Hamaguchi's second release of 2021 is one of the year's very best films, a beautifully melancholy rumination on grief and art.
Theatrical Film Reviews
Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Reviews Philip Gelatt And Morgan Galen King’s The Spine Of Night [Theatrical Review]
Drawing influence from the golden age of adult animation, this thrilling new fantasy epic is a captivating experiment in animation.
Joshua Reviews Joshua Bonnetta’s The Two Sights [Theatrical Review]
The debut feature from El Mar La Mar co-director Joshua Bonnetta, The Two Sights is a haunting look at a remote community in Scotland.
Joshua Reviews Mia Hansen-Løve’s Bergman Island [Theatrical Review]
Director Mia Hansen-Løve returns with a beautiful, deeply felt portrait of an artist combating existential frustrations through her art.
NYFF 2021 Dispatch Four: Main Slate Part Two
Concluding our coverage of this year's New York Film Festival, we turn once again to the Main Slate for some more highlights.
NYFF 2021 Dispatch Three: Main Slate Part One
We finally hit the Main Slate of this year's New York Film Festival, and in this first look at the lineup we highlight just a handful of the many great films hitting the Big Apple this October.
NYFF 2021 Dispatch Two: Currents Shorts
Continuing our look at NYFF 2021, we dive into the world of short films to look at this year's Currents Shorts lineup.
NYFF 2021 Dispatch One: Currents
Starting off our look at this year's NYFF, we run head first into this year's brilliant Currents lineup.
Toronto International Film Festival 2021: Dispatch Two
As TIFF 2021 concludes, we look at a few more of this year's festival
Joshua Reviews Tom Surgal’s Fire Music [Theatrical Review]
This new documentary looks at the history of the Free Jazz movement and how it resonates to this very day.
Toronto International Film Festival 2021: Dispatch One
From an afrofuturist musical to a coming of age discovery, we take a look at the first few days of TIFF 2021.
Joshua Reviews Matias Pineiro’s Isabella [Theatrical Review]
Pineiro's latest is another entrancing riff on the works of William Shakespeare, this time with a touch of emotionally shattering color theory thrown in for good measure.
Fantasia International Film Festival 2021: Dispatch Three
This final dispatch finds us heading to Fantasia's retrospective sidebar, as well as diving into one of the festival's most exciting horror discoveries.
Fantasia International Film Festival 2021: Dispatch One
This first of four dispatches from this year's Fantasia International Film Festival looks at an American indie, a massive blockbuster and a pair of incredible new documentaries.