Onlookers — Kimi Takesue
Kimi Takesue’s third feature film is a fraught, respectably reflexive process in objectification. Utilizing the much ado of the tourism industry as our subject (through which it extrapolates its...
View ArticleI Love You More — Erblin Nushi
Written and directed by Erblin Nushi, I Love You More is a delicate film which explores the heartbreak of queer adolescence. The film centers on a young Kosovar teenager, Ben (Don Shala), who is trying...
View ArticleBob Marley: One Love — Reinaldo Marcus Green
It’s difficult to think of a more cynical, creatively stagnant genre than the celebrity musical biopic. Seriously, even the comic book movies will produce the occasional Spider-Verse, but the best of...
View ArticleMasters of the Air — John Shiban & John Orloff
It’s been over 20 years since the legendary HBO miniseries Band of Brothers captivated you and your dad with its scrupulous, detailed, and reverent depiction of the European theater of World War II,...
View ArticleBleeding Love — Emma Westenberg
Writing on the difficulties of representing addiction, Leslie Jamison notes that the process of sobriety is seen as a “tedious addendum” to the riveting blaze of addiction. While self-destruction makes...
View ArticleThis Is Me… Now: A Love Story — Dave Meyers
Jennifer Lopez, in recent years, has made a comeback from her early career to new levels of critical and commercial success. Lopez dominated Netflix streaming with 2023’s The Mother, which became one...
View ArticleCarole & Grey — Jon Bass
God knows it’s hard to get noticed in the indie film scene these days, which is why Jon Bass’ new experiment in self-releasing warrants some attention. Bass, a “Hey, I recognize that guy” character...
View ArticleLand of Bad — William Eubank
Speeding right past Truffaut’s famous “there’s no such thing as an anti-war movie” dictum, William Eubank’s new gung-ho military action-thriller Land of Bad declares itself — in no uncertain terms —...
View ArticleIo Capitano — Matteo Garrone
Matteo Garrone’s new film Io Capitano includes a map of the exact overland path taken by its two main characters during the end credits, charting the indirect route from Dakar to Agadez and then to...
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Reality Very Rarely Provides a Neat Ending: An Interview with Antoine Bourges
The films of Antoine Bourges are measured by their restraint. Noted for their blurring of documentary and fiction, Bourges immerses himself in under-represented places at society’s periphery to create...
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