"Buildings are being torn down or are bombed out, the results of strife between warring factions."
In the Last Days of the City
"...wrapped up in the boundary-pushing ethos of both Buckminster Fuller and good, old-fashioned punk rock..."
The House of Tomorrow
"...Phoenix makes you enjoy every moment of his sinister role with a quiet assurance."
You Were Never Really Here
"...blend of well-worn conventions stripped from a rogue’s gallery of horror/suspense films..."
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
“...brought about the creation of items we all use every day...”
General Magic
"It’s not high-art. Hell, it might not be art at any elevation."
Road
"...the unequivocal MVP is Tracey Birdsall...her skills here are put to fantastic use..."
Who’s Jenna…?
"...two brothers who have begun to question their credulous stance after leaving a UFO cult."
The Endless
"...causing them to 'take a break' but 'not break up'..."
In A Relationship
"Relationships are the most important need we humans have..."
Rogers Park
“...there’s no reason for a documentary to look this beautiful...”
Home + Away
"...there are a lot of cringe-worthy moments."
Dance Baby Dance
"...beautiful slice of life centering around the courage to leave the only place you’ve ever known..."
Down and Yonder
"...a gorgeously shot black and white exploration of female friendships and sexuality."
Slut in a Good Way
"...two lemurs in love flying dirigibles around the world."
Two Balloons
"...a tale of female bonds and working class desolation that’s more gripping for its rawness and intimacy..."
Little Woods
"...an endlessly amusing trek through the Haitian night with two green criminals and the body in the trunk that won’t shut up."
Kafou
"...it goes above and beyond to make the audience feel as uncomfortable as possible..."
Caniba
"...feel closest with the Lyft driver, over her own family..."
Blue Night
"...documents this astounding attempt at reunification, and reveals the toll it has taken..."
9 at 38
"She doesn’t hide behind a façade. Instead, she embraces herself..."
I Feel Pretty
"...a live podcast commentary on the very real film Sex Madness"
Sex Madness Revealed
"...brings you so close you can almost smell the corroding environment."
This is Climate Change
"...a strong case that you can do a lot with the tried-and-true trappings of a genre..."
Stockholm
"One short and not too graphic scene may be one that more squeamish viewers will want to skip."
Ingrid
"...something along the lines of David Cronenberg if he directed for Troma."
Vampire Clay
"...a deep body horror that infant boys are being mutilated, that they can feel the pain of the operation..."
American Circumcision
"...a concise snapshot of a man commuting to the veterinarian to euthanize his cat..."
Ready to Go
"A slasher movie made by and for apparent kush heads..."
4/20 Massacre
"...it's energetic and loopy and discordant and kind of mesmerizing."
Black Wake
"...found footage movies are oversaturated in the market."
Aliens: Zone of Silence
"...Tashi was probably a boy in a former life, that maybe some of that carried over."
The Next Guardian
"...a mountain of memories, a lifetime of ephemera, and a mystery about the lost bones..."
Lots of Kids, A Monkey, and a Castle
"...finds himself in an abandoned warehouse in what feels more like a dream."
Fried Barry
"...invites the audience ponder its nuances and meaning."
Twin Cities
"...the real scene stealer in this film is a miniature horse named Buttercup..."
Damsel
"The hardest part...is seeing how much the odds are stacked against these kids..."
Wrestle
"...the hardships she endured, we understand what inspired this classic..."
Mary Shelley
"...appealing are some of the winningly silly side plots and visual gags that keep cropping up."
The Concessionaires Must Die!
"Beyond experiencing shared mental health crises, they have absolutely zero in common..."
Fear, Love, and Agoraphobia
"...afraid of assuming the audience is smart enough to keep up."
Russian Doll
"As tension builds...it translates to our experience watching the film..."
10×10
"It’s tough to make a film about anything that the eye cannot see..."
Particle Fever
"...Tucci and Thompson...wickedly funny and uncomfortably upsetting."
The Children Act
"It seems that the Fuhrer is a bit humor challenged..."
Bye Bye Germany
"...her mounting desire to grow up and leave the village, the White Girl finally feels like a human being."
The White Girl
"...each Russian child’s plight is captivating and harrowing."
Un Traductor
"...there’s no dialog and no discernible plot, you can overlay any story onto the film."
Carcasse
“...one of Landau’s best performances in ages…”
Abe And Phil’s Last Poker Game
"...to discover the secret of its immortality and use those findings to cure his dying wife and children..."
Chimera
"...presses hard on the themes of the normalized cultural abuse of women..."
What Will People Say?
"...Klas, as any sane boy would, dreams of a world far away from this grim, literally shitty rural existence."
Ravens
"Slate ably carries off the character who gets in over her head."
Aardvark
"...a scam story involving elderly women as preys in today’s Internet world."
Those Who Are Fine
"...pitched on a knife-edge of surrealism and satire."
I Am Not a Witch
"...puts Johnson at the forefront of rampant destruction in the name of cheap thrills."
Rampage
"1 in 14 kids in America have had a parent in prison..."
Tre Maison Dasan
"...where disputes end in bloodshed instead of arbitration..."
Beirut
"...slugging away...in dive bars for...indifferent audiences has to be heartbreaking for the most committed road warriors."
Use Your Delusion
"...feel his torment, heartbreak, and resilience when he’s held captive by jihadists..."
Submergence
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