Enys Men
Bouncing between experimental horror and a retro throwback to 1970s era horror and parodic excess, Mark Jenkin's mind-bending horror opus Enys Men works best as a moody chamber piece that [...]
A Good Person
Two deeply compelling characters desperately needing to find atonement after a devastating tragedy ruinously reconnect in Zach Braff's four-director feature A Good Person. Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman headline a [...]
Tori and Lokita
It is remarkable just how the Dardenne Brothers are still turning out emotionally charged and emotionally bleak films that hold deeply felt compassion nearly 30 years after making a splash [...]
A Couple
Co-writer-director Frederick Wiseman's second narrative feature in 20 years, A Couple, is basically just a solo performance by its lead and fellow co-writer Nathalie Boutefeu as Sophia Tolstava, the wife [...]
Inside
Willem Dafoe has always been one of the most fearless and feral actors of our modern age, testing the limits of his performances and taking very challenging projects and elevating [...]
Moving On
In his previous film, writer-director Paul Weitz (About a Boy, Grandma) ventured into grief and how to rekindle friendships and eventually find closure in the Netflix comedy-drama titled Fatherhood. With [...]
Champions
Overly banal and cliché, a U.S. remake of the Spanish sports comedy Campeones (2018) about the adventures of a disgraced foul-mouthed minor league basketball coach who finds himself in deep [...]
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Just as familiar as any spy thriller, not quite as stylish as any of Soderbergh's Ocean's 11 films, and as unoriginal as any caper film, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre [...]
My Happy Ending
My Happy Ending, a slightly moving but uneven weepie about a fading actress attempting a career comeback as she discovers she has stage-four cancer and may only have a few [...]
The Quiet Girl
Colm Bairéad's debut feature marks Ireland's first film to be nominated for Best International Film at the Academy Awards. Bairéad has some family film elements that cross over into a [...]