Tell Her I Love Her Review: Letting Empathy In
Romane Bohringer’s Tell Her I Love Her masterfully dissects the love and complications embedded in fraught mother-daughter relationships.
The New Boy Review: A Battle of Faiths
Warwick Thornton’s The New Boy is a thematically interesting and superbly acted fable that might be a bit too obtuse for some.
Meteors Review: The Bleak Hues of a Friendship
Hubert Charuel’s Meteors is a dreary and cold meditation on friendship and the impact of addiction in colorless provincial France.
Once Upon a Time in Gaza: Film Review
Necessary and remarkable, Once Upon a Time in Gaza is a beautifully shot and politically significant film, especially relevant today.
Sirāt Review: Sun, Sand and Salvation
Confrontational but contemplative, Oliver Laxe’s Sirāt is a brilliantly energetic and well-crafted take on the long night of the soul.
Left-Handed Girl Review: It’s Not Mother’s Day
With energy and empathy, Shih-Tsing Chou tells a tale of women’s hard graft in Left-Handed Girl, a triumph for its co-writer/director and cast.
Peak Everything Film Review: Anxious Love
Peak Everything is a quirky rom-com that uses the protagonist’s eco-anxiety to tell a magical realist tale of love in the face of inevitable climate disasters.
Two Prosecutors Review: Blind Patriotism
Sergei Loznitsa’s Two Prosecutors depicts a contemplative, Sisyphean attempt to restore justice during the height of Stalin’s rule.
Eddington Film Review: The Return of the Wild West
Ari Aster’s star-studded Eddington is dressed as a political satire but quickly descends into an anti-government, wild-west depiction of modern Americana.
A Useful Ghost Review: Memory is an Act of Protest
Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke blends comedy, sci-fi and horror in A Useful Ghost, a bold, genre-bending gem about memory, collective trauma, and revenge.