Joshua Reviews Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite [Theatrical Review]
byDirector Bong Joon-ho returns with one of the year’s most anticipated films, a Palme d’Or satire as biting as it is brazenly entertaining.
Theatrical Film Reviews
Joshua Reviews Serge Gainsbourg’s Je T’aime Moi Non Plus [Theatrical Review]
bySerge Gainsbourg’s debut directing effort is a captivating, if ultimately uneven, erotic thriller truly unlike anything before or since.
Joshua Reviews Michel Ocelot’s Dilili In Paris [Theatrical Review]
byDirector Michel Ocelot returns with a captivating rumination on feminism and racism in Belle Epoque Paris.
Joshua Reviews Takashi Miike’s First Love [Theatrical Review]
byNow well over 100 films into his career, Takashi Miike not only continues subverting genre expectations, but is doing so in ways increasingly entertaining.
Joshua Reviews Paolo Sorrentino’s Loro [Theatrical Review]
byPaolo Sorrentino returns with a timely, if thin, look at power and corruption among the 1%.
Joshua Reviews Robert Luketic’s The Wedding Year
byLegally Blonde-helmer Robert Luketic returns with this wafer thin, yet oddly charming romantic comedy.
Joshua Reviews Asif Kapadia’s Diego Maradona [Theatrical Review]
byWith his latest foray into the world of sports documentary, filmmaker Asif Kapadia once again cements himself as one of the great documentarians of this generation.
Joshua Reviews Alejandro Landes’ Monos [Theatrical Review]
byLandes returns with one of the year’s most singular films, a haunting and visceral political allegory unlike anything you’ve seen in 2019.
Joshua Reviews Irene Taylor Brodsky’s Moonlight Sonata: Deafness In Three Movements [Theatrical Review]
byThis intimate, generation-spanning memoir is a tender look at life with hearing loss that’s as intimate narratively as it is universal emotionally.
Joshua Reviews Lindsey Cordero And Armando Croda’s I’m Leaving Now [Theatrical Review]
byAfter a much-heralded festival run, this empathetic portrait of one man’s struggle to get back to his family finally arrives in theaters.
Joshua Reviews Janice Engel’s Raise Hell: The Life And Times Of Molly Ivins [Theatrical Review]
byThe legendary political commentator is the subject of a new propulsive, if rudimentary, biographical documentary
Joshua Reviews Julia Reichert And Steven Bognar’s American Factory [Theatrical Review]
byOscar nominees Reichert and Bognar return with yet another brilliant rumination on life in the American manufacturing machine.
NYC’s Metrograph Launches New ‘Shaw Sisters’ Retrospective Highlighting Shaw Brothers Films Directed By Women
byThis new retrospective runs August 23-September 8
Joshua Reviews Francesco Zippel’s Friedkin Uncut [Theatrical Review]
byFriedkin’s career gets placed in the spotlight for this flat, thin biodoc.
Joshua Reviews Lucio Castro’s End Of The Century [Theatrical Review]
byCastro’s debut feature is a quiet, unassuming romantic drama that exceeds all expectations.
Joshua Reviews Roberto Minervini’s What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire [Theatrical Review]
byDirector Roberto Minervini returns with another masterful feature documentary.