Die My Love Review: Prove You Are Alive
Lynne Ramsay’s Die My Love gives Jennifer Lawrence the ammunition to deliver one of the most uninhibited, raw performances of the past decade.
The Plague Film Review: Boyhood in Crisis
The Plague, Charlie Polinger’s beautiful and timely directorial debut about kids at summer camp, grapples with the monstrosity of boyhood.
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.
Sirât Review: Sun, Sand and Salvation
Confrontational but contemplative, Oliver Laxe’s Sirât 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.
