N Categories Conversations Patrick Preziosi Nick Pinkerton prefers not to. "Part of the urge to disconnect is tied up in trying to figure out how you can set your own agenda as a critic rather than assenting to play a role in a script that’s been imposed."
B Categories Criticism Patrick Preziosi Beguiling Berlin fairytale Undine smoulders in erotic and emotional hunger Undine (Christian Petzold, 2020, Germany)
T Categories Criticism NYFF Patrick Preziosi The Salt of Tears interrogates the callowness of male youth with clear-eyed filmmaking The Salt of Tears (Philippe Garrel, 2020, France)
R Categories Criticism NYFF Patrick Preziosi Rigorous and free-flowing, Days locates tenderness in duration Days (Tsai Ming-liang, 2020, Taiwan)
M Categories Criticism NYFF Patrick Preziosi Malmkrog transcends the conventions of both the period drama and the conversation piece Malmkrog (Cristi Puiu, 2020, Romania)
S Categories Criticism Patrick Preziosi Schemers is a music autobiography with a a touch of fun and a heap of self-satisfaction Schemers (David McLean, 2019, UK)
T Categories Criticism Patrick Preziosi Tesla is a biopic of the mystery-shrouded inventor that revels in the anachronistic appeal of cinema Tesla (Michael Almereyda, 2020, US)
B Categories Criticism Patrick Preziosi Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets is a boozy last call for the documentary film as we know it Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (Bill Ross & Turner Ross, 2020, US)
T Categories Criticism Patrick Preziosi The King of Staten Island sees Pete Davidson given the signature Apatow treatment and the jokes transpire organically The King of Staten Island (Judd Apatow, 2020, US)
C Categories Criticism Patrick Preziosi Capone hedges its bets on a signature Tom Hardy performance Capone (Josh Trank, 2020, US)
L Categories Criticism Patrick Preziosi Liberté pushes cinematic limits but the results fall short of intended subversion Liberté (Albert Serra, 2019, France)
E Categories Criticism MUBI Patrick Preziosi Ema couches conventionality in otherwise vibrant cinematic tricks Ema (Pablo Larraín, 2019, Chile)
C Categories Criticism Patrick Preziosi Camino Skies is a polite travelogue that fails both its setting and subjects Camino Skies (Fergus Grady & Noel Smyth, 2019, New Zealand)
N Categories Criticism Patrick Preziosi NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS Eliza Hittman’s startling empathetic feature is one of rigorous restraint, channeling its importance within the smallest gestures
S Categories Criticism Patrick Preziosi SYSTEM CRASHER Combustible, if predictable, Nora Fingscheidt anchors her debut in one truly nerve-shredding child performance
