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April Wolfe

April Wolfe is the film critic for L.A. Weekly. Her criticism and features also appear in other Voice Media Group publications and in VMG’s film partner the Village Voice. She’s written for The Atlantic, Marie Claire, CityLab, Vice and many others, and she’s the founder and a producer of One Axe Plays, a film and theater collective for women writers and directors. As a filmmaker, she’s produced a feature film, written and directed a handful of shorts and worked in creative development as a top-level story analyst.

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The New <i>Sicario</i> Is Violent, Moving, and Implausible, but Less So Than Real Life

The New Sicario Is Violent, Moving, and Implausible, but Less So Than Real Life

By April WolfeJune 25, 2018

This ultra-violent crime thriller, satirizing some of Americans’ most despicable, imperialist impulses, somehow seems as though it is from a quieter, more decent time — and that’s depressing

Alden Ehrenreich Soars, but War Drama <i>The Yellow Birds</i> Is Earthbound

Alden Ehrenreich Soars, but War Drama The Yellow Birds Is Earthbound

By April WolfeJune 12, 2018

… Young soldiers Bartle (Ehrenreich) and Murphy (Tye Sheridan) face the unceremonious cruelties of Afghanistan deployment; through flashbacks and time shifts, we know that only Bartle returns and that he may be somehow responsible for Murphy being classified MIA

Jodie Foster Rules Over the Talky, Scattered Crime Drama <i>Hotel Artemis</i>

Jodie Foster Rules Over the Talky, Scattered Crime Drama Hotel Artemis

By April WolfeJune 6, 2018

… While John Wick is all action, no talk, Artemis is the polar opposite, Pearce stretching out the will-they-won’t-they (kill each other) tension as long as possible, until every violent criminal is trapped in this hotel

Seeing the Worst Coming Only Makes <i>Hereditary</i> More Terrifying

Seeing the Worst Coming Only Makes Hereditary More Terrifying

By April WolfeJune 5, 2018

The horror of Hereditary lays not just in scary images but in creeping sense that free will is a joke, and bad luck can be as inescapable as a family curse

Sebastian Lelio’s <i>Disobedience</i> Is an OK Movie With Great Movies Hiding Inside

Sebastian Lelio’s Disobedience Is an OK Movie With Great Movies Hiding Inside

By April WolfeMay 14, 2018

Starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams, Disobedience is an adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s novel of the same name, about a tightly knit Orthodox Jewish community and the prodigal daughter who returns to poke holes in its way of life

<i>Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami</i> Finds an Icon Yet Again Redefining Everything

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami Finds an Icon Yet Again Redefining Everything

By April WolfeMay 8, 2018

… This is an intimate portrait of the artist in recent years as she returns to Jamaica, the country of her birth and childhood, for a family reunion

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<i>Bad Samaritan</i> Throws Back to (But Pales Before) the Thrillers of the Clinton Era

Bad Samaritan Throws Back to (But Pales Before) the Thrillers of the Clinton Era

By April WolfeMay 1, 2018

… Bad Samaritan — with its title sounding very Grisham — tells the story of a low-level thief who breaks into a fancy-schmancy house and discovers a woman being held captive in a plastic-lined, camera-surveilled room

Ava DuVernay’s Humanity Is Worth More Than Any Effects Budget

Ava DuVernay’s Humanity Is Worth More Than Any Effects Budget

By April WolfeMarch 8, 2018

The film sends the simultaneous messages that it’s futile to coddle children but also that it’s OK to feel the icky stuff that you feel, because even your weaknesses can be transformed to strengths

Sally Potter’s <i>The Party</i> Is a Dinner Farce for the Ages

Sally Potter’s The Party Is a Dinner Farce for the Ages

By April WolfeFebruary 27, 2018

Potter isn’t what you’d call subtle, but she also knows not to overstay her welcome, and this pithy comedy is a masterclass in all that a filmmaker can squeeze from the most basic theatrical concept …

<i>Red Sparrow</i> Suggests Spycraft Is About Nothing More Than Turning Dudes in

Red Sparrow Suggests Spycraft Is About Nothing More Than Turning Dudes in

By April WolfeFebruary 27, 2018

The film gives only the most paltry consideration to geopolitics, to relations between the U.S. and Russia or America’s own corrupt operations

<i>Game Night</i> Is the Comedy Knockout We’ve Been Waiting For

Game Night Is the Comedy Knockout We’ve Been Waiting For

By April WolfeFebruary 21, 2018

The chemistry between Bateman and McAdams explodes in every scene and only grows stronger when, over the course of one very long and dangerous night, their characters get caught up in conspiracy

<i>Early Man</i> Is the Neanderthal Satire of International Soccer You Didn’t Ask For

Early Man Is the Neanderthal Satire of International Soccer You Didn’t Ask For

By April WolfeFebruary 14, 2018

The narrative is needlessly complicated, and it all seems crafted just to build to a single joke voiced in the third act

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Star Daniela Vega Ensures That <i>A Fantastic Woman</i> Lives Up to Its Title

Star Daniela Vega Ensures That A Fantastic Woman Lives Up to Its Title

By April WolfeFebruary 6, 2018

In the tense but hearty Chilean drama A Fantastic Woman, actress Daniela Vega plays a transwoman, Marina, who must navigate life after the death of her lover

Of Course, Michael Haneke’s <i>Happy End</i> Doesn’t Live Up to its Name

Of Course, Michael Haneke’s Happy End Doesn’t Live Up to its Name

By April WolfeJanuary 16, 2018

The film drags when Haneke pulls focus to the other, duller characters, perhaps inevitably, as it seems his intention for those people to lack interiority or thoughtfulness

In the Darkest Hour, Liz Hannah and <i>The Post</i> Seize the Moment

In the Darkest Hour, Liz Hannah and The Post Seize the Moment

By April WolfeJanuary 10, 2018

The Post tells the story of the late Katherine Graham (Meryl Streep), the longtime publisher of The Washington Post, who took over its operations after her husband committed suicide in the 1970s

Jessica Chastain Takes the Pot in Aaron Sorkin’s Poker Drama <i>Molly’s Game</i>

Jessica Chastain Takes the Pot in Aaron Sorkin’s Poker Drama Molly’s Game

By April WolfeDecember 21, 2017

Chastain seems at times to be both the lead and her own supporting actor in this story, as she oscillates between traditionally feminine and masculine modes of behavior

Suckers May Be Bored Every Minute of the Exhausting <i>The Greatest Showman</i>

Suckers May Be Bored Every Minute of the Exhausting The Greatest Showman

By April WolfeDecember 20, 2017

Hugh Jackman is charming as ever, and two dance scenes are mildly inventive and well-executed, yet Jackman’s goodwill and a splash of inspired choreography are not enough to earn the “greatest” in the title

Blissful Romance <i>Call Me By Your Name</i> Sneaks Up on You Like a Sunburn

Blissful Romance Call Me By Your Name Sneaks Up on You Like a Sunburn

By April WolfeDecember 18, 2017

Guadagnino adeptly captures not just physicality of a burning love but also the emotional and intellectual components, and the film is all the more salient for that careful, realistic interpretation

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Women’s Suffrage Comes to ’70s Switzerland in the Incisive <i>The Divine Order</i>

Women’s Suffrage Comes to ’70s Switzerland in the Incisive The Divine Order

By April WolfeNovember 27, 2017

Here are some quick U.S. stats: White women won the vote in 1920; some Native American women could vote in 1924, while the rest could not until 1947; Asian-American women first voted in 1952; and black women had to wait until the 1960s to freely exercise this fundamental right. But…

Deeply Moving <i>BPM</i> Finds AIDS Activists Fighting and Dancing Through the Epidemic

Deeply Moving BPM Finds AIDS Activists Fighting and Dancing Through the Epidemic

By April WolfeNovember 14, 2017

One year, back in the early 1990s, an uncle of mine didn’t show up to our family Christmas. I was only 10 and didn’t understand his sudden departure and why nobody would speak of it. A year later, I was at his funeral. He was a playwright and actor in…

<i>My Friend Dahmer</i> Explores the High-School Days of a Real Serial Killer

My Friend Dahmer Explores the High-School Days of a Real Serial Killer

By April WolfeNovember 10, 2017

My Friend Dahmer, from a graphic memoir of the same name by the pseudonymous Derf Backderf, is a kind of coming-of-age tale that dissects a troubled kid’s descent into murder. Backderf was a high-school pal of the boy who would grow up to become the serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey…

If You’re on its Track, <i>Murder on the Orient Express</i> Is a Cozy Delight

If You’re on its Track, Murder on the Orient Express Is a Cozy Delight

By April WolfeNovember 10, 2017

Despite the bright cinematography, there’s something quaint and comforting about this film and its brand of old-fashioned storytelling …

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