BeatRoute

Pat Mullen BeatRoute Nov 22, 2019 Waves breathes with musicality. The cinematography, editing, and performances step in sync with the songs while original music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross seamlessly ties it together. Go to Full Review Waves (2019) 84% 81%

Pat Mullen BeatRoute Oct 21, 2019 In a year full of nostalgic Baby Boomer music docs, it's a joy to watch a legend like Bruce Springsteen reinvent himself. Go to Full Review Western Stars (2019) 96% 91%

Pat Mullen BeatRoute Oct 3, 2019 Star persona and performance blur in this portrait of an actor struggling to understand her purpose when the spotlight's gone. Zellweger is heartbreakingly good in realizing Garland's vulnerability. Go to Full Review Judy (2019) 82% 85%

Pat Mullen BeatRoute Jul 5, 2019 Broomfield has a habit of inserting himself into his movies, but this time he's both a character and an inquisitor as he reflects upon two lives that shaped his path. Go to Full Review Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love (2019) 80% 77%

Pat Mullen BeatRoute Jul 5, 2019 Yesterday is an impossibly charming essay that reminds us why few artists live forever. Go to Full Review Yesterday (2019) 64% 89%

Pat Mullen BeatRoute Jul 5, 2019 If Ally Campana and Jackson Maine had a smokin' hot threesome with Susan Boyle, the star born from the passionate tryst would be Rose-Lynn Harlan. Go to Full Review Wild Rose (2018) 92% 87%

Pat Mullen BeatRoute May 31, 2019 How wonderful life is when you're in Rocketman's world. Go to Full Review Rocketman (2019) 89% 88%

Pat Mullen BeatRoute May 21, 2019 Buckley gets under the skin of her character as Moll finds herself caught between two worlds. Go to Full Review Beast (2017) 92% 73%

Pat Mullen BeatRoute May 21, 2019 So many feels... Go to Full Review Life Itself (2018) 12% 83%

Pat Mullen BeatRoute May 21, 2019 Beale Street flows like sweet jazz as the film cuts back and forth between Tish and Fonny's present-day predicament and the early stages of their romance in 1970s Harlem. Go to Full Review If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) 95% 69%

Pat Mullen BeatRoute May 21, 2019 This savagely funny and impeccably acted dramedy might be Sweeney's best film yet. Go to Full Review Kingsway (2018) 45% - -

Pat Mullen BeatRoute May 17, 2019 Cooper's impressive directorial efforts give the film an effortless air that recalls the direction of Clint Eastwood and David O. Russell, and perhaps it's no coincidence that his best performances are their films... Go to Full Review A Star Is Born (2018) 90% 80%

Pat Mullen BeatRoute May 17, 2019 I couldn't help but marvel and wonder if this was what it must have felt like to be among the audience to see Vittorio de Sica's Bicycle Thieves or Michelangelo Antonioni's L'Avventura for the first time. Go to Full Review Roma (2018) 96% 72%

Pat Mullen BeatRoute May 17, 2019 Donohue, who previously went behind Hollywood's curtain in the doc Casting By, delivers a perfectly serviceable by-the-numbers talking heads piece that lays out the situation and offers a rallying cry for change. Go to Full Review This Changes Everything (2018) 88% 86%

Pat Mullen BeatRoute May 17, 2019 Gloria Bell is a rare remake that surpasses the original. Little changes in the film, but Lelio is a more accomplished filmmaker now than he was in 2013. Go to Full Review Gloria Bell (2018) 90% - -