With this year's DOC NYC coming to a close, we look at ten highlights from its impressive 2023 lineup.
Theatrical Film Reviews
Joshua Brunsting
Prismatic Ground 2023 [Film Festival Preview]
This year's festival runs May 3-7, and here are a few highlights.
Joshua Reviews Laura Citarella’s Trenque Lauquen [Theatrical Review]
The new film from Laura Citarella stars a brilliant performance from Laura Paredes.
Joshua Reviews Daniel Goldhaber’s How To Blow Up A Pipeline [Theatrical Review]
This new heist thriller is a brilliant, incendiary new drama from Cam director Daniel Goldhaber.
Doc Fortnight 2023 [Film Festival Preview]
Doc Fortnight 2023 runs February 22-March 6 at the Museum of Modern Art
Joshua Reviews Albert Serra’s Pacifiction [Theatrical Review]
The cult filmmaker returns with one of his most ambitious works to date, and also one of his very best.
Joshua Reviews Christopher Smith’s Consecration [Theatrical Review]
Director Christopher Smith returns with a brooding, if disappointing, horror/mystery film.
Sundance 2023 Dispatch Three: Cassandro, Magazine Dreams, More
In this third dispatch, we look at films from Deborah Stratman, a new drama about modern relationships and two top tier character studies with great lead performances.
Sundance 2023 Dispatch Two: Heroic, The Night Logan Woke Up, More
In this second Sundance dispatch, we look at a new Xavier Dolan TV series, a Daisy Ridley-starring workplace drama and a documentary about the datafication of the world around us.
Joshua Reviews Annie Ernaux’s The Super 8 Years [Theatrical Review]
Ernaux's new documentary is a beautiful, haunting meditation on shared memory.
Joshua Reviews Guillermo Del Toro And Mark Gustafson’s Pinocchio [Theatrical Review]
Jumping into the world of animation, Del Toro adapts a legendary children's story into a wartime mediation on humanity that's as gorgeous as it is moving.