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Title/Year
Author
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The story is an intimate one, yet it embraces a large cast of characters who reflect the immense changes that have swept China over the last fifty years.
Posted Feb 14, 2019
2
Lost Holiday (2019)
Gives the impression of an in-joke that never quite lands.
Posted Feb 14, 2019
3
Ringside (2019)
An emotional gut-punch of a boxing documentary that follows what happens when the final bell rings, the crowd goes home and the gloves come off.
Posted Feb 14, 2019
4
The Unicorn (2019)
It's certainly an uncomfortable film to watch, but the viewer's discomfort doesn't begin to compare to that felt by the troubled people onscreen.
Posted Feb 14, 2019
5
Idol (2019)
With so much narrative uncertainty, there's no one to root for or to care about, making the confused climax an exercise in frustration.
Posted Feb 14, 2019
6
The Maestro (2019)
The earnest but very modest pic will play best with film-score buffs, though most in that community will wish for a bigger focus (or any, really) on their heroes.
Posted Feb 14, 2019
7
Patrick (2019)
A film has to have something going for it, like a plot, instead of just relying on an adorable animal.
Posted Feb 14, 2019
8
Elisa & Marcela (2019)
Reworks an early 20th century story into a plodding, protracted melodrama where provincial folk speak, behave and act like their 21st century counterparts.
Posted Feb 13, 2019
9
Synonyms (Synonymes) (2019)
Intense, feverish, unhinged, deranged, digressive, implacable, impressive.
Posted Feb 13, 2019
10
Varda by Agnès (2019)
A personal, playful account of a rich creative legacy.
Posted Feb 13, 2019
11
Nose to Tail (2019)
Consistently sharp-edged and even suspenseful...
Posted Feb 13, 2019
12
Goldie (2019)
13
The Shadow Play (2019)
There's more to the art of the thriller than exciting cutting and dizzying camerawork, as evidenced in the misguided police actioner The Shadow Play.
Posted Feb 13, 2019
14
A complex, challenging but brilliant work.
Posted Feb 13, 2019
15
Flesh Out (2019)
Lead actor Deiche, drawing on her own experience, conveys the internal conflict slowly building in Verida, communicating mostly with her expressive eyes.
Posted Feb 13, 2019
16
Oddly ineffectual considering the explosive subject matter.
Posted Feb 12, 2019
17
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 (2019)
In terms of the filmmaking, Serial Bad Weddings looks like a bad wedding video made with lots of French television funding.
Posted Feb 12, 2019
18
This tale of teenage gangs is badly in need of stronger visuals and pacing.
Posted Feb 12, 2019
19
A gripping real-life courtroom drama.
Posted Feb 12, 2019
20
A Tale of Three Sisters (2019)
Emin Alper's A Tale of Three Sisters is a unique work that deftly blends Chekhov and the Brothers Grimm.
Posted Feb 12, 2019
21
Gully Boy (2019)
Zoya Akhtar directs with flair and passion and, aided by explosive performances from a right-on cast, triumphs over the familiarity of the star-is-born storyline.
Posted Feb 12, 2019
22
The Day After I'm Gone (2019)
Delicately handled if rather underwhelming...
Posted Feb 12, 2019
23
Serendipity (2019)
For better and for worse, the film is both personal memoir and promo reel, and the emotions tend to be undercut by the self-marketing.
Posted Feb 12, 2019
24
Catfish a la Francaise: Conventional-looking dish yields surprisingly sharp flavors.
Posted Feb 12, 2019
25
Greener Grass (2019)
Doesn't quite sustain high-pitch hilarity for its entire 102 minutes, but at its best it's still pretty freaking funny.
Posted Feb 12, 2019
26
Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
2U throws enough wrinkles into the first film's action - if you don't remember it well, rewatch it before seeing this - to engage us.
Posted Feb 12, 2019
27
Isn't It Romantic (2019)
Despite all that's disappointingly familiar about Natalie's fairy tale, there's a real person at its center.
Posted Feb 12, 2019
28
Talking About Trees (2019)
A quiet and contemplative look at artists forced to face the reality that their work can no longer exist where they live.
Posted Feb 11, 2019
29
All My Loving (Geschwister) (2019)
Has as much teeth and personality as a gummy bear.
Posted Feb 11, 2019
30
Religious-themed satire is unlikely to gain many converts.
Posted Feb 11, 2019
31
The Plagiarists (2019)
32
On some level Fritz's story is compulsive viewing, only you wish you weren't there.
Posted Feb 11, 2019
33
Driveways (2019)
A lot of talented people have come together to make Driveways, a character drama... that turns out to be a small gem.
Posted Feb 11, 2019
34
Ghost Town Anthology (2019)
Probably too subdued for genre fans and too psychologically thin for those with artier inclinations, the low-key mood piece nonetheless has enough ambiguity to keep you watching.
Posted Feb 11, 2019
35
Selfie (2019)
The reason that Selfie makes such an impression... is that it doesn't only focus on all the bad or hopeless things that surround the boys.
Posted Feb 11, 2019
36
Monsters. (Monstri.) (2019)
37
A Dog Called Money (2019)
A freewheeling visual collage which unearths little of substance from a potentially fascinating mass of material.
Posted Feb 11, 2019
38
An impressively controlled feature about the messy nature of contemporary life.
Posted Feb 11, 2019
39
A hugely accomplished meditation on life, guilt and responsibility.
Posted Feb 11, 2019
40
A highly original and personal movie memoir.
Posted Feb 11, 2019
41
Hellhole (2019)
42
Midnight Family (2019)
An intriguing perspective on health care in urban Mexico.
Posted Feb 11, 2019
43
The Last Tree (2019)
An elliptical look at hard changes in a young man's life.
Posted Feb 11, 2019
44
Mr. Jones (2019)
45
The Operative (2019)
Writer-director Yuval Adler connects the dots of the convoluted plot with reasonable clarity, but The Operative only intermittently builds suspense.
Posted Feb 11, 2019
46
A portrait of an icon of Indigenous cinema as directed by her son.
Posted Feb 11, 2019
47
Light of My life (2019)
A respectable debut, with more depth of feeling than originality.
Posted Feb 9, 2019
48
Öndög (2019)
The ultimate Chinese-Mongolian art film.
Posted Feb 9, 2019
49
[A] well-made psychological drama.
Posted Feb 9, 2019
50
Working Man (2019)