Joshua Reviews Jessica Hausner’s Little Joe [Theatrical Review]
byFive years after her masterpiece Amour Fou, Jessica Hausner returns with her English-language debut, a haunting and icy cold thriller unlike anything you’ve ever seen.
Theatrical Film Reviews
Joshua Reviews Beniamino Barrese’s The Disappearance Of My Mother [Theatrical Review]
byAn intimate look into the life of his revolutionary mother, Barzini’s first feature is one of 2019’s best documentaries.
Joshua Reviews Michael Koresky, Jeff Reichert, And Farihah Zaman’s Feast Of The Epiphany [Theatrical Review]
byThe premiere film from Reverse Shot, this docu-fiction hybrid is a quiet, moving portrait of life, loss and food.
Joshua Reviews Matt Wolf’s Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project [Theatrical Review]
byThis new documentary looks at the life, and incredible video archive, of a woman who spent the last decades of her life collecting history as we collectively lived it.
Joshua Reviews Joan Micklin Silver’s A Fish In The Bathtub [Theatrical Review]
byJoan Micklin Silver’s rarely seen comedic gem is given new life thanks to a new restoration from Cohen Media Group.
Joshua Reviews David Charles Rodrigues’ Gay Chorus Deep South [Theatrical Review]
byThis new documentary looks at the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus as they take to the Bible Belt to not only perform, but hopefully change a few minds and even more hearts in the process.
Joshua Reviews Nadav Lapid’s Synonyms [Theatrical Review]
byDriven by a towering lead performance, Synonyms is a potent and profound look at the intersection between toxic masculinity and nationalism.
Joshua Reviews Ed Perkins’ Tell Me Who I Am [Theatrical Review]
byEd Perkins returns with this engrossing tale of lost memory, family and grief through two twins caught in a web of lies and abuse.
Joshua Reviews Feras Fayyad’s The Cave [Theatrical Review]
byLast Men In Aleppo director Fayyad returns with a harrowing look at life in an underground hospital in Syria.
Joshua Reviews Francois Ozon’s By The Grace Of God [Theatrical Review]
byBeloved French auteur Francois Ozon returns with a captivating, unshakable rumination on grief through a tale of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.
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.
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.