The Velvet Underground
By Paul Weissman November 24, 2021
A thoroughly entertaining and insightful documentary, even if it’s not the definitive biography of the band.
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Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn | Uppercase Print
By Caroline Ely November 21, 2021
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
By Christopher Bourne November 18, 2021
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
By Guillermo Lopez Meza November 15, 2021
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
By Phil Guie November 14, 2021
A lively portrait of how good local journalism reflects the lives of those who read it.
Julia
By Wilda Williams November 12, 2021
Don’t watch Julia Cohen and Betsy West’s delightful documentary about Julia Child on an empty stomach.
Only the Animals
By Caroline Ely October 27, 2021
Intricate and masterful, strange and heartbreaking, Only the Animals is a great new entry into the multilinear narrative canon.
Red Rocket | New York Film Festival 2021
By Kent Turner October 9, 2021
Simon Rex’s performance is one of the most gratifying surprises of the year.
The Power of the Dog | New York Film Festival 2021
By Kent Turner October 2, 2021
Jane Campion performs a seductive sleight of hand in her adaptation of American writer Thomas Savage’s 1967 shapeshifting novel.