‘Lovers Rock’ Review: An Ecstatic Ode to Music and Community
If the sublime Lovers Rock is any indication, then the totality of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe may very well be the cinematic event of the year.
If the sublime Lovers Rock is any indication, then the totality of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe may very well be the cinematic event of the year.
Hong Sang-soo’s latest may appear slight, but packs a good bit of depth, as it explores relationships, friendships, and intimacy.
This epic four-hour tour of Boston’s city government is not just a monument to film editing, but a spry, empathetic, and delightfully sharp dissection of civic life.
Nomadland pays cheap lip service to the causes of American poverty while romanticizing its brutal realities as part of a proud American tradition.
Tsai Ming-liang offers a powerhouse treatise on loneliness in his nearly wordless film Days. Read more about one of the best films of NYFF58.
A look back at Cristi Puiu’s breakthrough film The Death of Mr. Lazarescu which won Un Certain Regard at Cannes and ranked #5 in New York Times: The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century So Far.
Josephine Decker’s Shirley is no ordinary biopic but is instead a powerful evocation of Shirley Jackson’s iconic brand of psychological horror grounded in a chilling Elisabeth Moss performance.
Pete Davidson trips all over himself trying to grab the crown in this stale retread of Judd Apatow’s ‘man-child-grows-up’ genre.
Knives Out reinvigorates the murder-mystery genre with sharp themes, surprising twists, and some delicious performances.