Coming a year after its debut at the Berlinale, Laura Bispuri's second feature film is a gorgeous and profoundly moving look at a pair of mother/daughter relationships.
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Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Reviews Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s The Wild Pear Tree [Theatrical Review]
Ceylan returns with a powerful, potently political coming of age tale that's epic in length but packs an equally powerful emotional punch.
Joshua Reviews Nicolas Pesce’s Piercing [Theatrical Review]
Led by three ace performances, Pesce's sophomore effort is a gorgeous, if thin, giallo-influenced thriller.
Joshua Reviews Jean-Luc Godard’s The Image Book [Theatrical Review]
The latest from iconic director Jean-Luc Godard sees the legendary filmmaker taking on revolutionary ideas through revolutionary means.
Joshua Reviews Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War [Theatrical Review]
Ida director Pawil Pawlikowski returns with a haunting film about doomed love under chaotic times.
Joshua Reviews Wang Bing’s Dead Souls [Theatrical Review]
Despite being a nearly nine-hour documentary, Wang Bing returns with maybe 2018's most important and powerful non-fiction feature film.
Joshua Reviews Aleksey German’s Khrustalyov, My Car! [Theatrical Review]
20 years after its initial release, Aleksey German's 1998 masterpiece arrives in theaters in an essential new restoration from Arrow Films.
Joshua Reviews Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters [Theatrical Review]
The Still Walking filmmaker returns with one of his best films yet, a devastating look at what it truly means to be a family.
Joshua Reviews Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah: Four Sisters [Theatrical Review]
Lanzmann's final film is an epic, haunting look at life during the Holocaust.
Joshua Reviews Antonio Mendez Esparza’s Life And Nothing More [Theatrical Review]
Already a winner from March's awards circuit, Life and Nothing More is an Independent Spirit-winning drama that's one of the year's great American discoveries.
Joshua Reviews Margarethe von Trotta’s Searching For Ingmar Bergman [Theatrical Review]
Margarethe von Trotta's new documentary is a handsome, if occasionally thin, look at the work and life of one of cinema's great artists.
Joshua Reviews Melanie Laurent’s Galveston [Theatrical Review]
Actor-turned-filmmaker Melanie Laurent returns with this pulpy noir driven by two ace lead performances.
Joshua Reviews Gustav Moller’s The Guilty [Theatrical Review]
Denmark's submission for the upcoming Academy Awards is a tense, single location thriller unlike anything you've seen this year.
Joshua Reviews Ruth Beckermann’s The Waldheim Waltz [Theatrical Review]
Coming off its run at this year's New York Film Festival, The Waldheim Waltz is a harrowing look at a man whose rise to power feels all too timely in today's political landscape.
Joshua Reviews Jafar Panahi’s 3 Faces [NYFF Review]
Jafar Panahi once again defies his ban on filmmaking, this time expanding his view in order to craft a moving look into the life of women under the control of tradition and patriarchy in Iran.