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.
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.