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Farah Cheded

Farah Cheded is a curator at A Good Movie to Watch and a freelance critic whose work has been published at outlets including The Playlist, Paste Magazine, and Film School Rejects. She lives in fear of the day she runs out of ‘Columbo’ episodes to watch.

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Mister Organ (2022)

8.1

A filmmaker chases — and then struggles to escape — a shady figure in this fascinating and disturbing documentary

Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996)

8.4

Absurdist comedy makes for unusual but powerful framing in this wry commentary on Palestinian identity

Smoke Signals (1998)

8.2

Hollywood’s first Native American feature is this charming perspective-reorienting dramedy

Betty

8.4

An empowering skate-centric teen drama that stands out for its empathy and breezy hangout vibe

Priscilla (2023)

7.4

An emotionally gutting biopic that melts the myth of Elvis

Jules (2023)

7.8

ET meets the elderly in this emotional, charming oddity

The Creator (2023)

6.3

Effects triumph over emotion in this visually impressive but ultimately shallow sci-fi

5 Broken Cameras (2011)

8.8

An extraordinarily intimate reflection and vital document of life under occupation

Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)

5.5

Less an actual movie than a thinly derivative and grueling exercise in scene-setting

Gwyneth vs Terry: The Ski Crash Trial

5.5

A throwaway throwback to one of social media’s most frenzied events of 2023

Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?! (2023)

7.7

An impressively self-aware — and blessedly not finger-wagging — comedy special about Gen Z from A24

The Mission (2023)

7.8

A remarkably curious, challenging documentary about a controversial subject

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