Reviews Fritz on Fridays: You and Me It’s also a film that takes place from Thanksgiving to Christmas, making it a fitting time to run for this month’s column.
No Gods Left Exclusive Black Velvet A genre-defiant drama about depression with a formalist flare, the Latvian-Lithuanian co-production Black Velvet uses some killer editing and funky cinematography to zero in on the strangeness and alienating effect of that unique sadness.
No Gods Left Exclusive Anna LOL Anna may not feel anything, but any audience even half paying attention will. Anna LOL is a remarkable film, and it is one of the best Baltic films I have seen so far this year.
Reviews Heavier Trip — Juuso Laatio & Jukka Vidgren This is likely the kind of thing that Werner Herzog was talking about when he said, “I’m fascinated by trash TV. The poet must not avert his eyes.”
Reviews Contact Lens The contacts work as metaphors for both seeing the world differently and the imprisoning cycle of routine.
Reviews Carole & Grey TikTok is going to change the way movies are watched and made. And Carole & Grey, a film conceived of in 45 clips meant for the easily digestible TikTok, is the first film to fully embrace the coming change.
Reviews All The Men I Met But Never Dated Mainstream English language cinema – in both the feature and short film variety – rarely centres on Muslim lives and stories. It’s even rarer to see a queer image of Muslim life uplifted on screen.
Reviews Life & Love A good film about the psychology of desire, enticing and toxic power dynamics, and the messy pain of love.
Reviews The Fix — Kelsey Egan The Fix, a new South African sci-fi film that takes place in a world where breathable air is a thing of Earth’s pastime, opens perfectly.
Reviews Fritz on Fridays: House by the River It’s one of those films so pleasant to look at that it makes you regret the flatly lit junk made today for streaming services.
Essays The 28th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival BIFAN’s embrace of sexuality is one example of its willingness to reach for something extra.
Reviews REVIEW: Conclave (2024) dir. Edward Berger Conclave, to my pleasant surprise, is a deep film of faith and hope.
Reviews Boston Palestine Film Festival (2023) Dispatch 3: Norwegian Co-Productions and Solidarity “Somebody watches something, they’re touched, and then [what]?”
Reviews Boston Palestine Film Festival (2023) Dispatch 2: Memories of the Land Palestinian cinema is unlike any other national or regional cinema.
Reviews Boston Palestine Film Festival (2023): Dispatch 1: Two Documentaries The Boston Palestine Film Festival runs in person across various venues from October 18 through October 27.
Reviews The Wild Robot “She thought kindness was a survival skill, and, do you know what? She was right.”
Reviews Fritz on Fridays: Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler The man dropped classics like drivers dropping fast-food litter off I-71 on their commute: naturally, frequently and as if no one was looking.
Reviews And Still The Seed (Todavia La Semilla) Sanfiorenzo skillfully connects the destruction of Puerto Rican greenery with colonialism and colonialism’s economic cousin, capitalism, and it stands apart from its National Geographic peers because of it.
