This adaptation of a beloved WWII memoir is a haunted meditation on grief and loss.
Reviews
Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Reviews Andrew Bujalski’s Support The Girls [Theatrical Review]
Mumblecore grandfather returns with his most commercial work to date, and also one of his most mature and moving.
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.
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.
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.
Joshua Reviews Lisa Bruhlmann’s Blue My Mind [Fantasia 2018]
A coming of age film unlike any before, Blue My Mind is a thrilling and beautiful look at the experience of one coming into their own adulthood and all the horrors that go with it.
Joshua Reviews Joel Potrykus’ Relaxer [Fantasia 2018]
Polarizing indie wunderkind Joel Potrykus returns with a look at an existential crisis in the face of the end of the world.