Free Chol Soo Lee
By Phil Guie August 11, 2022
A fascinating look back at events that would shape the political views of Asian Americans up to the present day, as well as an intimate portrait of an important, if flawed, real-life figure.
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Girl Picture
By Caroline Ely August 10, 2022
A new entry in the coming-of-age category, Girl Picture offers a lot of charm and heart, and even outstrips some competitors in its own modest way.
Resurrection
By Andrew Plimpton July 29, 2022
A horror film that fully embraces its fairy-tale roots (stories of a boogeyman who devours children) and goes to some wild and grotesque extremes.
Medusa
By Caroline Ely July 28, 2022
Candy-colored and stylized and often surreal as it is, the provocative Medusa contains a lot that feels very relevant right now.
Nope
By Paul Weissman July 21, 2022
A popcorn film—by design—and a blast, meant to be seen in a large theater with lots of people.
She Will
By Paul Weissman July 14, 2022
A thriller that starts off feeling like a classic gothic horror update and unexpectedly ends as a post-feminist revenge flick, with Alice Krige giving a master class performance.
Queen of Glory
By Kirsten Anderson
In Nana Mensah’s winning and heartfelt debut film, you can go home again; part of you never left.
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
By Paul Weissman June 30, 2022
A music documentary that succeeds in being quite a few things at once: a biography/appreciation and an examination of a now ubiquitous song.
Lost Illusions
By Caroline Ely June 10, 2022
A lush yet propulsive story of a writer’s rise and fall in 19th-century Paris that moves fast and is loads of fun.