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Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Reviews Lucy Kerr’s Family Portrait [Theatrical Review]
Kerr makes her directorial debut with this quietly unsettling family drama led by another astounding performance from Deragh Campbell.
Joshua Reviews Daniel Goldhaber’s How To Blow Up A Pipeline [Theatrical Review]
This new heist thriller is a brilliant, incendiary new drama from Cam director Daniel Goldhaber.
Joshua Reviews Christopher Smith’s Consecration [Theatrical Review]
Director Christopher Smith returns with a brooding, if disappointing, horror/mystery film.
Joshua Reviews Annie Ernaux’s The Super 8 Years [Theatrical Review]
Ernaux's new documentary is a beautiful, haunting meditation on shared memory.
Five Films To See From New York Asian Film Festival 2022 [Film Festival Preview]
This year's festival runs July 15-31 at both Film at Lincoln Center and New York's Asia Society.
Joshua Reviews Matias Pineiro’s Isabella [Theatrical Review]
Pineiro's latest is another entrancing riff on the works of William Shakespeare, this time with a touch of emotionally shattering color theory thrown in for good measure.
AFI DOCS 2021 [Festival Recap]
Here are three documentaries that stole the show at this year's AFI DOCS.
Joshua Reviews Thomas Riedelsheimer’s Leaning Into The Wind [Theatrical Review]
Almost two decades after their first collaboration, director Thomas Riedelsheimer and artist Andy Goldsworthy re-connect for one of the best documentaries of the year, so far.
Joshua Reviews Maysaloun Hamoud’s In Between [Theatrical Review]
2018 starts off with a moving look at life caught between modernity and tradition in Tel Aviv.
Joshua Reviews Julian Rosefeldt’s Manifesto [Theatrical Review]
Adapting his art installation, Julian Rosefeldt brings his Cate Blanchett-led meditation on art and politics to theaters.
Joshua Reviews Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson [Theatrical Review]
The latest film from director Jim Jarmusch may very well be the director's crowning artistic achievement, and easily one of 2016's best films.
Joshua Reviews David Schisgall’s Theo Who Lived [Theatrical Review]
This new documentary tells the story of a journalist kidnapped by a terrorist cell, and held under false pretenses.
Joshua Reviews Alex Lehmann’s Blue Jay [Theatrical Review]
Led by two top tier performances, this debut drama from director Alex Lehmann is an assured, if quiet, relationship drama.
Joshua Reviews Andre Techine’s Being 17 [Theatrical Review]
Driven by two star making lead performances, Being 17 is a genuine surprise from two of French cinema's great artists.