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Culture Whisper is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Ella Kemp.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
4/5
Sitting in Limbo (2020) Ella Kemp Sitting in Limbo doesn't aim to warp the truth, to glorify any one party. This isn't about rewriting history, it's about making sure the true mistakes and hardships are finally given the weight they deserve.
Posted Jun 29, 2020  Edit critic review
4/5
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) Ella Kemp The sell of Never Rarely Sometimes Always can and will capitalise on the film's relevance as an abortion drama, but its lasting impact is more tender, more deeply saddening and more personal.
Posted May 13, 2020  Edit critic review
3/5
Love. Wedding. Repeat (2020) Ella Kemp It's charming enough - but as with countless weddings, the cake looks divine but ends up tasting a little bland.
Posted Apr 10, 2020  Edit critic review
4/5
Onward (2020) Ella Kemp The mystical throughline is what gives Onward an entertaining framework, but the stirring depth of each character, so thoughtful in relation to one another, is what makes the film sing alongside Pixar's top-tier offerings.
Posted Mar 02, 2020  Edit critic review
4/5
Greed (2019) Ella Kemp The farcical satire earns a sense of gravity, and humour gives way to silence when necessary.
Posted Feb 17, 2020  Edit critic review
3/5
EMMA. (2020) Ella Kemp Perhaps Emma is simply a story that must be appreciated for its surface beauty.
Posted Feb 14, 2020  Edit critic review
4/5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) Ella Kemp Birds of Prey fizzes with madness, violence, and blistering fun
Posted Feb 06, 2020  Edit critic review
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé (2019) Ella Kemp This show represented something different, as it was more in tune with her roots than what a mostly white audience at the music festival in California could begin to understand.
Posted Dec 11, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Little Women (2019) Ella Kemp Gerwig's Little Women is permanently alive with a boisterous, marvellous spirit - only one cinema experience this side of the decade could let beauty bloom with such ingenuity.
Posted Dec 10, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
1917 (2019) Ella Kemp Mendes captures the immediacy of the trenches, the mechanical nature of war but also the vulnerable circumstances that can save or lose a life in a fraction of a second.
Posted Dec 05, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Last Christmas (2019) Ella Kemp Here is a charming, mellow Christmas rom-com, but also a hamper of razor-sharp observations on modern-day dysfunction, both introspective and societal, symptomatic of 2019 Britain. It's impossible to stay frosty against it.
Posted Nov 06, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
The Laundromat (2019) Ella Kemp For those who know the broad strokes of the events, who are familiar with the potential of the director and his eyewatering cast - this often feels like the tip of a very big, very solid, very rich iceberg.
Posted Oct 23, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
The Irishman (2019) Ella Kemp The Irishman is vivid and immense, as if no movie had actually been so completely accomplished until now.
Posted Oct 14, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Babyteeth (2019) Ella Kemp Babyteeth is like a rush of blood to the head, a violent, passionate lurch into young adulthood.
Posted Oct 13, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
The Aeronauts (2019) Ella Kemp With two trustworthy stars and one world-changing balloon, The Aeronauts finds more than enough fuel to lift the world's spirits.
Posted Oct 09, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) Ella Kemp Beauty pours out of The Last Black Man in San Francisco and it asks to be felt with every sense.
Posted Oct 01, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
The King (2019) Ella Kemp The marriage of fan service and historical tribute erects an impressive monument of a film in The King.
Posted Sep 30, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Marriage Story (2019) Ella Kemp It feels like Marriage Story could hold the key to the most intimate and complex humanity in the faintest of heartbeats.
Posted Sep 19, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
Lucy in the Sky (2019) Ella Kemp It's rare to see such immense impulse given the time and space of Lucy in the Sky - an illogical, unsettled and entertaining picture.
Posted Sep 18, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
How to Build a Girl (2019) Ella Kemp There are many moments of sweetness and unquestionable chemistry between Feldstein and Allen.
Posted Sep 16, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Judy (2019) Ella Kemp Judy bypasses a chronological checklist of events in favour of a more evocative introspection.
Posted Sep 14, 2019  Edit critic review
2/5
Joker (2019) Ella Kemp In Joker there's no finesse, no nuance between the delusion of one narcissist and the hypnosis of an infected society ready to burn itself to the ground in the name of power.
Posted Sep 13, 2019  Edit critic review
2/5
The Goldfinch (2019) Ella Kemp Wooden performances make empathy impossible, and the scattershot narrative loses all the riches of the source material.
Posted Sep 11, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Hustlers (2019) Ella Kemp Hustlers focuses the women of the strip club, but the fire roars loud enough to transcend this world and wake up a viewer in any other situation that could feel any similar floodlit rage.
Posted Sep 08, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Blinded by the Light (2019) Ella Kemp For fans of the Boss, it's a treat, and for those less familiar it offers a thorough and harmless insight into the fandom
Posted Aug 06, 2019  Edit critic review
2/5
The Lion King (2019) Ella Kemp When you're trying to mine emotion from a dried-up rock, you'll be left choking on your own dust long after the sheen of mechanical innovation has worn off.
Posted Jul 16, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Mari (2018) Ella Kemp Embracing grief as an incommunicable sensation and finding the means to work through it, the film fights hard to tell a familiar story with a unique passion.
Posted Jun 21, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Toy Story 4 (2019) Ella Kemp What transpires is a complex, wisened contemplation of a simple existence lived for a greater purpose - Pixar's most soulful film in years.
Posted Jun 18, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
Men in Black: International (2019) Ella Kemp Hemsworth and Thompson's charisma soothes the viewing experience, but what remains after the credits have rolled is... not very much.
Posted Jun 14, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
Late Night (2019) Ella Kemp Entertaining but overbaked jazzy comedy.
Posted Jun 04, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Ask Dr. Ruth (2019) Ella Kemp Ask Dr. Ruth prioritises the admiration of an inspirational figure, rather than a probing of the mind that cared for so many.
Posted Jun 03, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
Animals (2019) Ella Kemp The narrative's mission is less to get from A to B, instead to relish the snapshots of sisterhood, at once idyllic and hellish, that audiences will undoubtedly recognise.
Posted Jun 01, 2019  Edit critic review
2/5
Ma (2019) Ella Kemp The lack of logic and, in some instances, dignity, prevents the film from really committing to its hellish promises.
Posted May 31, 2019  Edit critic review
2/5
The Nightingale (2018) Ella Kemp The Nightingale is not a film of subtext or suggestions - the harrowing facts are depicted with cruel proximity
Posted May 30, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
The Farewell (2019) Ella Kemp Lulu Wang successfully marries comedic talent with sensitive writing to universalise her experience.
Posted May 30, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Atlantics (2019) Ella Kemp There's enough in Diop's confident style to make a viewing of Atlantics crucial homework to keep tabs on one of the most exciting filmmakers emerging today.
Posted May 27, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Parasite (2019) Ella Kemp The director's fiercely intelligent voice is unmistakable in Parasite, but the playfulness keeps an audience irretrievably invested.
Posted May 25, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Matthias & Maxime (2019) Ella Kemp Matthias et Maxime cherishes the feelings Dolan has always mastered, but his tumultuous underbelly is softer, more mature.
Posted May 24, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) Ella Kemp It's as if Marianne and Héloïse's story lives in the finite window of a neverending golden hour, shining only for them.
Posted May 24, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Pain and Glory (2019) Ella Kemp Pain and Glory is less electric than Almódovar's earlier and more impassioned melodramas, but no less colourful.
Posted May 21, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Little Joe (2019) Ella Kemp A stimulating and cerebral study of the indiscernible root of genuine emotion.
Posted May 21, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
The Lighthouse (2019) Ella Kemp Claustrophobic cacophony reigns supreme - the rest of this year's titles will have to furiously paddle to try and compete.
Posted May 19, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Sorry We Missed You (2019) Ella Kemp An unambiguous and affecting look at the dull strain of today's gig economy.
Posted May 18, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Rocketman (2019) Ella Kemp Regal showmanship fuels Rocketman's mission, propelling the rousing, heartfelt musical to gleeful heights.
Posted May 18, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
The Dead Don't Die (2019) Ella Kemp Spotty suburban absurdity overtakes any sense of violent fear.
Posted May 15, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Beats (2019) Ella Kemp In its earsplitting appetite, Beats tears through the feeble noise of the status quo.
Posted May 14, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Madeline's Madeline (2018) Ella Kemp With her third feature film, Josephine Decker is cementing herself as an irreplaceable voice in contemporary independent filmmaking.
Posted May 11, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Amazing Grace (2018) Ella Kemp Amazing Grace beams with raw talent.
Posted May 11, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
Knock Down the House (2019) Ella Kemp Although Knock Down the House ticks a lot of familiar boxes, the authentic ambition is unrivalled.
Posted May 01, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) Ella Kemp What feels gripping during the film's runtime tastes a bit more sour once the credits have rolled.
Posted Apr 30, 2019  Edit critic review
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