The Penguin Series Review: Grungy Character Study
The Penguin breathes like the brooding lovechild of Chinatown and The Sopranos, cementing Colin Farrell’s stamp on the title character.
The Courageous Review: Keeping Up Appearances
Highlighting the struggles of working-class families in a nation known for its wealth, The Courageous is an impressive slice of social realism.
A Missing Part Review: Families Lost in Translation
Romain Duris reunites with Guillaume Senez for A Missing Part, a moving drama in which culture clashes and familial estrangement push a father to the edge.
Girls Will Be Girls Review: Girlhood Examined
Shuchi Talati’s Girls Will Be Girls masterfully examines the beauty and pain in girlhood through the lens of a fraught mother-daughter relationship.
Triumph Film Review: Layered Military Satire
Triumph revisits the old Bulgarian alien-hunt mystery of The Tsarichina Hole and constructs a story out of it that doesn’t need much to say a lot.
The Last Showgirl Review: A Woman Out of Time
Pamela Anderson delivers a strangely beguiling performance as an aging Las Vegas performer in Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl.
We Live in Time Film Review: Charm in Abundance
Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh have electric chemistry in We Live in Time, an unconventional chronicle of a relationship from start to finish.
The Ties That Bind Us (L’Attachement) Film Review
The Ties That Bind Us (L’Attachement) is a moving, humanistic drama about love, family, connection and the unexpected turmoils of life.
Space Cowboy Film Review: Takes Your Breath Away
Space Cowboy tells the revealing and engaging story of pioneering skydive cinematographer Joe Jennings, with moments that take your breath away.
The Witness (Shahed) Review: Poignant & Powerful
Nader Saeivar’s The Witness (Shahed) clinically and powerfully portrays the bravery of those who stand up and refuse to be intimidated.
