Female Film Critics 24/375
As a critic, I’ve seen wretched sci-fi romantic dramedies – but few as ludicrous and repugnant as Greek filmmaker Christos Nikou’s Fingernails. The premise is simple: What if technology could determine whether you and your partner are perfectly matched and in love? Would it matter to you if that simple test involved ripping out one of your fingernails – without anesthesia?
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Have you been watching FX’s Emmy-nominated series The Bear? The first season introduced a prodigal Manhattan chef, Carmen ‘Carmy’ Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), who returns home to Chicago after his drug-addicted older brother commits suicide and leaves him the local family sandwich shop. Of the second season’s 10 frenetic episodes, two are outstanding.
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Interest in food shows and chef’s stories has grown exponentially, but they primarily focus on haute cuisine. Not The Bear. The first season of this intense FX series on Hulu revolves around the noisy kitchen in a renowned neighborhood restaurant in downtown Chicago. Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) is a James Beard Award-winning young chef, earning Michelin stars for some of the finest restaurants, including Noma and the French Laundry; he was named a Food and Wine ‘Best New Chef’ before he turned 21. But when his older brother Michael commits suicide, he returns home to run his family’s sandwich shop.
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The Rental is a getaway-turned-nightmare classic-in-the-making that confidently weaves real world anxieties with all the twisted, sinister possibilities the horror genre affords. Dave Franco directs his first feature with with a confident, steady hand.
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