Throughout modern history, pop and rock music have certainly played a crucial role in a broader socio-political history. Filled with joyful and energetic dynamism,…
One Fine Morning Stepping back from Cannes’ main competition in favor of the somewhat cooler (in 2022, anyhow), awards-less Directors’ Fortnight lineup, Mia Hansen…
A sharp, intelligent, and character-driven LGBTQ riff on Austen, Fire Island is one of the best things to happen to the rom-com genre in…
Watcher stumbles into the territory of predictability that has sunk many a better horror-thriller before it. Horror inspired by the unique voyeurism of apartment-living…
Léonor Serraille’s Mother and Son is the sort of coming-of-age film that aims to capture life in both small and broad strokes. With a…
Tori and Lokita Even by their standards, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s Tori and Lokita is a relatively to-the-point affair. Set in an unnamed Belgian…
A Beautiful Time is as rich an emotional experience as it is a masterful work of craftsmanship. Truly great Willie Nelson albums come in many different shapes,…
Palomino reminds us that Miranda Lambert is one of our most intuitive record-makers. In 1976, Joni Mitchell sang about the “Refuge of the Road” —…
Future It’s been a while since we last heard from Future — if, and only if, one goes off of his previous track record’s…
War Pony The past decade suggests an encroaching — or, perhaps at this point, arrived — renaissance in Indigenous art. Regardless of the medium,…
Triangle of Sadness Like its titular metaphor, Ruben Östlund’s follow-up to his caustic and controversial Palme winner unfurls in cryptic yet characterizable fashion; in…
Writer-director Emmanuelle Nicot’s Love According to Dalva opens with the titular character (Zelda Samson) being violently separated from her father in their own home…
Pacifiction A favorite at Cannes for several years now, self-styled arthouse rockstar Albert Serra has had a dependable home th festival since his (narrative)…
A favorite at Cannes for several years now, self-styled arthouse rockstar Albert Serra has had a dependable home at the festival since his (narrative)…
Don Juan Serge Bozon’s follow-up to Madame Hyde (2017), Don Juan seems to continue that film’s revisionist update of a classic tale, while also returning…
Final Cut Though remakes of beloved films are usually met with some degree of warranted skepticism, sometimes the combination of director and material is…
Deception should have been prime, loopy material for Desplechin, but instead remains frustratingly staid, only occasionally capturing the spark of his more personal material.…
B.I.B.L.E. is evidence that the past year’s features king is only grinding for superstardom, sanding down any Brooklyn drill edges in favor of bland…
A deeply personal record of disillusionment and quiet rage, Skinty Fia is easily Fontaines D.C.’s most adventurous work yet. The 2010s brought with them…