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.
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Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Reviews Francois Ozon’s Double Lover [Theatrical Review]
Ozon returns with a knotty, if unsubtle, thriller unlike anything he's done before.
Joshua Reviews Philippe Garrel’s Lover For A Day [Theatrical Review]
Philippe Garrel returns with yet another great, devastating, look at modern love.
Joshua Reviews Jonas Carpignano’s A Ciambra [Theatrical Review]
This Martin Scorsese-produced picture is a stunning look at life on the margins in Italy, from one of the country's great filmmakers.
Joshua Reviews Manfred Kirchheimer’s Tall: The American Skyscraper And Louis Sullivan [Theatrical Review]
Originally produced in 2006, this brilliant and experimental documentary finally arrives stateside for its US theatrical debut this weekend.
Joshua Reviews Andres Veiel’s Beuys [Theatrical Review]
This new documentary looks at the life and work of one of Germany's great modern artists.
Joshua Reviews Daniela Thomas’ Vazante [Theatrical Review]
The solo feature debut of director Daniela Thomas is an early discovery of 2018, an assured black and white feature that’s utterly breathtaking.
Joshua Reviews Junfeng Boo’s Apprentice [PIFF 2017 Review]
The latest drama from director Boo Junfeng is a slow burn meditation on capital punishment and one of PIFF 2017's great surprises.
Joshua Reviews Salome Lamas’ Eldorado XXI [PIFF 2017 Review]
This new entry in the canon of ethnographic documentaries is at once a profound and yet deeply challenging cinematic experience.
Joshua Reviews Pablo Larrain’s Jackie [Theatrical Review]
One of three films this year from Pablo Larrain, Jackie may be one of this generation's truly great biopics.
Joshua Reviews Mia Hansen-Love’s Things To Come [Theatrical Review]
2016 is Isabelle Huppert's year, and we couldn't be luckier for it.
Joshua Reviews Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams [Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review]
Long thought to be a potential Criterion Collection release, Dreams finally debuts on DVD and Blu-ray and as one of the company's best 2016 offerings.
Joshua Reviews Anna Biller’s The Love Witch [Theatrical Review]
This ode to classic melodramas and Euro-sexploitation films is a delightful, if overly long, experiment in genre.
Joshua Reviews Anna Muylaert’s Don’t Call Me Son [Theatrical Review]
From the director of last year's superb The Second Mother comes this startlingly magnetic coming of age tale, led by a star-making performance.
Joshua Reviews Werner Herzog’s Into The Inferno [Theatrical Review]
Herzog's second film of 2016 takes the viewer to the edge of nature's most violent entity and the results are startling.