Mumblecore grandfather returns with his most commercial work to date, and also one of his most mature and moving.
Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Reviews Bertrand Mandico’s The Wild Boys [Theatrical Review]
This transgressive look at gender and sexuality is one of 2018's great debut feature films.
Film Society Of Lincoln Center Hosting Career-Spanning Germaine Dulac Retrospective
One of the great female pioneers of silent cinema, Dulac's career is one of experimentation and worthy of historical re-evaluation.
Joshua Reviews Jeremiah Zagar’s We The Animals [Theatrical Review]
This Sundance award-winning coming of age tale is an impressionistic look at a sensitive young boy caught in a chaotic world.
Lou Ye The Focus Of Month-Long Retrospective On MUBI
The Sixth Generation Chinese auteur sees four of his films as the primary focus of August's Mubi lineup.
Joshua Reviews Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman [Theatrical Review]
Spike Lee returns with a film that sees the legendary filmmaker at the height of his powers, bringing to theaters the movie of the year.
Joshua Reviews Susanna Nicchiarelli’s Nico, 1988 [Theatrical Review]
This haunting look at the late days of one of rock's great enigmas, Nico, 1988 is one of the year's great surprises.
Joshua Reviews Josephine Decker’s Madeline’s Madeline [Fantasia 2018]
Indie darling Josephine Decker returns with her best film to date, a devastating character study that's one of 2018's most original films.
Joshua Reviews Sion Sono’s Tokyo Vampire Hotel [Fantasia 2018]
Sion Sono returns with a feature-length cut of his Amazon Prime series Tokyo Vampire Hotel, and it's one of his most ambitious, and cumbersome, films to date.
Joshua Reviews John Hanson And Rob Nilsson’s The Prairie Trilogy [Theatrical Review]
Made of three short documentaries, this trilogy shines a light on an unsung American political figure and the Socialist movement he helped to foster.
Joshua Reviews Ujicha’s Violence Voyager [Fantasia 2018]
Violence Voyager is a gnarly experiment in animation that's unlike anything you'll see this year.
Joshua Reviews Juliana Rojas And Marco Dutra’s Good Manners [Theatrical Review]
The second outing from this directing duo is a wonderfully esoteric take on class dynamics through the lens of a modern-day fable, and it's an absolute winner.
Joshua Reviews Akiyuki Shinbo And Nobuyuki Takeuchi’s Fireworks [Fantasia 2018]
Fireworks is an animated film that is as gorgeously made as it is upsettingly plotted.
Joshua Reviews Joseph Kahn’s Bodied [Fantasia 2018]
Joseph Kahn returns with one of the year's most controversial, and brazenly hilarious, films.