Carla Simon's debut feature, Spain's Oscar submission for this year's awards show, is a brilliant look at grief through the eyes of a young child.
Theatrical Film Reviews
Joshua Brunsting
Chang Cheh Retrospective Runs May 23-29 At The Quad Cinema
Theater will be showing 14 classics from director Chang Cheh, seven on 35mm.
Joshua Reviews Paul Schrader’s First Reformed [Theatrical Review]
Paul 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]
Taking 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]
This 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]
Tamer 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]
With 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]
Bozon 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]
Assayas' long unavailable masterpiece arrives stateside for its first US theatrical run, twenty-plus years later.
Scott Reviews Sebastián Lelio’s Disobedience [Theatrical Review]
I was complete bowled over by this passionate film that gets so much urgency into every scene yet emerges completely even-handed.
Scott Nye
Joshua Reviews Janus Metz’s Borg Vs. McEnroe [Theatrical Review]
One 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]
An 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]
This 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]
Almost 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.