2018 starts off with a moving look at life caught between modernity and tradition in Tel Aviv.
Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Reviews Claude Berri’s The Two Of Us [Theatrical Review]
Film is the start of The Quad Cinema's new Berri retrospective, A Very Berri Christmas, running December 22-January 4.
Joshua Reviews Alexander Payne’s Election [Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review]
Payne's second feature film, Election arrived on DVD and Blu-ray via The Criterion Collection earlier this month, and it's one hell of a way to cap off what has been a banner year for the boutique brand.
Joshua’s Five Favorite DVD & Blu-ray Releases Of 2017
From a Godard masterpiece to a collection of world cinema classics waiting to be discovered, these are the five very best home video releases of 2017.
Ken Russell’s Women In Love Coming To The Criterion Collection? New Restoration Hitting NYC’s Metrograph This Weekend
Film plays a one week revival run at The Metrograph starting December 1.
Joshua Reviews Aki Kaurismaki’s The Other Side Of Hope [Theatrical Review]
Kaurismaki returns with one of his most politically charged pictures to date. It may also be one of his best.
Joshua Reviews Hong Sang-soo’s On The Beach At Night Alone [Theatrical Review]
One of today's most prolific filmmakers, the first of Hong Sang-soo's three 2017 pictures finally hits theaters, and it's one of the director's true crowning achievements.
DOC NYC Runs November 9-16; Features Over 250 Films Including New Films From Errol Morris, Joe Berlinger, More
And these are the films you need to keep an eye out for.
Joshua Reviews Lana Wilson’s The Departure [Theatrical Review]
This new documentary looks at a former punk-turned-priest and the lives he tries to save, including his own.
Joshua Reviews Ferenc Torok’s 1945 [Theatrical Review]
This great new film is a breathtaking, black and white-shot WWII picture that takes a look at shared history and man's culpability in the inhumanity around them.
Joshua Reviews Petra Volpe’s The Divine Order [Theatrical Review]
The sophomore feature effort from Volpe is a delightful, if broad, drama that happens to also be Switzerland's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the upcoming Academy Awards.
Joshua Reviews Orson Welles’ Othello [Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review]
One of Welles’ greatest films finally arrives on a Criterion Collection Blu-Ray.
Joshua Reviews Jean-Luc Godard’s La Chinoise [Blu-ray Review]
An underrated masterpiece from the French New Wave icon hits Blu in one of 2017’s most must-own home video releases.
Joshua Reviews Alexandre O. Phillippe’s 78/52 [Theatrical Review]
This documentary takes a deep dive into the making of and ultimately the cultural impact of one of cinema's most important scenes.