Despite being classic, almost rudimentary, in its craft, this startling documentary is a profoundly moving look at a nation in conflict.
Reviews
Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Reviews Thomas Vinterberg’s The Commune [Theatrical Review]
Director Thomas Vinterberg teams with writer Tobias Lindholm to craft a quietly moving look at a marriage imploding.
David Reviews Yasujiro Ozu’s Good Morning [Criterion Blu-ray Review]
David offers up a litany of generic cliches and catch phrases in praise of a long-awaited DVD-to-Blu-ray upgrade.
David Blakeslee
Joshua Reviews Lav Diaz’s The Woman Who Left [Theatrical Review]
The Filipino master returns with another dense, epic-length masterwork.
Joshua Reviews Julian Rosefeldt’s Manifesto [Theatrical Review]
Adapting his art installation, Julian Rosefeldt brings his Cate Blanchett-led meditation on art and politics to theaters.
Joshua Reviews Paolo Virzi’s Like Crazy [Theatrical Review]
The friendship between two women in crisis centers this classically crafted yet utterly captivating comedy/drama.
Joshua Reviews Stéphane Brizé’s A Woman’s Life [Theatrical Review]
Brize returns with a gorgeous, if uneven, take on a literary classic.
Joshua Reviews Feras Fayyad’s Last Men In Aleppo [Theatrical Review]
One of the year's best documentaries puts us in the middle of one of the most important global conflicts.
Arik Reviews Wim Wenders’ Buena Vista Social Club [Criterion Collection Blu-ray review]
An incredibly valuable artifact from a musical tradition that few would otherwise get to experience. We are all so luck that this exists.
Arik Devens
Scott Reviews Charles Vidor’s Cover Girl [Masters of Cinema Blu-ray Review]
The melancholy musical is as wily, witty, and moving as they come.
Scott Nye
Joshua Reviews Vanessa Gould’s Obit [Theatrical Review]
While the subject may be a bit morbid, obituary writing makes for a deeply intriguing documentary feature.
Trevor Reviews Francis Ford Coppola’s Rumble Fish [Criterion Collection Blu-Ray Review]
Francis Ford Coppola dreamed of making an art film for teenagers. The result is Rumble Fish, the black and white follow-up to and attempt to create distance from The Outsiders.
Trevor Berrett
Scott Reviews Juzo Itami’s Tampopo [Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review]
Itami both repulses and seduces us with a series of dishes.
Joshua Reviews Kino Lorber’s Gianfranco Rosi Collection [Blu-ray Review]
With an Oscar nomination under his belt, Gianfranco Rosi finally gets the retrospective box set an auteur of his skill truly deserves.
Joshua Reviews John Scheinfeld’s Chasing Trane [Theatrical Review]
One of jazz music's greatest composers finally gets the documentary he so rightly deserves.