Never Rarely Sometimes Always
By Andrew Plimpton March 13, 2020
Eliza Hittman’s third feature is richly rewarding as well as political, and this aspect is neither overstated nor shied away from.
Top Picks
Bacurau
By Guillermo Lopez Meza March 5, 2020
An innovative and fresh work to Brazilian cinema as well as the many genres that the movie digests, and it’s one of the best and most unique approaches to the western in recent years.
The Wild Goose Lake
By Phil Guie
A neonoir that could be interpreted as savage and bleak, strangely beautiful, or somewhere in between.
Corpus Christi
By Caroline Ely February 19, 2020
Poland’s 2020 Academy Award nominee for best international film poses complex questions within its relatively simple story of a young ex-con impersonating a priest.
The Cordillera of Dreams
By Phil Guie February 14, 2020
Can the Andes really be as constant and unchanging as they appear from afar, especially given the political upheaval that has occurred in the country lying in their shadows?
Les Misérables
By Wilda Williams
Ladj Ly’s movie graphically examines how French society, through the actions of one police squad, reaps what it sows.
1917
By Kent Turner December 24, 2019
Danger comes from all corners: snipers; huge, voracious rats; and land mines. World War I, in its many facets, is the central character.
Uncut Gems
By Andrew Plimpton December 21, 2019
The Safdie brothers have crafted yet another film that places a character in increasingly high-risk situations that careen between comedy and genuine menace. It’s nowhere close to relaxing, and is none the worse for it.
The Best of 2019
By Kent Turner December 19, 2019
There is no escaping that the films favored this year (with the exception of two) are all somehow crime related, though they broadly range from the elegant to the earthy.