A HAUNTING IN VENICE
(***)-VITO CARLI
"...a perfect fun film for the Halloween season"

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
(***)-VITO CARLI
"...a commendable version that keeps your interest..."

ANATOMY OF A FALL
(***½)-VITO CARLI
"...darkly rewarding... "

ANT-MAN AND WASP: QUANTUMANIA
(*1/2)-VITO CARLI
"...a failure on almost every level."

ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET.
(***½)-VITO CARLI
"...plays like the best After School Afternoon Special you never saw"

ASTEROID CITY
(***)-VITO CARLI
"...style is much more impressive than the content"

AVATAR THE WAY OF WATER
(**½)-VITO CARLI
"...I stopped caring about the story-but not the visuals..."

BARBIE
(***)-VITO CARLI
"...has great visuals, the script is not quite as impressive"

BLACK MIRROR SEASON 6
(***½)-VITO CARLI
"...six good to great little mini sci-fi movies."

BLUE BEETLE
(***)-VITO CARLI
"...charming blend of family drama, action, ethnic observation, and comedy"

CHILDREN OF THE MIST
(***)-VITO CARLI
"...viewers will be horrified that this kind of thing still goes on"

CINEMA RETROSPECTIVE
(MID YEAR 2023)-VITO CARLI
The "Big Tuna" Vito Carli weighs in with Year in Film at the half way point

the CREATOR
(***½)-VITO CARLI
"Creator is not perfect, but it’s thoughtful, exciting, and compelling."

DEAD RINGERS (mini-series)
(***½)-VITO CARLI
"...sure to make you think as it horrifies and repulses you."

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES
(***)-VITO CARLI
"...lively, energetic, invigorating and loads of fun"

FLASH
(**½)-VITO CARLI
"...a great hour and a half ride that ends in a car crash..."

FOR ALL MANKIND (Season 1-3)
(***½)-JIM RUTKOWSKI
"...a refreshingly retro devotion to honor and the common good."

FREMONT
(***½)-VITO CARLI
"...looks and feels different than everything else that’s playing anywhere."

GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
(***1/2)-JIM RUTKOWSKI
"...as much a creative success as its predecessor."

GODZILLA MINUS ONE
(***½)-VITO CARLI
"...shockingly and surprisingly good"

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3
(***½)-VITO CARLI
"It's like a rollicking, fun filled roller coaster ride-shared with good friends"

HIS ONLY SON
(**½)-VITO CARLI
"...there isn’t really enough visual material or plot to make a good feature film..."

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON SEASON 1
(***)-VITO CARLI
"...it could become a classic sci-fi program. It is just not there yet."

INFINITY POOL
(***½)-VITO CARLI
"...a perplexing, puzzling, and disturbing film..."

JOHNNY AND CLYDE
(*)-VITO CARLI
"It's rare to see a professional production-with such sub-par acting..."

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
(***)-VITO CARLI
"...a bit overrated because of its politics.""

LIVING
(****)-VITO CARLI
"...captures the tedium of government bureaucracy as well as Gilliam’s Brazil"

THE LOST KING
(***)-VITO CARLI
"...minor but pleasant crowd-pleasing film..."

the MARVELS
(*1/2)-VITO CARLI
"There is nothing marvelous about the film..."

M3GAN
(**½)-VITO CARLI
"...those not expecting too much originality may have a reasonably good time"

MY YEAR OF DICKS
(****)-VITO CARLI
"...I discovered more and liked it more each time I saw it."

OPPENHEIMER
(****)-VITO CARLI
"...one of the great movie events of this year"

PAST LIVES
(****)-VITO CARLI
"...will leave you pondering where you ended up and where you could have gone"

PERSONALITY CRISIS: ONE NIGHT ONLY
(***)-VITO CARLI
"...many great revelatory moments-but it is inconsistent and overlong..."

R.M.N.
(****)-VITO CARLI
"...the most timely, powerful, and absorbing film I have seen so far this year."

RENFIELD
(***)-VITO CARLI
"...not particularly deep or artistic but it does hit a vein, and it Is a whole lot of fun"

SALTBURN
(***½)-VITO CARLI
"...an exquisitely shot and wickedly amusing class comedy."

SHOWING UP
(***½)-VITO CARLI
"...nothing major happens in Showing Up, so every little thing is important..."

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS SEASON 1
(***)-VITO CARLI
"...it could become a classic sci-fi program. It is just not there yet."

SUZAME (Suzume No Tojimari)
(***½)-VITO CARLI
"...a wacky and imaginative piece of entertainment..."

TIN AND TINA
(**½)-VITO CARLI
"...slow moving and it takes a very long time-for the horror to really start"

the KILLER
(***½)-VITO CARLI
"...works as efficiently as a well-oiled machine..."

THE WHALE
(***½)-VITO CARLI
"...(you) will never forget the astonishingly convincing lead performance"

WOMEN TALKING
(***½)-VITO CARLI
"Everyone in the film is almost equally terrific"