Showing Up Review: The Balance Between Life & Art
Kelly Reichardt’s latest feature, Showing Up, beautifully depicts the balance between an artist’s life and work, exploring what art means to those who make it and the magnificence of the creative process.
Holy Spider Review: A Film of Righteous Anger
Aided by its two lead performances, Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider is a brutal, chilling thriller that is full of righteous anger at Iran’s system of misogyny.
Blue Jean Review: Exceptional Debut Film
Rosy McEwen gives a phenomenal performance in Blue Jean, the Thatcher-era drama that marks the exceptional debut of British director Georgia Oakley.
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths: Film Review
Existentialism cloaks Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s fascinating, intoxicating, and visually resplendent Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths.
Causeway (LFF Review): Lawrence & Henry Excel in Indie Drama
Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry are both excellent in Causeway, Lila Neugebauer’s feature debut about an Army vet and mechanic finding solace in each other.
Lynch/Oz film review: “There’s no place like home”
Alexandre O. Philippe’s essay film Lynch/Oz is successful in its ambitious quest to link the films of David Lynch with The Wizard of Oz.
All That Breathes: Film Review
All That Breathes is a majestic, multi-dimensional documentary about the interconnectivity of man and nature, as two brothers try to help a threatened species.
White Noise Film Review: The Sound of Existential Dread
Noah Baumbach ‘s White Noise is unlike anything you’ve seen before: an utterly bonkers, stunning film about survival, death, consumerism, and the meaning of life in today’s America.
Sick of Myself Review: Squirm-Inducing Wonder
Kristine Kujath Thorp lights up the screen as a self-destructive young woman in Sick of Myself, Kristoffer Borgli’s complex and incendiary black comedy.
Naked Zombie Girl is Back Review: She Fights Zombies… NAKED
Naked Zombie girl is Back could have easily been a disaster, but ends up being a fun ride with solid effects and action, even if it’s not exactly breaking new ground.