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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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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
The Librarians (2025) Stephen Silver Uneven doc on book-banning battles, and the position of librarians on the front lines of them.
Posted Mar 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Threshold (2026) Stephen Silver One thing I liked about it is that it doesn’t really look or feel like the numerous human-interest packages produced during the actual Olympic broadcast.
Posted Mar 06, 2026  Edit critic review
The Investigation of Lucy Letby (2026) Stephen Silver The film feels the need to use bizarre AI tech to recreate witness interviews, which just looks silly.
Posted Mar 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Queen of Chess (2026) Stephen Silver The film is structured a lot like a sports documentary, which it in some ways is, and it never quite reinvents the wheel of that format.
Posted Mar 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Matter of Time (2025) Stephen Silver This film is part earnest, human-interest issue documentary, part Eddie Vedder concert film
Posted Mar 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Sun Ra: Do the Impossible (2024) Stephen Silver If the idea is to deliver entertaining, music-laden storytelling, that gets to the spirit of who this guy was… it’s more like that.
Posted Mar 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Artfully United (2025) Stephen Silver Very good stuff, and I liked his character, "Powerful Paul," that’s featured on the murals.
Posted Mar 06, 2026  Edit critic review
THE BRIDE! (2026) Stephen Silver Ultimately, most of its swings fail to connect, and neither lead actor does anything close to their best work.
Posted Mar 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Dreams (2025) Stephen Silver I liked it while I was watching it, but I’m not so sure what point it was making,
Posted Feb 26, 2026  Edit critic review
Midwinter Break (2026) Stephen Silver In every sense, a movie for grown-ups
Posted Feb 26, 2026  Edit critic review
In the Blink of an Eye (2026) Stephen Silver Steals most of its ideas from Kubrick's 2001, in which the massive sweep of history is meant to supply a poignancy that simply isn’t there.
Posted Feb 26, 2026  Edit critic review
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2025) Stephen Silver It certainly has the Baz touch, in that it moves very fast, while also always having a ton going on sonically.
Posted Feb 26, 2026  Edit critic review
Paul McCartney: Man on the Run (2025) Stephen Silver if you’re a Beatles fan or Paul fan, you’re almost guaranteed to enjoy this.
Posted Feb 26, 2026  Edit critic review
A Letter to David (2025) Stephen Silver One of the more intriguing of the many post-October 7 documentaries.
Posted Feb 20, 2026  Edit critic review
How to Make a Killing (2026) Stephen Silver Despite a dynamite premise and strong leads, this film could have used a sharper, nastier script.
Posted Feb 18, 2026  Edit critic review
Wuthering Heights (2026) Stephen Silver A naughty and audacious literary adaptation, although not quite on the level of her first two films.
Posted Feb 12, 2026  Edit critic review
Chain Reactions (2024) Stephen Silver Each provides keen insight, and I was intrigued, even as someone who’s never been all that into that particular film.
Posted Feb 12, 2026  Edit critic review
Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round (2024) Stephen Silver A well-put-together telling of a rather obscure story from the civil rights era,
Posted Feb 12, 2026  Edit critic review
Miracle: The Boys of '80 (2026) Stephen Silver It tells the story the same way most of the other Miracle on Ice docs have, complete with most of the same people saying most of the same things.
Posted Feb 12, 2026  Edit critic review
33 Photos From the Ghetto (2026) Stephen Silver The film uses modern technology to examine the photographs of the past, for a greater understanding of what happened.
Posted Feb 12, 2026  Edit critic review
Viva Verdi! (2024) Stephen Silver The "characters" are wonderful, and the music, even more so.
Posted Feb 12, 2026  Edit critic review
Elway (2025) Stephen Silver The film mostly represents a fun throwback to an era of the NFL that I fondly remember.
Posted Feb 12, 2026  Edit critic review
Melania (2026) Stephen Silver It’s just really, really boring. And it’s full of some very odd choices, and I’m not sure whether to blame Ratner or his subject, who reportedly 'planned every element' of the picture.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
The Moment (2026) Stephen Silver The Moment shows that Charli can definitely hold the screen in a feature film. It’s not quite a pure comedy, although there are plenty of laughs.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
Rebel with a Clause (2025) Stephen Silver It's not a lecture, or even a top-down declaration about the proper use of gerunds, split infinitives and the Oxford Comma. Instead it's a series of friendly, respectful conversations.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
The Wrecking Crew (2026) Stephen Silver Features well-executed over-the-top action set pieces, first-rate banter between the two stars, consistent humor, and a fine use of Hawaii locations.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
Mercy (2026) Stephen Silver Starts as a certain kind of bad movie- boring, convoluted, and inert, while not making much use of its unconventional style. At the end, though, it becomes something much worse.
Posted Jan 23, 2026  Edit critic review
Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart (2026) Stephen Silver Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart is valuable in that it gives the now 38-year-old Elizabeth her say, on camera, and shares the story that her voice has too often been left out of.
Posted Jan 23, 2026  Edit critic review
Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) Stephen Silver It quickly transcends its gimmick, mostly because it’s about something much more crucial than coffee or cigarettes: Namely, family, and how parents and children fracture over time.
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2025) Stephen Silver Like the show’s endgame in microcosm: There’s some interesting stuff here, but it’s way longer than it needed to be.
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
Peaches Goes Bananas (2024) Stephen Silver What it’s like for a transgressive artist to reach late middle age is a frequent topic of documentaries, about music and other things. This one handles it much better than most.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions (2025) Stephen Silver A dynamite cinematic essay, comprised of a history lesson, an exploration of Encyclopedia Africana, and a trip aboard an Afro-futurist ship across the Atlantic.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
Paul Anka: His Way (2024) Stephen Silver Doesn’t break much new ground, but it does show Anka as a compelling character and big personality, with great stories to tell.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
The Merchants of Joy (2025) Stephen Silver A fun documentary about the surprisingly competitive, but not as cutthroat as you might think, Christmas tree industry in New York City.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
The New Yorker at 100 (2025) Stephen Silver Director Curry does a good job balancing the history with stories about New Yorker writers today
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
Breakdown: 1975 (2025) Stephen Silver It’s very fun, making strong choices about talking heads, narration, and clips. But it doesn’t really go anywhere new
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
Age of Audio (2025) Stephen Silver The history is pretty straightforward, which doesn’t depart far from the conventional wisdom
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
The Age of Disclosure (2025) Stephen Silver Almost entirely consists of former government and military officials saying that they have seen such evidence, but not providing any of it.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
Corey Feldman vs the World (2025) Stephen Silver One of those documentaries that’s so ridiculous that it feels like a mockumentary.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
The Chronology of Water (2025) Stephen Silver It’s tough stuff, but it ultimately works.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
She Rides Shotgun (2025) Stephen Silver The kind of film that I think is going to be looked upon very positively, years from now, possibly after the director has made more movies.
Posted Dec 25, 2025  Edit critic review
Henry Fonda for President (2024) Stephen Silver The clips are well-chosen, but I don’t know, this exercise is a bit too overlong and chin-stroking for my taste.
Posted Dec 25, 2025  Edit critic review
Dance Freak (2025) Stephen Silver Seems like a potential cult hit, aimed at people who like Tim Robinson’s stuff but don’t think it’s weird or antisocial enough.
Posted Dec 25, 2025  Edit critic review
Where to Land (2025) Stephen Silver The farce part is fun, but I really liked it as a hangout movie, with likable New York actors having nice scenes with one another.
Posted Dec 25, 2025  Edit critic review
Ebony & Ivory (2024) Stephen Silver You’re either going to be on this movie’s wavelength or not, but I found it almost entirely unwatchable.
Posted Dec 25, 2025  Edit critic review
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