Flux Gourmet
By Paul Weissman June 23, 2022
Saying that this is Peter Strickland’s most accessible film to date, which it is, in no way means that it is accessible.
Saying that this is Peter Strickland’s most accessible film to date, which it is, in no way means that it is accessible.
Radu Munteanu’s mordant comedy slides from a Romanian Green Acres to the grotesque.
Two more Radu Jude films torch Romanian ignorance, authoritarianism, and poltroonery. The borderline-bonkers Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn churns with incendiary ideas, while Uppercase Print condemns Ceausescu–era repression with clunky sincerity.
A creative couple explores artistry and love in this whimsical adventure and beguiling fantasy.
The nimble, sprawling, and biting debut by director Cathy Yan (Birds of Prey: Harley Quinn).
Visually textured and richly shot, the dark satire has earned Tunisia’s first-ever Academy Award nod for International Feature Film.
Writer-director Matthew Rankin’s first feature is a raunchy look back at Canadian history through a psychedelic and psychosexual lens.
The comedy’s appealing accessibility doesn’t overshadow the social concerns that propel it, or allow it to rise beyond expectations.
Director Taika Waititi manages to maneuver through slapstick, sentimentality, comedy, and searing drama with aplomb.