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Katarina Docalovich

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Katarina Docalovich is a freelance film writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She earned her B.A. in Cinema and English from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2019. She is a Locarno Critics Academy 2024 participant. You can find her website at katarinadoc.com.

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Youth (Hard Times) (2024) 94% 8.3/10 EDIT “Youth (Hard Times) evolves Wang’s ideas about labor and humanity in a way that is paradoxically both darker and lighter.” – Paste Magazine Sep 23, 2024 Full Review The Substance (2024) 89% 3.0/10 EDIT “Fargeat undermines her film’s satirical point by catering to the same male gaze that the script claims to despise so deeply.” – Paste Magazine Sep 18, 2024 Full Review Look Into My Eyes (2024) 91% 6.0/10 EDIT “Look into My Eyes is a unique window into the minds of those who experience a lot of feelings about the state of the world, but aren’t quite sure what to say or do about them.” – Paste Magazine Sep 5, 2024 Full Review By the Stream (2024) 100% 8.7/10 EDIT “Although many Hong Sang-soo signatures are present in his newest film...By the Stream marks a subtle but striking shift in his preoccupations and artistry.” – Paste Magazine Aug 22, 2024 Full Review The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) 97% 5.0/10 EDIT “Rasoulof knows a much more challenging and incomprehensible reality than many of us ever will, but it’s missing from the straightforward obviousness of The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” – Paste Magazine Aug 19, 2024 Full Review Family Portrait (2023) 96% 7.0/10 EDIT “Closely choreographed chaos paired with a harsh soundscape... ushers us into an enigmatic story of a family on the brink of unraveling. ” – Paste Magazine Jul 9, 2024 Full Review This Closeness (2023) 91% 8.0/10 EDIT “Zauhar’s maturing filmmaking aesthetic suggests a deeper commitment to her continued thematic interests.” – Paste Magazine Jun 4, 2024 Full Review Stress Positions (2024) 73% 7.5/10 EDIT “The repugnant interior of this film may not hold for everyone, but it’s undeniable that Hammel has put forth a spirited and funny vision of her world.” – Paste Magazine Apr 11, 2024 Full Review A Different Man (2024) 93% 8.8/10 EDIT “A Different Man is a major work—even as it shapeshifts from Cronenberg to Kaurismäki, Schimberg never loses sight of his central questions.” – Paste Magazine Apr 2, 2024 Full Review Free Time (2023) 91% 7.8/10 EDIT “Free Time is so funny precisely because we all know this guy and can identify with his directionless struggle.” – Paste Magazine Mar 22, 2024 Full Review The Animal Kingdom (2023) 83% 5.5/10 EDIT “A film that lacks both ambiguity and a larger political message, leaving us with an indistinct, fleeting coming-of-age narrative.” – Paste Magazine Feb 28, 2024 Full Review About Dry Grasses (2023) 92% 7.5/10 EDIT “It’s the women of About Dry Grasses who carry the epic.” – Paste Magazine Feb 20, 2024 Full Review She Is Conann (2023) 85% 6.5/10 EDIT “Fans of female-led body horror such as Titane will dig She Is Conann for its delicious violence, gender-bending “badassery” and surreal aesthetic. I only wish Mandico’s dedication to story or character development were as strong as his barbaric heroine.” – Paste Magazine Jan 29, 2024 Full Review Anatomy of a Fall (2023) 96% 8.0/10 EDIT “Anatomy of a Fall may not reinvent the wheel, but it’s still one of the most sharply made courtroom dramas in recent memory. ” – Paste Magazine Oct 20, 2023 Full Review The Dead Don't Hurt (2023) 86% 5.0/10 EDIT “The Dead Don’t Hurt is stuffed to the gills with western tropes, with not a whole lot to add to the genre, especially in terms of furthering feminism onscreen.” – Paste Magazine Oct 17, 2023 Full Review Wildcat (2023) 59% 3.5/10 EDIT “Wildcat is neither for diehard Flannery fans, who will be expecting both more fire from Hawke’s performance and a more inventive narrative from the director; nor is the film for a more general commercial audience, who will surely be bored to tears.” – Paste Magazine Sep 27, 2023 Full Review The Holdovers (2023) 97% 9.0/10 EDIT “Neither Payne nor screenwriter David Hemingson are afraid to lean into the romantic notion that three disparate people with vastly different circumstances can briefly come together as a family.” – Paste Magazine Sep 15, 2023 Full Review Dream Scenario (2023) 91% 7.5/10 EDIT “Less singular in its vision than Sick of Myself, Dream Scenario is still a hilariously scary ride.” – Paste Magazine Sep 14, 2023 Full Review Woman of the Hour (2023) 91% 6.0/10 EDIT “A true-crime drama that doesn’t cruelly rely on victims’ suffering, which is somewhat refreshing, but ... a declawed thriller.” – Paste Magazine Sep 12, 2023 Full Review The Zone of Interest (2023) 93% 4.0/10 EDIT “Reducing [The Holocaust] to a monotonous video project is more dismissive than it is penetrating.” – Paste Magazine Sep 11, 2023 Full Review Youth (Spring) (2023) 86% 8.0/10 EDIT “One could deride Youth (Spring) as overly repetitive—seemingly endless—and that would be completely missing the point: Youth (Spring) is possibly the most significant document of Chinese garment workers ever created.” – Paste Magazine Jun 1, 2023 Full Review The Book of Solutions (2023) 81% 8.5/10 EDIT “Gondry’s reputation as an endlessly creative but onerous guy to work with precedes him, so it is a pleasant surprise that his comeback comedy/drama The Book of Solutions is a delightful, refreshing dose of hope.” – Paste Magazine May 22, 2023 Full Review How to Have Sex (2023) 97% 7.0/10 EDIT “What could have easily been a rote, didactic PSA about consent and sexual assault is graced with nuance by a superb breakout performance from Mia McKenna-Bruce.” – Paste Magazine May 20, 2023 Full Review Sick of Myself (2022) 88% 8.0/10 EDIT “Watching Signe make the most nutty decision possible is hilarious and the film’s tone isn’t too self-serious: Sick of Myself works.” – Paste Magazine Nov 29, 2022 Full Review The Lost City (2022) 78% 8.0/10 EDIT “A stellar sense of humor and fresh writing leads to lots of laughs and a romantic adventure that turns out to be a diamond in the rough.” – Paste Magazine Apr 1, 2022 Full Review
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