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Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn | Uppercase Print

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.

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

As so often happens with international films, this movie is much more accurately represented by its original Japanese title, Coincidence and Imagination, than its English translation.

Prayers for the Stolen

The straightforward and innocent way of how kids perceive the world, despite how complicated and rough the surroundings, is remarkably depicted in the splendid first feature film by Tatiana Huezo.

Storm Lake

A lively portrait of how good local journalism reflects the lives of those who read it.

Julia

Don’t watch Julia Cohen and Betsy West’s delightful documentary about Julia Child on an empty stomach.

Only the Animals

Intricate and masterful, strange and heartbreaking, Only the Animals is a great new entry into the multilinear narrative canon. 

Old Henry

Sometimes trusting the tropes of the genre and simply telling a good, involving story is enough. This western understands this and spins its tale with confidence and style.