We look at five of the best home videos from July 2021, ranging from a pair of exploitation films from Kino Lorber to a box set of one of America's great experimental filmmakers.
Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Reviews Hogir Hirori’s Sabaya [Theatrical Review]
This new documentary from MTV Documentary Films and director Hogir Hirori is a thrilling, often chilling, look into the life of women kidnapped into slavery, and the volunteers willing to risk their lives to save them.
Joshua Reviews Jean-Paul Salome’s Mama Weed [Theatrical Review]
This new crime thriller takes a thinly drawn premise, pairs it with an ace Isabelle Huppert performance and what results is a fun, if forgettable, B-movie.
Joshua Reviews C.W. Winter And Anders Edstrom’s The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) [Theatrical Review]
This epic-length look into the life of a worker in a remote village in Japan is a gorgeous, often haunting rumination on time.
Joshua Reviews Francois Ozon’s Summer Of 85 [Theatrical Review]
Ozon's latest is a sun-drenched tale of lust and death, and another gem from one of today's great directors.
AFI DOCS 2021 [Festival Recap]
Here are three documentaries that stole the show at this year's AFI DOCS.
Tribeca Film Festival 2021: Dispatch Three
This third and final dispatch from Tribeca 2021 looks at a pair of fantastic biographies and a crowd pleasing sports documentary.
Tribeca Film Festival 2021: Dispatch Two
This second dispatch from Tribeca 2021 looks at an entrancing fiction film and a pair of one-of-a-kind documentaries.
Tribeca Film Festival 2021: Dispatch One
The first of three Tribeca dispatches looks at three of the festival's more talked about documentaries.
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2021 [Film Festival Preview]
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema runs May 28-June 6.
Joshua Reviews Mohammad Rasoulof’s There Is No Evil [Theatrical Review]
The latest from director Mohammad Rasoulof is a powerful and provocative look at the death penalty and the toll it takes on one's humanity.
Joshua Reviews Melvin Van Peebles’ The Story Of A Three Day Pass [Theatrical Review]
The brilliant debut for director Melvin Van Peebles finally comes back to theaters in a gorgeous new 4K restoration.