Till
Although it has all the markings of being a routine message Oscar bait movie, Till is one of the most notable social justice films to be released as of late. [...]
Decision to Leave
An engrossing, whodunit murder mystery about desire, murder, and forbidden love, Decision to Leave is a complicated and intricate mind-game of a movie. The film directed with such vigorous craftsmanship [...]
Stars at Noon
Claire Denis's sensual and tense adaptation of the late Denis Johnson 1986 novel, Stars at Noon, is a stylish, sophisticated, genre-bending reworking of the espionage geopolitical thriller. On the surface, [...]
Catherine Called Birdy
With miscalculated dry humor and unfunny banter that delivers so much low energy, filmmaker Lena Dunham burns through her biggest budget to date on her well-intentioned medieval satire titled Catherine [...]
Amsterdam
Five-time Oscar nominated and problematic filmmaker David O. Russell promotes love, art, peace, and combats fascism in a web of conspiracy in his ninth feature (10 if you count Accidental [...]
Triangle of Sadness
Utilizing rich ideas on class warfare with razor-sharp satire, a brilliantly written script, and stellar visuals, Triangle of Sadness captures the absurdist spirit of Luis Bunuel's The Discreet Charm of [...]
Vesper
There have been many sci-fi films about dystopian futures. Vesper is another vision of a doomed world that resonates both as a rare coming-of-age story and as a distressing genre [...]
God’s Creatures
A superbly crafted work from the collaborating duo of Anna Rose Holmer and Saela Davis, God's Creatures is a potent, somber examination of a mother struggling to come to terms [...]
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Attempting back to his historical period-piece roots after his Best Picture win for Green Book, filmmaker Peter Farrelly attempts to throw a well-intentioned beer party with The Greatest Beer Run [...]
The Good House
As a film that aims to make an essential and involving film about a woman's career and struggles with alcoholism, The Good House is dramatically inert and maudlin, a film [...]