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Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Brunsting
2019 CriterionCast Gift Guide: The 20 Best Film Books to Give This Year
Looking for a book to give to the cinephile in your life? Check out this list.
Joshua Reviews Matt Wolf’s Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project [Theatrical Review]
This new documentary looks at the life, and incredible video archive, of a woman who spent the last decades of her life collecting history as we collectively lived it.
Joshua Reviews Joan Micklin Silver’s A Fish In The Bathtub [Theatrical Review]
Joan Micklin Silver's rarely seen comedic gem is given new life thanks to a new restoration from Cohen Media Group.
DOC NYC 2019 Preview: Ten Films To See At This Year’s Festival
From a brilliant D.A. Pennebaker documentary to a return into the mind of Terry Gilliam, these are ten films from DOC NYC 2019 that you need to see.
Joshua Reviews David Charles Rodrigues’ Gay Chorus Deep South [Theatrical Review]
This new documentary looks at the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus as they take to the Bible Belt to not only perform, but hopefully change a few minds and even more hearts in the process.
Joshua Reviews Nadav Lapid’s Synonyms [Theatrical Review]
Driven by a towering lead performance, Synonyms is a potent and profound look at the intersection between toxic masculinity and nationalism.
Joshua Reviews Ed Perkins’ Tell Me Who I Am [Theatrical Review]
Ed Perkins returns with this engrossing tale of lost memory, family and grief through two twins caught in a web of lies and abuse.
Joshua Reviews Feras Fayyad’s The Cave [Theatrical Review]
Last Men In Aleppo director Fayyad returns with a harrowing look at life in an underground hospital in Syria.
Joshua Reviews Francois Ozon’s By The Grace Of God [Theatrical Review]
Beloved French auteur Francois Ozon returns with a captivating, unshakable rumination on grief through a tale of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.
Joshua Reviews Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite [Theatrical Review]
Director Bong Joon-ho returns with one of the year's most anticipated films, a Palme d'Or satire as biting as it is brazenly entertaining.
Joshua Reviews Serge Gainsbourg’s Je T’aime Moi Non Plus [Theatrical Review]
Serge Gainsbourg's debut directing effort is a captivating, if ultimately uneven, erotic thriller truly unlike anything before or since.
Top Five Home Video Releases: September 2019
From a trio of superb Criterion Collection releases to a underrated masterpiece from Billy Wilder, these are the five best home video releases of September 2019.
Joshua Reviews Michel Ocelot’s Dilili In Paris [Theatrical Review]
Director Michel Ocelot returns with a captivating rumination on feminism and racism in Belle Epoque Paris.
Joshua Reviews Takashi Miike’s First Love [Theatrical Review]
Now well over 100 films into his career, Takashi Miike not only continues subverting genre expectations, but is doing so in ways increasingly entertaining.