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Sarah Manvel

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Biography:

Sarah Manvel is the author of You Ruin It When You Talk. She was born in the USA and raised in four countries on three continents. She has two passports (Irish and American) and one degree, from The Evergreen State College. She writes film and cultural criticism for a variety of websites and lives in London.

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Rosebush Pruning (2026) 36% EDIT “This story of vapid, selfish, pointless people is vapid, selfish and pointless itself. To tell a tasteless story tastefully is quite an achievement but it’s the wrong one.” – Movies We Texted About Feb 17, 2026 Full Review Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) 83% EDIT “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die very nearly completely pulls off a gonzo thrill ride; it botches the ending but until then its deranged take on our current stupid moment will leave you gasping in shock.” – Movies We Texted About Feb 17, 2026 Full Review Barbara Forever (2026) 100% EDIT “It’s terrific to see a documentary that does its subject such total justice while making such a firm connection to the current moment. ” – In Their Own League Feb 13, 2026 Full Review Jane Elliott Against the World (2026) EDIT “This thought-provoking documentary, which ties her work as an educator and advocate to some of the political battles being fought now, makes a firm case for Mrs Elliott’s importance to American history.” – Movie Marker Feb 13, 2026 Full Review Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (2026) 93% EDIT “Never resort[s] to schmaltz whilst doing the neat trick of feeling both timeless and modern.” – Movie Marker Feb 13, 2026 Full Review The Oldest Person in the World (2026) 76% EDIT “The concept behind this documentary is exceptional but unfortunately the execution of "The Oldest Person in the World" involves looking into a mirror instead of through a window.” – In Their Own League Feb 13, 2026 Full Review Wuthering Heights (2026) 59% EDIT “Astonishing, gorgeous and stupefyingly hot. We all knew writer-director Emerald Fennell has an unusually sharp eye for sexual danger, but maybe not quite like this. But in every possible way, for all the senses, Wuthering Heights is a sensation.” – Movies We Texted About Feb 13, 2026 Full Review Everybody To Kenmure Street (2026) 100% EDIT “An extraordinary testament to what ordinary people standing together are capable of.... The picture painted here of the power of collective action and community is downright inspiring.” – Movies We Texted About Jan 24, 2026 Full Review Trad (2025) EDIT “It’s incredible to have a movie about a young girl be so safe and so understanding and with such genuine musicianship at the center. It’s an enormous achievement.” – Movies We Texted About Jan 23, 2026 Full Review Girls & Boys (2025) EDIT “The best thing about Girls & Boys is one of the main characters is trans and absolutely no one blinks an eye at this... this is so delightful to see it’s just such a shame what’s on offer here isn’t more cleverly done.” – Movies We Texted About Jan 22, 2026 Full Review The Stranger (2025) 88% EDIT “It is very hard to make a movie about an absence, but Mr. Voisin comes as close as anybody could, in a complimentary fashion, to demonstrating how surface is everything.” – Movies We Texted About Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Back to the Past (2025) EDIT “A very light entertainment that nobody should take too seriously.” – Movies We Texted About Jan 19, 2026 Full Review Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri (2025) 10% EDIT “Not a perfect movie, with a less-than-ideal setup, but it has such a sunny desperation to please that it’s impossible to dislike.” – Movies We Texted About Jan 19, 2026 Full Review Dhurandhar (2025) 42% EDIT “Dhurandhar leaves a pretty dirty taste in the mouth.” – Movies We Texted About Jan 19, 2026 Full Review The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) 87% EDIT “All the dance scenes have an unusual, rowdy, vibrant energy that are entirely shot through with joy. This centers on Ms. Seyfried’s exceptional performance (just watch her eyes) as a woman who has come to realise the righteousness of her beliefs.” – Movies We Texted About Jan 11, 2026 Full Review The Raja Saab (2025) EDIT “Trying to appeal to everybody made all its drama ridiculous.” – Movies We Texted About Jan 9, 2026 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 94% EDIT “ An exceptionally clear-eyed understanding of the games people play.” – Movies We Texted About Jan 6, 2026 Full Review Ready or Not (2025) EDIT “It’s not fair to complain that Ready or Not doesn’t have a clever answer for the issues of consent, misogyny and violence it’s brave enough to address, but life isn’t fair, so art should be.” – Movies We Texted About Dec 11, 2025 Full Review Aontas (2025) EDIT “Aontas punches considerably above its weight with its intelligence about a plot that seems simple on the surface.” – Movies We Texted About Dec 11, 2025 Full Review La venue de l'avenir (2025) 93% EDIT “A charming fairy tale positively brimming with kindness, both for its people and for our art.” – Movies We Texted About Dec 11, 2025 Full Review Train Dreams (2025) 95% EDIT “An extraordinary experience, one of the transcendent ones a lot of art aims for but very few achieve. Watch it and your heart will be eased.” – Movies We Texted About Dec 9, 2025 Full Review Lady (2025) EDIT “The clever special effects elevate Lady from yet another mockumentary into something stranger and wilder. And the surprise is not just how well... the impossible plot twist feel[s] almost ordinary, but also how smoothly [it] balances cruelty and kindness.” – Movies We Texted About Dec 8, 2025 Full Review Pillion (2025) 100% EDIT “The greatest glory of Pillion is that its sexual boldness is in service to an important point about self-determination and personal desire. We can watch this for the action, the message, or both.” – Movies We Texted About Dec 5, 2025 Full Review Dreams (2025) 68% EDIT “The strong core performances in the unpleasant central relationship make Dreams worth seeing, but it’s an exercise in rhetoric instead of emotion. ” – Movies We Texted About Dec 5, 2025 Full Review A Private Life (2025) 81% EDIT “It’s so ordinary nowadays for crime stories to have an absolutely terrific setup leading to a whimper of an ending, so when one plays its cards as well as A Private Life does it should be praised from the rooftops. ” – Movies We Texted About Dec 5, 2025 Full Review
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