On Falling Review: Window Into Working Class
On Falling is a stunning success for Laura Carreira, whose debut feature is an insightful and empathetic social realist drama about working class hardships.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels: Review
Guy Ritchie’s first film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, is an energetic and fast-paced crime caper that’s barely aged.
Eye for an Eye 2: Blind Vengeance Review
Eye for an Eye 2: Blind Vengeance is a fantastic modern wuxia film that’s an ode to classic Japanese film series like Zatoichi and Lone Wolf and the Cub.
Stationed at Home Review: Cabbie’s Cosmic Comrades
One taxi driver’s shift is all it takes to consider our lives on Earth and among the stars in Daniel V. Masciari’s out of this world Stationed At Home.
Trouble Every Day Review: Claire Denis’ Vampirism
Claire Denis strips back the mythology of vampirism to its most primal and human in Trouble Every Day.
Boys Go To Jupiter Review: Surreal wisdom
A young gig worker comes of age in the wonderfully surreal Boys Go To Jupiter as he runs into odd customers and odder extraterrestrials.
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting Review
Edgar Reitz and Anatol Schuster’s Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting is a thought-provoking yet playful examination of the emotional power of art.
Running Point (Netflix) Review: A Slam Dunk
Running Point is a comedic gem exploring ambitious women in the workplace, dysfunctional family and power dynamics, and a bold new twist on the underdog story.
Beau Travail Film Review: Reproving Repression
Claire Denis gracefully dismantles toxic masculinity, war, and repression in her film Beau Travail, which features one of the most effective endings of all time.
Ari Film Review: A Dissection of Empathy
Léonor Serraille’s Ari lets us tag along with the titular character as he experiences life and comes into himself through human connection.
