There Were No Gods Left

Reviews

The Little Brother (Bratan)

The Little Brother is a travel film with a defying political undercurrent

Palestinian Cinema

Leila and the Wolves — Heiny Srour [Review]

Leila and the Wolves ... holds a special place within that tradition of boundary-pushing Leftist filmmaking from the Arab Levant.

Reviews

Fritz on Fridays: Harakiri (1919)

One of the most underappreciated legacies of Fritz Lang’s career was his star-making power.

Essays

Libera te Tutemet: The Three Musketeers (2011)

Anderson at his most idealistic.

Essays

The Klassiki Podcast: Jonas Mekas — a Lithuanian abroad

I was honored to join host Sam Goff on the Klassiki Podcast to discuss the life and work of the Lithuanian avant garde filmmaker Jonas Mekas.

Baltic Cinema

BBFF Interview: Tomas Vengris

Part of the Boston Baltic Film Festival 2025

No Gods Left Exclusive

In The Lost Lands

The sort of world one wishes they could give Ted Cruz a one-way ticket to.

Reviews

Fritz on Fridays: While the City Sleeps

If it bleeds, it leads.

Interview

BBFF Interview: Laurynas Bareiša

Part of the Boston Baltic Film Festival 2025

Baltic Cinema

BBFF Dispatch #5: Period Pictures

Part of the Boston Baltic Film Festival 2025

Chinese Cinema(s)

Interview with Yuxuan Ethan Wu (Death Education)

"Intent matters."

Reviews

BBFF Dispatch #4: Cats and Sculptures

Part of the Boston Baltic Film Festival 2025

Essays

Libera te Tutamet: Pompeii (2014)

One of the greatest cinematic achievements of the 21st century.

Reviews

BBFF Dispatch #3: Is It Easy to Be … Trilogy

Part of the Boston Baltic Film Festival 2025.

Reviews

BBFF Dispatch #2: Two Baltic Movies Prominently Featuring Lakes

Part of the Boston Baltic Film Festival 2025

Reviews

BBFF Dispatch #1: Three Highlights from Estonia, Latvia, & Lithuania

The following dispatch features reviews of Podnieks on Podnieks. A Witness to History; Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania; & Lioness.

Reviews

Death Education

Chinese teacher introduces the topic of death education to his students... by experiencing it firsthand - poetic documentary premiered at Sundance

No Gods Left Exclusive

A Moving-Picture Analysis of the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off

A film critic’s analysis of the national American broadcasts of the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off, aired between ESPN and TSN.

Reviews

Fritz on Fridays: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is more sadistic than bleak.

Reviews

Orenda — Pirjo Honkasalo [IFFR ’25 Review]

Orenda is by no means a bad film and in fact mightily impresses in moments, its inconsistency undermines testimony of any genuine orenda.

Reviews

Star Trek: Section 31 — Olatunde Osunsanmi

The Star Trek franchise has finally delivered its first truly unwatchable feature film

Reviews

GO TO: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024) dir. Soi Cheang

And Soi Cheang’s Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, the star-studded crime actioner, is the most culturally relevant film to originate from Hong Kong last year.

Reviews

REVIEW: From Ground Zero (2024) dir. various

One of the most terrifying things ever filmed takes place in one of the 22 shorts featured by Palestinian directors from and about Gaza in the wartime anthology From Ground Zero.

Reviews

Blu-ray Review: The Beast (2024)

The Beast offers more with each new return than the previous one.

Boston Hassle

INTERVIEW: Director Kelsey Egan on ‘THE FIX’ and Engaging with Criticism

"YouTube and TikTok are the demise of cinema"