The Box
By Paul Weissman November 3, 2022
A heartbreaking, resonant coming-of-age film about a 14-year-old boy and his newfound, problematic father figure.
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Is That Black Enough for You?!? | New York Film Festival 2022
By Kent Turner
Why did the surge of Black-centered films from the late 1960s through the 1970s fade away?
Argentina, 1985
By Ted Metrakas October 25, 2022
A tightly structured, informative, and cinematic depiction of the most important trial in Argentinian history. It’s also among the best movies of the year
The Fire That Took Her
By Kevin Filipski October 20, 2022
Sometimes it’s enough for a film to be an unapologetic piece of advocacy journalism, as is the case with Patricia E. Gillespie’s absolutely heartbreaking documentary.
Sirens
By Zachary Jones October 7, 2022
Meet Slave to Sirens, an all-female thrash metal band from Beirut, Lebanon,
Last Flight Home
By Kevin Filipski October 6, 2022
Depicting the last days of her 92-year-old father, Ondi Timoner has a made a heartbreaking and profound documentary.
Piggy
By Paul Weissman
A psychological horror film not for the faint of heart.
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
By Paul Weissman September 29, 2022
Ana Lily Amirpour has given us is a valentine to the downtrodden. It’s like a Tom Waits tune covered by Duran Duran, and a delight.
Charcoal | TIFF 2022
By Kent Turner September 23, 2022
This well-calibrated droll and dark satire has a life force that courses in serpentine ways that recall Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite.