RRR once again proves that Rajamouli and co. are virtually unmatched in viscerality and clarity of visionary spectacle. S.S. Rajamouli’s latest epic RRR begins with…
Fiddler’s Journey isn’t much more substantive than your average love letter doc, and suffers from an ill-conceived late-film detour. Daniel Raim’s chronicling of the pre-production…
Bubble is an altogether gentler anime product for Araki, aiming for the emotional stakes of films like Your Name, but is slight to the point…
Los conductos is a disarmingly personal film that is also masterful in its understanding of the way artifice interacts with realism. Camilo Restrepo has made…
The Earth is Blue As an Orange relies on an immediacy that only somewhat masks its flippant, fleeting nature. It’s difficult to approach a work…
Saturday Fiction is a formally enterprising and experimental work that delivers as an exercise in digital esotericism. Set amidst the spy games of Allied…
Memory is a pleasantly riveting watch even as it remains a one-trick pony that’s too reliant on shallow deep state caricature. “If I’m here,…
Hatching is an intelligent, visceral film that avoids metaphor-heavy horror pitfalls and delivers an impressive creature feature. The coming-of-age horror film is a staple with…
9 Bullets is a startlingly bad film, one that struggles to reach even basic competence in any individual or collective regard. In his recent book…
Hello, Bookstore is soothing, cozy documentary but one entirely devoid of stakes or storytelling thrust. Hello, Bookstore opens with footage shot in the early weeks…
The Sound of Violet is a deeply out of touch, frequently offensive bit of nonsense that is best left unwatched. Phrases like “unbelievable” and “batshit…
Madelines has the clear kernel of a good idea, but ultimately feels like the rough draft of a rough draft. The latest no-budget sci-fi flick…
As They Made Us leans heavily into flat sitcom tropes, neutering any potential feeling the family drama might have otherwise realized. Family dramedy As They…
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…
The South Korean drama Hot in Day, Cold at Night is nothing if not timely in its portrait of an unnamed, twenty-something couple desperately…
Chinese documentary has long been a vibrant and all too underseen area of filmmaking, even before the international recognition of masters like Jia Zhangke…
Robe of Gems Already an acclaimed editor on films such as Carlos Reygadas’ Silent Light & Post Tenebras Lux and Lisandro Alonso’s Jauja, as…
Vortex is as viscerally bracing as Noe’s previous efforts, but here also cut through with a new, impressive level of restraint. It’s become somewhat…