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Laura Clifford

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Biography:

Reeling: The Movie Review Show has been produced by Robin and Laura Clifford at the Malden, Massachusetts cable access television station, MATV, since March 16,1991. Reeling is also cablecast around Greater Boston and across the country. It is also available for streaming on Vimeo and at https://www.reelingreviews.com/. Robin and Laura have attended film courses at Emerson College and workshops in 16 mm film production at the Boston Film and Video Foundation.

Favorites:

Red Sid and Nancy Aguirre, the Wrath of God The Decalogue The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Being There The Wizard of Oz

Location:

Boston, MA

Official Website:

http://www.reelingreviews.com

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
My Father's Shadow (2025) 97% A EDIT “an emotional knockout....Sopé Dìrísù rises to the immense challenge of portraying this man determined to right his own father's wrongs” – Reeling Reviews Apr 1, 2026 Full Review The Drama (2026) 79% EDIT “Borgli has specialized in a type of dark comedy where people's worst impulses spiral out of control. But while that is also true of his latest, what he's pinned on Emma is a really questionable choice to mine for comedy. ” – Reeling Reviews Mar 31, 2026 Full Review Fantasy Life (2025) 80% B- EDIT “an off-kilter romcom set within a sprawling Jewish family that errs on the side of restraint despite its combustible climax.” – Reeling Reviews Mar 30, 2026 Full Review Days and Nights in the Forest (1970) 100% A EDIT “shows us a playful Satyajit Ray working on a global stage while still exposing the class injustices of his home country. Janus's 4K restoration release of this 1970 film deserves celebration.” – Reeling Reviews Mar 30, 2026 Full Review Marc by Sofia (2025) 71% B EDIT “...this one is coming from shared experience and has the aesthetic of a scrapbook, memories and cultural signifiers laid out like fabric swatches on a designer's work table.” – Reeling Reviews Mar 26, 2026 Full Review The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (2026) 88% C+ EDIT “won't tell anyone who's read anything at all about the subject anything new, instead appearing to be a documentary essay to ease the filmmaker's own anxieties...and it sure didn't make me an apocaloptimist.” – Reeling Reviews Mar 24, 2026 Full Review Miroirs No. 3 (2025) 94% B EDIT “a most peculiar ghost story, a case of post-trauma shifting identities told with humor, heart and a dash of mystery...may have a light touch, but its psychology digs deep.” – Reeling Reviews Mar 24, 2026 Full Review A Magnificent Life (2025) 62% B+ EDIT “Sylvain Chomet employs his distinct animation style of hand drawn, exaggerated characterizations cast in autumnal nostalgia to bring decades of one of France's most prolific literary figures to life.” – Reeling Reviews Mar 23, 2026 Full Review The Serpent's Skin (2025) 100% B- EDIT “Mackay displays a similar sensibility to "I Saw the TV Glow's" Jane Schoenbrun with themes of finding one's identity, a nostalgia for 90's television and love of shocking pink. ” – Reeling Reviews Mar 23, 2026 Full Review Sound of Falling (2025) 94% A EDIT “Mascha Schilinski's generational family trauma reverberates through one German farmhouse, cinematographer Fabian Gamper's camera the ghostly presence that glides around it as editor Evelyn Rack seamlessly weaves back and forth among different eras... ” – Reeling Reviews Mar 22, 2026 Full Review Tow (2025) 78% C+ EDIT “...appears to be a labor of love, but Jonathan Keasey & Brant Boivin's ripped-from-the-headlines screenplay bogs down its pacing with too many details which don't matter much in the overall scheme of things.” – Reeling Reviews Mar 16, 2026 Full Review Nadja (1994) 70% B- EDIT “Michael Almereyda's 1994 take on "Dracula's Daughter" has received a stunning 4K director's cut restoration, the better to admire the visages of Romanian actress Elina Löwensohn and 'whatever-happened-to' Galaxy Craze, this film's love interest Lucy...” – Reeling Reviews Mar 16, 2026 Full Review Project Hail Mary (2026) 95% B- EDIT “"The Lego Movie" directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller seem unsure if they're making a cutesy derivative space adventure or a serious scientific exploration, tonal schizophrenia exacerbated by an excessive run time.” – Reeling Reviews Mar 15, 2026 Full Review The Pout-Pout Fish (2026) 66% B- EDIT “Ricard Cussó and Rio Harrington keep the brightly animated action swimming in directions that should delight the kids while writers...adapt Deborah Diesen's children's book with some clever and subversive humor for adults.” – Reeling Reviews Mar 13, 2026 Full Review Slanted (2025) 70% B EDIT “crosses the generational conflicts facing immigrant families found in such films as Neon's 2023 horror outing "It Lives Inside" with The Twilight Zone's 'Number 12 Looks Just Like You' and a dash of "Mean Girls" to explore racial inequality in America.” – Reeling Reviews Mar 11, 2026 Full Review undertone (2025) 72% C+ EDIT “Feature debuting writer/director Ian Tuason exhibits artful visual and aural technique in a film that builds suspense without offering much in the way of payoff.” – Reeling Reviews Mar 10, 2026 Full Review André Is an Idiot (2025) 97% B+ EDIT “Benna's documentary begins with zaniness, incorporating everything from game shows to toilet POV shots, gradually leaning into harsh reality...André lived life well, serving up his death as a helpful and humorous warning to the rest of the human race. ” – Reeling Reviews Mar 4, 2026 Full Review Late Shift (2025) 96% A EDIT “Using long takes, Volpe paces her film like a tense thriller, the extraordinary Leonie Benesch never stops multi-tasking at breakneck speed yet always has time for a kind word, gentle touch or sympathetic smile.” – Reeling Reviews Mar 3, 2026 Full Review Heel (The Good Boy) (2025) 87% B- EDIT “achieves squirmy black humor with a film that appears to condone the unthinkable even as it condemns it, a modern take on "A Clockwork Orange." ” – Reeling Reviews Mar 3, 2026 Full Review Dolly (2025) 63% C- EDIT “Cinematographer Justin Derry achieves a 70's look shooting on 16mm and the film's trailer goes heavy on the "Texas Chainsaw" influence, but Blackhurst offers gore instead of scares in a film that is merely unpleasant. Even the dolls aren't creepy. ” – Reeling Reviews Mar 2, 2026 Full Review Hoppers (2026) 94% C+ EDIT “...may be overly complicated for its target audience. It's like "Dr. Dolittle" crossed with "Face/Off" squared. ” – Reeling Reviews Mar 2, 2026 Full Review Sirāt (2025) 91% A EDIT “Spain's submission for the International Oscar is very much an original, a film about connection, inconceivable loss and a dark future, all set to composer Kangding Ray's infectious dance beats.” – Reeling Reviews Feb 26, 2026 Full Review Dreams (2025) 52% B- EDIT “While the sex between Jennifer and Fernando is steamy, the two practically inhaling each other, Jessica Chastain has never been icier, a woman of privilege yet little substance...” – Reeling Reviews Feb 23, 2026 Full Review EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2025) 97% A- EDIT “If those who idolize celebrities feel like they know them, Luhrmann has probably gotten as close to that real intimacy with his presentation of Presley as possible, connecting us with the artist the way the Elvis connected with his audience. ” – Reeling Reviews Feb 17, 2026 Full Review The Love That Remains (2025) 94% A- EDIT “Pálmason pivots from the period missionary expedition of "Godland," to an intimate family drama, the films connected by a main character's artistic pursuits...This is a family that continually ebbs and flows like the ocean which surrounds it.” – Reeling Reviews Feb 17, 2026 Full Review
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