Now well over 100 films into his career, Takashi Miike not only continues subverting genre expectations, but is doing so in ways increasingly entertaining.
Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Reviews Paolo Sorrentino’s Loro [Theatrical Review]
Paolo Sorrentino returns with a timely, if thin, look at power and corruption among the 1%.
Joshua Reviews Robert Luketic’s The Wedding Year
Legally Blonde-helmer Robert Luketic returns with this wafer thin, yet oddly charming romantic comedy.
Joshua Reviews Asif Kapadia’s Diego Maradona [Theatrical Review]
With his latest foray into the world of sports documentary, filmmaker Asif Kapadia once again cements himself as one of the great documentarians of this generation.
Joshua Reviews Alejandro Landes’ Monos [Theatrical Review]
Landes returns with one of the year's most singular films, a haunting and visceral political allegory unlike anything you've seen in 2019.
Joshua Reviews Irene Taylor Brodsky’s Moonlight Sonata: Deafness In Three Movements [Theatrical Review]
This intimate, generation-spanning memoir is a tender look at life with hearing loss that's as intimate narratively as it is universal emotionally.
Joshua Reviews Lindsey Cordero And Armando Croda’s I’m Leaving Now [Theatrical Review]
After a much-heralded festival run, this empathetic portrait of one man's struggle to get back to his family finally arrives in theaters.
Joshua Reviews Janice Engel’s Raise Hell: The Life And Times Of Molly Ivins [Theatrical Review]
The legendary political commentator is the subject of a new propulsive, if rudimentary, biographical documentary
Top Five Home Video Releases: August 2019
From a trio of Abbas Kiarostami-directed masterpieces to a rediscovered travelogue, these are the five best home video releases of August 2019.
Joshua Reviews Julia Reichert And Steven Bognar’s American Factory [Theatrical Review]
Oscar nominees Reichert and Bognar return with yet another brilliant rumination on life in the American manufacturing machine.
NYC’s Metrograph Launches New ‘Shaw Sisters’ Retrospective Highlighting Shaw Brothers Films Directed By Women
This new retrospective runs August 23-September 8
Joshua Reviews Francesco Zippel’s Friedkin Uncut [Theatrical Review]
Friedkin's career gets placed in the spotlight for this flat, thin biodoc.
Joshua Reviews Lucio Castro’s End Of The Century [Theatrical Review]
Castro's debut feature is a quiet, unassuming romantic drama that exceeds all expectations.
Joshua Reviews Roberto Minervini’s What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire [Theatrical Review]
Director Roberto Minervini returns with another masterful feature documentary.
Top Five Home Video Releases: July 2019
From a pair of groundbreaking silent films to one of the great thrillers of early '70s American Cinema, these are the five best home video releases of July 2019.