Other Music (2019 | USA | 85 minutes | Puloma Basu and Rob Hatch-Miller) In a more perfect world, the new documentary …
Category: Reviews
Selah and the Spades is the high school movie you need while schools are closed
Selah and the Spades (2019 | USA | 97 minutes | Tayarisha Poe) At Haldwell, an elite, high school boarding school, the …
The Occupant is a Spanish thriller with a few thrills
The Occupant (Hogar) (2020 | Spain | 103 minutes | Alex and David Pastor) Javier Muñoz is a broken man. He was …
The Wild Goose Lake dives into Wuhan’s Motorcycle Thieving Underworld
The Wild Goose Lake (2019 | China/France | 113 minutes | Diao Yinan) Director Diao Yinan (Black Coal, Thin Ice) reveals his …
Romantic comedies for even the grouchiest of cynics (like me)
When I was a youngin’ and thought romance was a dozen roses, a foil balloon decorated with quick quippy devotions of love, …
Bacurau is a trip into Brazil’s Weird Wild West
Bacurau (2109 | Brazil | 132 minutes | Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles) Bacurau opens with a pan in from space …
Paranoiacs find real enemies in The Decline
The Decline (Jusqu’au déclin) (2020 | Canada | 83 minutes | Patrice Laliberté) In The Decline, a new thriller that happens to …
Future Shock is Delivered with Blunt Force in The Platform
The Platform (2019 | Spain | 94 minutes | Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia) For anyone who’s even a passing fan of science fiction and …
Vitalina Varela is a gorgeous work of filmmaking that rewards your patience
Vitalina Varela (2019 | Portugal | 124 minutes | Pedro Costa) Portuguese director Pedro Costa’s newest movie, Vitalina Varela (starring non-professional actor, …
This one time at Camp Jened…
Crip Camp (2020 | USA | 108 minutes | James Lebrecht, Nicole Newnham) If “The West Wing” was an alternate version of …