This haunting look at the late days of one of rock's great enigmas, Nico, 1988 is one of the year's great surprises.
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Joshua Brunsting
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.
Joshua Reviews Sion Sono’s Tokyo Vampire Hotel [Fantasia 2018]
Sion Sono returns with a feature-length cut of his Amazon Prime series Tokyo Vampire Hotel, and it's one of his most ambitious, and cumbersome, films to date.
Joshua Reviews John Hanson And Rob Nilsson’s The Prairie Trilogy [Theatrical Review]
Made of three short documentaries, this trilogy shines a light on an unsung American political figure and the Socialist movement he helped to foster.
Joshua Reviews Ujicha’s Violence Voyager [Fantasia 2018]
Violence Voyager is a gnarly experiment in animation that's unlike anything you'll see this year.
Joshua Reviews Juliana Rojas And Marco Dutra’s Good Manners [Theatrical Review]
The second outing from this directing duo is a wonderfully esoteric take on class dynamics through the lens of a modern-day fable, and it's an absolute winner.
Joshua Reviews Akiyuki Shinbo And Nobuyuki Takeuchi’s Fireworks [Fantasia 2018]
Fireworks is an animated film that is as gorgeously made as it is upsettingly plotted.
Joshua Reviews Joseph Kahn’s Bodied [Fantasia 2018]
Joseph Kahn returns with one of the year's most controversial, and brazenly hilarious, films.
Joshua Reviews Lisa Bruhlmann’s Blue My Mind [Fantasia 2018]
A coming of age film unlike any before, Blue My Mind is a thrilling and beautiful look at the experience of one coming into their own adulthood and all the horrors that go with it.
Joshua Reviews Joel Potrykus’ Relaxer [Fantasia 2018]
Polarizing indie wunderkind Joel Potrykus returns with a look at an existential crisis in the face of the end of the world.
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 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 Olivier Assayas’ Cold Water [Theatrical Review]
Assayas' long unavailable masterpiece arrives stateside for its first US theatrical run, twenty-plus years later.
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.