English writer-director Fridtjof Ryder’s directorial debut is a taut, well-made micro budget feature. After a successful crowdfunding campaign and production moving ahead, Ryder’s film caught... Read More
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The remarkable prolificacy of Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, and the even-more-remarkable spirit of subversiveness that has only burgeoned in his work since his arrest and... Read More
Martin Scorsese has a knack for documenting New York institutions and illustrating the inner lives of the city’s singular characters. From the brash young Mafiosi... Read More
Adoption, as a process, has many intricacies, and one of them is the loopholes it leaves open for someone who has been adopted to later... Read More
Picture it: it’s 1992 in Ireland, and a young woman in her early twenties walks along the beach only to stumble upon a group of... Read More
Jamie Lee Curtis has been speaking a lot about what this new Halloween trilogy has meant to her, in the wake of Halloween Ends. It’s... Read More
Animation can be a powerful tool for examining difficult topics. That’s especially true for an artist whose life has been so sharply influenced by a... Read More
It is both the blessing and the burden of just about every modern horror movie that it must be about trauma. It’s not just an... Read More
Thomas Wright’s Australian detective drama stars Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris, and it’s a gripping film that is unconventionally delicate. This delicacy in the storytelling... Read More
Rosaline is a mysterious character in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. She’s never seen, but is mentioned often by Romeo and his friends as the object... Read More

‘Inland’ review: Mark Rylance enchants in this realistic yet enigmatic folklore-influenced directorial debut from Fridtjof Ryder | LFF
‘No Bears’ review: Jafar Panahi turns the camera on himself in powerful, subtly playful examination of limits personal, political and artistic | LFF
‘Personality Crisis: One Night Only’ review: Martin Scorsese music doc looks at the absurd and the sublime of elusive, forever cool New York Dolls frontman David Johansen | NYFF
‘Return to Seoul’ review: Park Ji-Min’s astonishing turn as a magnetic adoptee anchors Davy Chou’s compelling search for meaning | NYFF
‘She Said’ review: Maria Schrader goes on the record with an empathetic story of womens’ courage | NYFF
‘Halloween Ends’ review: David Gordon Green kills, and takes risks in this soon-to-be-divisive Laurie Strode send-off
‘Eternal Spring’ review: Daxiong’s stirring visual exploration of religious suppression and memory through comic book imagery
‘Nanny’ review: Predictability hobbles what could have been a fascinating take on the horror of trauma | LFF
‘The Stranger’ review: Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris face off in this taut, unnerving Australian detective drama [B+] | LFF
‘Rosaline’ review: Kaitlyn Dever is delightful in this cheeky take on a Shakespeare classic [B-]
Utah Film Critics Association (UFCA) Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ Lead
Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC) Winners: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Lead
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle (PFCC) Winners: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ Fight It Out
Boston Online Film Critics Association (BOFCA) Winners: ‘One Battle After Another,’ Wagner Moura, Rose Byrne and More