Marriage Story
By Rania Richardson November 7, 2019
Noah Baumbach digs deep to explore the facets of modern uncoupling.
Top Picks
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
By Andrew Plimpton October 25, 2019
As an introduction to the history and use of sound in film, this documentary is admirable, enjoyable, and hard to resist.
The Cave
By Kent Turner October 19, 2019
In a war zone outside of Damascus, a hospital goes underground, setting up shop in a network of tunnels and a basement labyrinth.
Parasite
By Andrew Plimpton October 11, 2019
The year’s Palme d’Or winner is full of dark humor, surreal twists, and genuinely jaw-dropping sequences.
Pain and Glory
By Paul Weissman October 3, 2019
Pedro Almodóvar returns with a lovely, meandering, melancholy delight of a film.
Chained for Life
By Kyle Mustain September 22, 2019
A famous Hollywood actress takes on a starring role in a Dario Argento–esque, avant-garde horror film, set in a hospital where a mad surgeon seeks to cure people with physical anomalies.
Auggie
By Paul Weissman September 20, 2019
Director Matt Kane transcends clichés to deliver a sad, knowing look at male pride in a small, intimate sci-fi film.
Tigers Are Not Afraid
By Paul Weissman August 20, 2019
With its breadth of imagination and unflinching look at the ravages of gang warfare, the movie blends Stephen King’s cusp-of-innocence vibe with Charles Dickens’s exposure of social ills.
End of the Century
By Phil Guie August 15, 2019
Debut director Lucio Castro captures the deliberate rhythms of a life lived in the moment.