Edit critic review
Gladiator II (2024) Diane Carson In every important scene, the music and sound announce loudly and repeatedly the emotions to feel. There's no trust in independent thoughts or reactions.
Posted Dec 24, 2024  Edit critic review
Dahomey (2024) Diane Carson An artist herself, Diop goes far beyond a mere chronicling of the restitution. She creatively and powerfully brings the past and present to life...
Posted Dec 24, 2024  Edit critic review
The Cathedral of New Emotions (2006) Diane Carson "The Cathedral of New Emotions" packs on hour with hallucinogenic, surreal animation in a fanciful, psychedelic visit to a cosmic Berlin-sourced commune, circa 1972.
Posted Nov 25, 2024  Edit critic review
The Look of Silence (2014) Diane Carson "The Look of Silence" is a sobering, gut-wrenching documentary but also an important one.
Posted Nov 25, 2024  Edit critic review
The Act of Killing (2012) Diane Carson An extraordinary and chilling documentary, “The Act of Killing” chronicles exactly that in unprecedented ways.
Posted Nov 25, 2024  Edit critic review
Emilia Pérez (2024) Diane Carson Audiard segues seamlessly through genres, whisking the audience through characters' stunning array of emotions.
Posted Nov 25, 2024  Edit critic review
A Real Pain (2024) Diane Carson When considered merely escapist amusement, some comedies do not receive the credit they deserve for integrating serious commentary into an enjoyable film. For many fine comedies resonate with weighty subtexts, as Jesse Eisenberg proves in "A Real Pain."
Posted Nov 25, 2024  Edit critic review
The Piano Lesson (2024) Diane Carson Malcolm achieves a noteworthy cinematic success, through confrontational collisions replete with deeply emotional connections, that landscape inhabited most empathetically and painfully by close family members.
Posted Nov 25, 2024  Edit critic review
The Sacrifice (1986) Diane Carson ... Few films deliver such an exquisite encounter with a cinematic artist of the highest order.
Posted Nov 06, 2024  Edit critic review
Nostalgia for the Light (2010) Diane Carson Patricio Guzmán’s 2010 documentary “Nostalgia for the Light” provides a dramatic introduction to the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, located between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
Posted Oct 29, 2024  Edit critic review
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) Diane Carson The story moves quickly, as animated films must, entertaining adults as well as children with its layers of meaning and mischief.
Posted Oct 29, 2024  Edit critic review
Conclave (2024) Diane Carson Unfolding like an intricate, masterfully played chess match, Cardinal Lawrence guides the proceedings...
Posted Oct 29, 2024  Edit critic review
The Red Suitcase (2023) Diane Carson The poetic, elusive nature of this very simple story transcends these details.
Posted Oct 11, 2024  Edit critic review
The Outrun (2024) Diane Carson The flights of fancy and Rona’s insightful voiceover musings guide viewers through an immersive, mesmerizing experience.
Posted Oct 11, 2024  Edit critic review
A Different Man (2024) Diane Carson It’s the perfect marriage of brilliant performances and clever storytelling that is able to go the extra mile thanks to the ethos lent by its talented cast.
Posted Oct 11, 2024  Edit critic review
The Mother of All Lies (2023) Diane Carson Though the film builds slowly, it’s a valuable journey.
Posted Oct 11, 2024  Edit critic review
Piece By Piece (2024) Diane Carson Above all, what comes through in this colorful, visually dynamic LEGO film is [Pharrell Williams'] extensive creativity.
Posted Oct 11, 2024  Edit critic review
Moving (1993) Diane Carson As familiar as the story is, the casual approach Park takes makes “My Old Ass” a delight.
Posted Sep 19, 2024  Edit critic review
The Box (2024) Diane Carson In “The Box” St. Louis writer/director Doveed Linder masterfully merges science fiction with numerology through the puzzling manifestations of a mysterious box.
Posted Sep 19, 2024  Edit critic review
Close Your Eyes (2023) Diane Carson Erice exhibits a fine eye for compositions and for sound alternating with silence. Events unfold deliberately, quietly, suspensefully over almost three hours running time. The performances are mesmerizing...
Posted Sep 19, 2024  Edit critic review
July Rhapsody (2002) Diane Carson Director Hui belongs among those rare filmmakers who captures lives so perfectly that the characters feel like relatives, neighbors, acquaintances.
Posted Aug 28, 2024  Edit critic review
Music (2023) Diane Carson A candidate for what is now called “slow cinema” or, more aptly, “poetic cinema,” “Music” is unique, at times puzzling, and memorable.
Posted Aug 26, 2024  Edit critic review
The Blues Under the Skin (1973) Diane Carson Called a cultural documentary, the blues continue to resonate as “the voice of the Black experience,” as opening titles state.
Posted Aug 26, 2024  Edit critic review
Sugarcane (2024) Diane Carson As the ugly history emerges and NoiseCat discovers his father’s trauma, their interaction anchors the revelations in profoundly moving scenes.
Posted Aug 21, 2024  Edit critic review
Anhell69 (2022) Diane Carson “Anhell69” is a perceptive snapshot of a shocking, tragic city.
Posted Aug 21, 2024  Edit critic review
Prev Next