The Nightingale
By Kent Turner August 5, 2019
If Jennifer Kent’s first film, The Babadook (2014), had a sinister undercurrent, her new and more multifaceted film unleashes it in full force.
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Luce
By Jose Taveras August 2, 2019
A packed, well-oiled vicious circle that speaks volumes and takes no prisoners.
La Flor
By Guillermo Lopez Meza August 1, 2019
The question about watching La Flor, one of the more exceptional films in recent South American cinema, shouldn’t be if but when.
For Sama
By Phil Guie July 29, 2019
The powerful documentary may represent a parent’s attempt to explain her actions to future grown-up progeny, but it’s also a tribute to a city that was once her family’s home, which currently exists solely on film and in memory.
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
By Kent Turner July 26, 2019
Quentin Tarantino’s most exuberant and, believe it or not, minimalist film riffs on late-1960s Hollywood.
I Do Not Care if We Go Down in History as Barbarians
By Caroline Ely
A cockeyed, brilliant, and surreal comedy about Holocaust denial. Apparently this phenomenon is thriving in contemporary Romanian life and thought.
Honeyland
By Benjamin Tran July 25, 2019
Featuring one of the most memorable personalities in film this year.
A Bigger Splash
By Kyle Mustain July 22, 2019
A documentary way ahead of its time, of three years in the life of painter David Hockney.
Sea of Shadows
By Jose Taveras July 12, 2019
Director Richard Ladkani unleashes a thought-provoking ticking bomb of an exposé.