Alice Rohrwacher’s continued exploration of magical realism is a visual feast full of potential, but something is lacking in the film’s expression of its emotional core.…
« read »Black Box Diaries highlights that, as it currently stands, we will not find justice through pathways run by patriarchy and the valuing of the upper-class and higher-powered voices over the marginalized. …
« read »Didi doesn’t soften the blows of early adolescence in the way many coming-of-age stories tend to, which only serves to make it all the more comforting.…
« read »Daughters is essential viewing in its insistence that we sit with the pain, grief, and ongoing that countless American families sit with daily under the oppression of the modern, for-profit prison system.…
« read »‘All of Us Strangers’ chooses, quite movingly, to look at loving as something stabilizing and true.…
« read »'Saltburn' fails to present Oliver’s infiltration of the Catton family, and his slurping up of their blood and guts, with a ruggedness or rawness [...] 'Saltburn' wants the idea of being nasty to be enough for us.…
« read »Sara Margrethe Oskal’s directorial debut heartbreakingly modernizes the love story, offering us a tale that will stand the test of time.…
« read »Ironically turning a familiar tale on its head, 'Sleep' is a curious and enjoyable directorial debut.…
« read »Surprising and subtle, 'A Match' is peerless as it excavates the meaning of marriage in a small family.…
« read »This documentary about a mother and her four daughters is a landmark achievement, haunting and unforgettable.…
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