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The SS Ben Hecht is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Stephen Silver.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
Yes (2025) Stephen Silver Nadav Lapid’s satire about war, propaganda and bootlicking is the conflict like you've never seen it before.
Posted May 15, 2026  Edit critic review
Marty, Life Is Short (2026) Stephen Silver Few stalwarts of comedy have seen such a contrast between very happy and unimaginably sad as Martin Short.
Posted May 15, 2026  Edit critic review
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office (2025) Stephen Silver The somewhat impenetrable story of an impenetrable man, but fans of odd corners of the counterculture will find much to appreciate.
Posted May 08, 2026  Edit critic review
The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson (2026) Stephen Silver A considerably more tasteful true crime documentary than most of what’s on offer in that genre on Netflix.
Posted May 08, 2026  Edit critic review
Changing Lanes (2025) Stephen Silver I love documentaries about urbanist policy battles, especially YIMBY vs. NIMBY stuff. If people in public meetings are yelling, all the better. And director Ben Wolf’s Changing Lanes has all of that and way more
Posted May 08, 2026  Edit critic review
Lainey Wilson: Keepin' Country Cool (2026) Stephen Silver I’m not going to claim any fandom or expertise when it comes to country music, and I don’t feel like this doc went particularly deep into who Wilson is or exactly what makes her tick, although I did find her a compelling documentary subject
Posted May 08, 2026  Edit critic review
Noah Kahan: Out of Body (2026) Stephen Silver I found myself intrigued by his story, and a bit more interested in checking out his music, although, like so many music docs, I feel like this was something of a commercial for both
Posted May 08, 2026  Edit critic review
This Is Not a Drill (2025) Stephen Silver Compelling it all is the whole thing should come with a huge asterisk, because just about everything they did was undone in the Trump II era.
Posted May 08, 2026  Edit critic review
The Last Twins (2025) Stephen Silver The best Holocaust documentary in recent memory.
Posted May 08, 2026  Edit critic review
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) (2026) Stephen Silver The film is a pretty fantastic concert film that makes great use of 3D technology, but when it tries to be a behind-the-scenes tour doc, it’s less successful, never getting much beyond the surface.
Posted May 08, 2026  Edit critic review
Grapefruit (2023) Stephen Silver A really wonderful meditation on recovery, forgiveness, and second chances
Posted Apr 30, 2026  Edit critic review
Ricky (2025) Stephen Silver Ricky is a thought-provoking movie about what happens when a man gets out, never having known freedom as an adult.
Posted Apr 30, 2026  Edit critic review
Exit 8 (2025) Stephen Silver I’ve been in the Tokyo subway, and it is pretty confusing and labyrinth-like.
Posted Apr 30, 2026  Edit critic review
Faces of Death (2026) Stephen Silver It's essentially the structure of the Scream movies, except the killer is inspired not by the cliches of the horror canon
Posted Apr 30, 2026  Edit critic review
Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026) Stephen Silver Not a particularly great monster movie, owing much more to the tradition of The Exorcist than to any of the past Mummy films
Posted Apr 30, 2026  Edit critic review
The Napa Boys (2025) Stephen Silver The sort of movie that seems like it’s made up entirely of inside jokes that I’m not a part of.
Posted Apr 30, 2026  Edit critic review
I Swear (2025) Stephen Silver This is one of those projects where I admired its intentions more than I actually liked it as a movie
Posted Apr 30, 2026  Edit critic review
Dry Leaf (2025) Stephen Silver I’m not going to lie, it sounds impenetrable. But by the end, I was won over.
Posted Apr 30, 2026  Edit critic review
Blue Heron (2025) Stephen Silver This is a visually stunning film, and it makes a bold storytelling choice near the end that pays off perfectly.
Posted Apr 30, 2026  Edit critic review
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money (2025) Stephen Silver An entertaining documentary that takes the crypto-skeptic side, while also heavily featuring Ben McKenzie as an on-camera subject. But it feels in some ways incomplete.
Posted Apr 30, 2026  Edit critic review
Michael (2026) Stephen Silver Jaafar Jackson capably channels his uncle, but Antoine Fuqua’s estate-approved biopic doesn’t let us in on the King of Pop’s story.
Posted Apr 23, 2026  Edit critic review
Lorne (2026) Stephen Silver This doesn't cover much new ground, but what the film does have is access to an unlimited roster of A-listers, telling their favorite SNL and Lorne stories.
Posted Apr 23, 2026  Edit critic review
I Want Your Sex (2026) Stephen Silver Gregg Araki has ended his 12-year hiatus by clearly having something to say about a lot of the cultural controversies during his time away
Posted Apr 23, 2026  Edit critic review
Tuner (2025) Stephen Silver Woodall’s performance is impressive, and I really liked the sound design. All that said, the crime plot is fairly by-the-numbers.
Posted Apr 23, 2026  Edit critic review
Carolina Caroline (2025) Stephen Silver This worked for me, thanks to the charisma and chemistry of the two leads, as well as a commitment to aggressive Americana.
Posted Apr 23, 2026  Edit critic review
The Furious (2025) Stephen Silver The several lengthy, extremely creatively presented fight scenes are presented creatively and thrillingly
Posted Apr 23, 2026  Edit critic review
I Love Boosters (2026) Stephen Silver It’s a fantastic-looking and sounding picture, with candy-colored visuals, and a score from Tune-Yards that resembles demented circus music.
Posted Apr 17, 2026  Edit critic review
#Skyking (2026) Stephen Silver Tells the compelling story of a troubled man, although one gets the sense the filmmakers were stretching to fill 90 minutes.
Posted Apr 17, 2026  Edit critic review
Outcome (2026) Stephen Silver A movie that tries to do four different things, and it does all of them absolutely horribly.
Posted Apr 09, 2026  Edit critic review
Marc by Sofia (2025) Stephen Silver The film loses any critical distance, but makes up for it in warmth.
Posted Apr 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Ghost Elephants (2025) Stephen Silver Herzog’s distinctive voice and narration can liven up even the most boring of nature documentaries.
Posted Apr 06, 2026  Edit critic review
1000 Women in Horror (2025) Stephen Silver It’s an expansive history of women in the horror film genre, both in front of and behind the camera, as well as examinations of tropes and tendencies.
Posted Apr 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare (2026) Stephen Silver The doc includes lots of amazing on-the-ground footage from the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear accident, while juxtaposing that with old cartoons of government propaganda
Posted Apr 06, 2026  Edit critic review
The Plastic Detox (2026) Stephen Silver a completely unscientific study that confuses correlation and causation. It also doesn’t help that the subjects are kind of unbearable.
Posted Apr 06, 2026  Edit critic review
It's Dorothy! (2025) Stephen Silver I found this rather unfocused, without any real overarching statement.
Posted Apr 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Bella! (2023) Stephen Silver It’s all pretty straightforward in telling the story of Abzug’s rise, her career, and her many political defeats and comebacks, leading up to her death in 1998.
Posted Apr 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Keep Quiet and Forgive (2025) Stephen Silver A Harrowing look at sexual abuse in the Amish and Mennonite cultures, in which abuse is swept under the rug and men in the community, seemingly every time, tell the victims that it’s their fault for not being submissive enough
Posted Apr 06, 2026  Edit critic review
The Voice That Rocked America: The Dick Biondi Story (2026) Stephen Silver It’s a bit of a low-budget affair, and I admit that I had never heard of Bidondi before I sat down to watch it. But by the end, I was invested.
Posted Apr 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Disneyland Handcrafted (2026) Stephen Silver I could clearly see the appeal and passion that went into this.
Posted Apr 06, 2026  Edit critic review
The Drama (2026) Stephen Silver I admired its audacity, as it’s a movie about relationships and marriage that’s dramatically different from every other one I’ve ever seen
Posted Mar 31, 2026  Edit critic review
Pretty Lethal (2026) Stephen Silver There’s impressive action from time to time, but I would have preferred a movie just about the dysfunctional ballet company.
Posted Mar 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Micro Budget (2024) Stephen Silver The people who made this are much better at convincing well-known people to make cameos than at any other aspect of filmmaking.
Posted Mar 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026) Stephen Silver Occasionally funny, although the novelty of criminals acting this silly wore off about 30 years ago.
Posted Mar 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Kontinental '25 (2025) Stephen Silver A lot less experimental and more conventional than his recent films, and quite a bit talkier, but like most of Jude’s work, it certainly has something to say.
Posted Mar 27, 2026  Edit critic review
You're Dating a Narcissist! (2025) Stephen Silver I found it charming, and particularly on the button when it comes to noting a certain modern tendency.
Posted Mar 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere (2026) Stephen Silver The ideal antidote for the rise of redpill content, it turns out, is a mild-mannered, middle-aged British documentarian
Posted Mar 20, 2026  Edit critic review
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026) Stephen Silver Goes much bigger than the original, but not necessarily better.
Posted Mar 20, 2026  Edit critic review
Project Hail Mary (2026) Stephen Silver Features a true movie-star performance from Ryan Gosling, a strong script, amazing visuals, and an ending that especially delivers
Posted Mar 11, 2026  Edit critic review
André Is an Idiot (2025) Stephen Silver The Poignant true story of a one-of-a-kind character, his fatal cancer diagnosis, and how he deals with his fate with cheer and humor
Posted Mar 11, 2026  Edit critic review
An American Pastoral (2024) Stephen Silver A fascinating doc which, in the Wiseman style, lets scenes play out, and tells people’s stories while granting them dignity and not editorializing
Posted Mar 06, 2026  Edit critic review
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