After a rocky opening act, All About Nina goes from heavy-handed look at a standup trying to make it in the business and becomes a nuanced portrait of a woman dealt a bad hand in life, trying to find a place in the...
Theatrical Film Reviews
Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Reviews Jonathan And Elan Bogarin’s 306 Hollywood [Theatrical Review]
This strange, profoundly moving look at a life lived and the objects left behind is a thrilling experiment in non-fiction filmmaking.
Joshua Reviews Roger Michell’s Tea With The Dames [Theatrical Review]
This new documentary sees four of the great actresses of stage and screen in conversation, and is as witty as it is flatly made.
Scott Reviews Wash Westmoreland’s Colette [Theatrical Review]
Writer/director Wash Westmoreland has fiercely claimed his place among the smartest and most thoughtful of commercial filmmakers.
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Joshua Reviews Adina Pintilie’s Touch Me Not [Theatrical Review]
The winner of this year's Golden Bear, Touch Me Not is a thrilling blurring of the line between fiction and non-fiction filmmaking, a docu-drama hybrid that's as claustrophobic as it is emotionally devastating.
Joshua Reviews Paul Weitz’s Bel Canto [Theatrical Review]
Despite being led by two truly great actors, Bel Canto is, sadly, a flat misfire.
Documentary Filmmaking In 2018: From Hagiography To Bisbee ’17
Through three documentaries opening this weekend, we look at the current state of documentary filmmaking.
Joshua Reviews Helene Cattet And Bruno Forzani’s Let The Corpses Tan [Theatrical Review]
A riff on Italian crime films of the 1970's, Let The Corpses Tan is a gorgeous, unwieldy experiment in genre filmmaking.
Joshua Reviews Emmanuelle Finkiel’s Memoir Of War [Theatrical Review]
This adaptation of a beloved WWII memoir is a haunted meditation on grief and loss.
Joshua Reviews Andrew Bujalski’s Support The Girls [Theatrical Review]
Mumblecore grandfather returns with his most commercial work to date, and also one of his most mature and moving.
Joshua Reviews Bertrand Mandico’s The Wild Boys [Theatrical Review]
This transgressive look at gender and sexuality is one of 2018's great debut feature films.
Joshua Reviews Jeremiah Zagar’s We The Animals [Theatrical Review]
This Sundance award-winning coming of age tale is an impressionistic look at a sensitive young boy caught in a chaotic world.
Joshua Reviews Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman [Theatrical Review]
Spike Lee returns with a film that sees the legendary filmmaker at the height of his powers, bringing to theaters the movie of the year.
Joshua Reviews Susanna Nicchiarelli’s Nico, 1988 [Theatrical Review]
This haunting look at the late days of one of rock's great enigmas, Nico, 1988 is one of the year's great surprises.
Joshua Reviews Josephine Decker’s Madeline’s Madeline [Fantasia 2018]
Indie darling Josephine Decker returns with her best film to date, a devastating character study that's one of 2018's most original films.