And with that, our Top Films of 2021 coverage comes to a close, with our five favorites talked up below. All films, even if we…
Our favorite film of 2021 looms near, but we’re not quite there yet. Today, we’re talking picks 6-10, which is probably the most Hollywood-heavy section…
The Lost Daughter doesn’t quite manage its own distinct cinematic voice, but still proves Gyllenhaal to be a director worth keeping up with going forward. While…
Halfway through our Top 25 Films of 2021 countdown, today with an eclectic crop of films that placed #11–15 in our writer’s poll. All films, even…
Jockey has an undeniable soulfulness, but suffers from its overly familiar narrative shape and beats. While each individual film should be judged according to its own…
InRO’s Best Films of 2021 train keeps chugging, today checking in with #16-20. All films, even if we previously covered them, have been revisited with…
Poupelle of Chimney Town is appealingly bugnuts in bursts, but by the end, the Garbage Man isn’t the only thing here that stinks. At this…
Thus begins InRO’s Best Films of 2021 countdown proper. Below are films that ranked #21-25 in our year-end writer’s poll. All films, even if we…
It’s been a particularly horny year for films. Perhaps not unnaturally; having been cooped up indoors while the viral blizzard howls outside, stoked by political…
Converge and Chelsea Wolfe Converge has always been an outfit that has prided itself on not having much of a gameplan, choosing to, instead, wing…
Memoria is another masterwork from Apichatpong Weerasethakul, a slow unfurling of personal and nationals pasts that challenges and entrances in equal measure. Frequent In Review Online…
The moving Parallel Mothers puts on full display Almodovar’s facility with wrangling the controlled chaos of narrative into a coherent whole. If Pedro Almodóvar’s pandemic short…
The Tragedy of Macbeth is masterful in its fusing of the artificial and elemental, a bit of Shakespearean subterfuge that justifies this umpteenth take on the eponymous…
American Underdog is an inoffensive but utterly bland bit of hagiography, only slightly elevated by its surprising visual merit and an affable leading man. By all…
It’s impossible to replicate the essential newness of the original Matrix, but Resurrections is another deeply idiosyncratic huge swing that’s destined to be underappreciated for the near future.…
Licorice Pizza continues Anderson’s interest in how personal histories are assimilated into myth, and largely does so compellingly, but ultimately still feels more lopsided than the…
OK, so things don’t really vanish anymore: even the most limited film release will (most likely, eventually) find its way onto some streaming service or…
Adele Adele exists in a peculiar space, an undeniably massive superstar with a global audience, and yet she appears isolated from the broader culture, her…
Cyrano is a mess, a shambles, a misfire, and also one of the most enjoyable films of the year. The glut of awards bait that…
Swan Song is a sleek, appealingly low-key sci-fi effort that angles more for emotional wallop than futurist noodling. Within the history of cinema, the subject of…
Death Valley is an underwhelming but mostly inoffensive bit of lightweight genre work, delivering a few moments and overcoming obvious budget limitations. As has been periodically mentioned…