I recently caught up with Elegance Bratton and Anna Diop to deconstruct their new projects: The Inspection and Nanny could not be more removed in subject matter and approach, yet each provokes us to consider who we are and how we fit into our…
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As adolescents, how well can we ever really know our parents or their personal circumstances? Filmmaker Charlotte Wells charts exquisite father-daughter chapter in understated coming-of-age drama.…
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Gray, who shares a formative chapter in the film that depicts a loss of innocence—here about the way the world works for those who have, and do not have, privilege—has made his most personal and perhaps most accessible film.…
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In a short-term memory industry where five actresses each year (usually from late breaking films released in the closing months) claim the lion’s share of critics and industry plaudits, let’s take a look at five of this year’s best who are currently in danger…
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Fueled by a vision and command evidenced in each frame, it is an immediately recognizable masterwork and high-bar piece of acting like nothing else onscreen in an American film this year.…
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Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, at once a black comedy and poignant drama about a tragedy—the death of lifelong friendship on an Irish isle circa 1923—sets the stage for the best film of 2022. …
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A perceptive, generous film that carries the weight of tragedy with a hint of catharsis. It moves us, and that should be regarded.…
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The purported concluding chapter of the enduring, four decade slasher franchise is an interminable misfire, conceptually misguided and unsatisfying.…
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Ruben Östlund’s tremendously enjoyable class comedy is a merciless skewering of jet set wealth and privilege. It's also one of the 2022's finest achievements.…
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The new Hellraiser, directed by David Brucker (who helmed last year’s superb The Night House), has its share of talent behind and in front of the camera, yet is missing something crucial: genuine scares.…
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