Chang Cheh Retrospective Runs May 23-29 At The Quad Cinema
byTheater will be showing 14 classics from director Chang Cheh, seven on 35mm.
Theatrical Film Reviews
Joshua Reviews Paul Schrader’s First Reformed [Theatrical Review]
byPaul Schrader returns with a masterpiece that feels both like a career summation as well as a new step forward.
Joshua Reviews Tony Zierra’s Filmworker [Theatrical Review]
byTaking a look at one of Stanley Kubrick’s great collaborators, Filmworker is a captivating look at one man’s selflessness and another’s creative genius.
Joshua Reviews Sara Driver’s Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years Of Jean-Michel Basquiat [Theatrical Review]
byThis new documentary is a concise, if uneven, look at the early days of an iconic artist and the moment in time that gave birth to him.
Joshua Reviews Tamer El Said’s In The Last Days Of The City [Theatrical Review]
byTamer El Said’s debut feature is a gorgeous look at a city on the brink of revolution, and is one of the year’s great debuts.
Joshua Reviews Xavier Beauvois’ The Guardians [Theatrical Review]
byWith his latest effort, director Xavier Beauvois crafts a moving look at life during WWI and cements himself as one of current French cinema’s great directors.
Joshua Reviews Serge Bozon’s Mrs. Hyde [Theatrical Review]
byBozon returns with Isabelle Huppert by his side for one of the year’s strangest, if most intriguing, drama/comedies.
Joshua Reviews Olivier Assayas’ Cold Water [Theatrical Review]
byAssayas’ long unavailable masterpiece arrives stateside for its first US theatrical run, twenty-plus years later.
Scott Reviews Sebastián Lelio’s Disobedience [Theatrical Review]
byI was complete bowled over by this passionate film that gets so much urgency into every scene yet emerges completely even-handed.
Seven Films You Need To See At This Year’s Tribeca Film Festival
byFestival runs April 18-29
Joshua Reviews Janus Metz’s Borg Vs. McEnroe [Theatrical Review]
byOne of tennis’ great rivalries, shared between two of its most iconic players, gets the cinematic treatment in this well acted, ultimately forgettable drama.
Joshua Reviews Andrew Dosunmu’s Where Is Kyra? [Theatrical Review]
byAn uncompromising look at one woman’s battle with the strains of poverty, Where is Kyra features a performance for the ages from star Michelle Pfeiffer.
Joshua Reviews Bill Gunn’s Personal Problems [Theatrical Review]
byThis rarely seen masterpiece from legendary filmmaker Bill Gunn makes its US theatrical debut this weekend via Kino Lorber.
Joshua Reviews Thomas Riedelsheimer’s Leaning Into The Wind [Theatrical Review]
byAlmost two decades after their first collaboration, director Thomas Riedelsheimer and artist Andy Goldsworthy re-connect for one of the best documentaries of the year, so far.
Joshua Reviews Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Eight Hours Don’t Make A Day [Theatrical Review]
byFassbinder’s long unseen familial epic finally arrives in US theaters, and is a towering achievement from one of cinema’s great masters.
Joshua Reviews Francois Ozon’s Double Lover [Theatrical Review]
byOzon returns with a knotty, if unsubtle, thriller unlike anything he’s done before.