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Palm Trees and Power Lines

The story of how a lonely, teenage girl is groomed and exploited by an older man.

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt | Sundance 2023

Writer/director Raven Jackson’s debut feature reveals a perceptive and immensely talented filmmaker. The pleasures here are mainly mined from the visual and aural details.

Tár

The movie starts as a character study piece and slowly becomes a psychological thriller (kind of) where an artist is no longer the author of her fate.

Call Jane

People often talk about a piece of art being “timely.” Yet I doubt anyone involved in the preproduction of this drama could have imagined how, well, timely the movie would be.

Armageddon Time | NYFF 2022

Writer/director James Gray places a lot of responsibility on the slender shoulders of his young actors in this re-creation of his early 1980s upbringing.

Causeway | TIFF 2022

As the sole lead, Jennifer Lawrence returns in her best film in years.

The Integrity of Joseph Chambers | Tribeca Festival 2022

A hapless hunter chases a vision of masculine self-reliance.

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair

What happens when the comfort of an online relationship turns cold.

I Love My Dad | SXSW 2022

This cringey comedy may be the best unofficial sequel to the 2010 documentary Catfish