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Riot Material is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Alci Rengifo, Kristy Puchko.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
A Quiet Place Part II (2021) Kristy Puchko A Quiet Place Part II is a stupendous sequel. Krasinski and company masterfully built on the world, story, and themes of the first film, doing right by its characters and their fans.
Posted May 25, 2021  Edit critic review
The Painter and the Thief (2020) Kristy Puchko [Ree] delivers a raw yet rich exploration of the messiness of human relationships, their beauty and depravity.
Posted May 22, 2020  Edit critic review
After Midnight (2019) Kristy Puchko The film derails slowly but surely.
Posted Feb 11, 2020  Edit critic review
The Turning (2020) Kristy Puchko All the goodwill earned by a crackerjack cast, elegantly elegiac visuals, and a thought-provoking subtext is scuttled by a clumsy and confounding conclusion.
Posted Jan 24, 2020  Edit critic review
The Wave (2019) Kristy Puchko he Wave feels like a fresh, fun, and funky episode of The Twilight Zone.
Posted Jan 19, 2020  Edit critic review
The Lighthouse (2019) Kristy Puchko As striking as the performances within The Lighthouse are, Egger's technique is even more astounding as he musters an atmosphere that sucks audiences into the muck and madness of his movie.
Posted Oct 18, 2019  Edit critic review
The Vast of Night (2019) Kristy Puchko The Vast of Night is an ode to The Twilight Zone series that is fittingly riveting, exhilaratingly daring, and a whiz-bang technical marvel.
Posted Oct 13, 2019  Edit critic review
The Platform (2019) Kristy Puchko The Platform will chew you up and spit you out, yet leave you hungry for more.
Posted Oct 04, 2019  Edit critic review
Parasite (2019) Kristy Puchko Bong Joon-ho's pitch-black comedy Parasite might his masterpiece.
Posted Sep 20, 2019  Edit critic review
Jojo Rabbit (2019) Kristy Puchko Waititi maintains his signature sweetness and zany brand of humor, making punch lines of Nazis and an unlikely hero of another "bad egg."
Posted Sep 17, 2019  Edit critic review
Color Out of Space (2019) Kristy Puchko Color of Space is a positively insane film
Posted Sep 15, 2019  Edit critic review
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (2018) Alci Rengifo It is a wondrous little discovery to make at your local arthouse venue... it is a story about how not only the surreal, but many works of profound meaning are borne out of experience bridging our world with that of dreams.
Posted Aug 27, 2019  Edit critic review
Villains (2019) Kristy Puchko For all their clever ideas and casting brilliance, Berk and Olsen fell short of giving their horror-comedy the edge it needed to make Villains as exciting as its potential.
Posted Aug 19, 2019  Edit critic review
The Nightingale (2018) Kristy Puchko The Nightingale is both riveting and ruthless, yet also achingly tender.
Posted Aug 04, 2019  Edit critic review
Firecrackers (2018) Kristy Puchko Mozaffari has delivered a film bold, bittersweet, beautiful, and undeniably brilliant. That she's down this fresh out the gate is even more remarkable.
Posted Jul 18, 2019  Edit critic review
The Deeper You Dig (2019) Kristy Puchko Poser and Adams crafted a film uniquely their own, which is richly engaging, thrillingly fresh, and sensationally creepy.
Posted Jul 18, 2019  Edit critic review
The Dead Don't Die (2019) Kristy Puchko It's a strange journey that is savagely funny, sophisticated and unnerving.
Posted Jun 14, 2019  Edit critic review
Long Day's Journey Into Night (2018) Alci Rengifo Long Day's Journey Into Night becomes one of those special films that transcends the idea of mere entertainment. It seeks to immerse the viewer in a particular reverie.
Posted May 30, 2019  Edit critic review
The Perfection (2018) Kristy Puchko [Allison Williams and Logan Browning] play together with raw emotion and savage wrath that scratches at the legacy of such camp horror divas as Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.
Posted May 25, 2019  Edit critic review
Wild Rose (2018) Kristy Puchko With a voice of fire and stardust, Buckley sings of shiny hopes, hidden heartaches and rawest revelations, creating a journey that's heartwarming, pulse racing and toe-tapping.
Posted May 23, 2019  Edit critic review
Non-Fiction (2018) Alci Rengifo Non-Fiction charmingly ponders the future, while celebrating the subversive idea that books are here to stay.
Posted May 14, 2019  Edit critic review
In Fabric (2018) Kristy Puchko In Fabric is a moody and darkly amusing film that borrows from an array of horror influences to create something familiar yet refreshingly unexpected.
Posted May 03, 2019  Edit critic review
Knives and Skin (2019) Kristy Puchko Reeder didn't make a film, but a fireworks display. Bursts of style and emotion streak across a cold, dark backdrop of mortality.
Posted Apr 28, 2019  Edit critic review
Teen Spirit (2018) Kristy Puchko Teen Spirit totally rocks.
Posted Apr 11, 2019  Edit critic review
The Wind (2018) Kristy Puchko Like The Babadook, this is more than a frightening tale of things that go bump in the night.
Posted Apr 02, 2019  Edit critic review
Transit (2018) Kristy Puchko To a world gone mad, it's a whispered call to compassion. Yet its message comes across loud and clear.
Posted Mar 27, 2019  Edit critic review
Us (2019) Kristy Puchko Peele's a showman and madman, bringing together savage spectacle and blistering satire with ferocious fervor.
Posted Mar 15, 2019  Edit critic review
Them That Follow (2019) Kristy Puchko By rejecting exploitative spectacle or a histrionic tone, Poulter and Savage invite audiences to reconsider an oft-maligned group, adding a complexity to the conversation.
Posted Mar 15, 2019  Edit critic review
Little Monsters (2019) Kristy Puchko Little Monsters is a wild ride, a twisted crowd-pleaser, and a total blast.
Posted Mar 15, 2019  Edit critic review
Climax (2018) Kristy Puchko Climax feels as emotionally hollow as a middle-schooler spouting curse words for shock value, and just as juvenile.
Posted Mar 02, 2019  Edit critic review
Greta (2018) Kristy Puchko [Huppert] is a whirling dervish of grief and madness. Greta is worth seeing for Huppert alone. Which is a good thing, because Moretz lets her down as a dance partner.
Posted Mar 02, 2019  Edit critic review
Birds of Passage (2018) Kristy Puchko With an unhurried pace, Guerra and Gallego usher us through a wondrous world on the brink of change, making us witness to its glories and horrors.
Posted Feb 17, 2019  Edit critic review
Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) Alci Rengifo Alea peppers the narrative with references to poverty in the world, the old U.S.-backed regime and its decadence, but isn't making a propaganda piece.
Posted Feb 13, 2019  Edit critic review
Everybody Knows (2018) Kristy Puchko Farhadi has never been a filmmaker interested in giving his audience easy answers. I admire that. Still, he makes missteps.
Posted Feb 08, 2019  Edit critic review
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) Kristy Puchko Velvet Buzzsaw is at its best when reveling in its trashiest excesses: shade, sex, and slaughter.
Posted Feb 04, 2019  Edit critic review
Tito and the Birds (2018) Kristy Puchko Tito and The Birds is a moving and magical adventure that boasts a big heart, laudable message, and extraordinary splendor.
Posted Jan 28, 2019  Edit critic review
Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018) Alci Rengifo This documentary is both a nostalgic trip back in time and a revelation. Things which one simply accepted as a child gain a new relevance here. It is impressive to see just how socially radical Rogers' show was.
Posted Dec 20, 2018  Edit critic review
BlacKkKlansman (2018) Alci Rengifo Set over 30 years ago, the potent relevancy of this film is in how the language it mocks is now part of the national discourse, emanating out of the White House itself.
Posted Dec 20, 2018  Edit critic review
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) Alci Rengifo With a masterful use of close-ups and editing that takes on a poetic cadence, Jenkins produces the sensation of what it feels like to look upon a face you realize you are in love with.
Posted Dec 20, 2018  Edit critic review
The Death of Stalin (2017) Alci Rengifo This film plays like a chess game where everyone wants to the throne, and only the most cunning will survive.
Posted Dec 20, 2018  Edit critic review
Vice (2018) Alci Rengifo This is politics elevated to a tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions.
Posted Dec 20, 2018  Edit critic review
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) Kristy Puchko Freed from the constraints of a photo-real look, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse took the opportunity to return this genre to its comic roots, where anything was possible.
Posted Dec 15, 2018  Edit critic review
Vox Lux (2018) Kristy Puchko While Brady Corbet 's sophomore effort is wildly ambitious, it's more confounding than captivating, and ultimately underwhelming.
Posted Dec 09, 2018  Edit critic review
Clara's Ghost (2018) Kristy Puchko Bridey Elliott has made a slippery psychological horror-comedy that begins with family and showbiz, then slides into an empathetic journey into female hysteria.
Posted Dec 07, 2018  Edit critic review
Mary Queen of Scots (2018) Kristy Puchko Though wonky, Mary Queen of Scots awed me.
Posted Nov 30, 2018  Edit critic review
Shoplifters (2018) Kristy Puchko Kore-eda has sculpted a breathtakingly delicate exploration of what it means to find your tribe.
Posted Nov 26, 2018  Edit critic review
The Other Side of the Wind (2018) Alci Rengifo There is not much of a smooth flow to this film, which is after all assembled from what Welles left behind. But it is a glorious mess that captures the sheer stress and madness of trying to make a movie.
Posted Nov 07, 2018  Edit critic review
The Grandmother (1970) Alci Rengifo A series of images giving form to our fears about ourselves. It is one thing to feel threatened from the outside, quite another to feel life has dealt you tortures you didn't ask for.
Posted Nov 01, 2018  Edit critic review
Border (2018) Kristy Puchko Border is so dark, bizarre, and yet sentimental that its very existence feels like a miracle.
Posted Oct 29, 2018  Edit critic review
Suspiria (2018) Alci Rengifo The new Suspiria reaches back into the era of the Argento original, but only keeps the barest outline of its story. What it achieves more as a work on its own than as a remake is that it speaks so directly to the feeling of the age.
Posted Oct 26, 2018  Edit critic review
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