Christian Petzold’s newest is a beguiling fairytale, replete with the director’s multifaceted interests.
Author: Patrick Preziosi
Patrick Preziosi is a freelance critic from Brooklyn, NY. He’s written about film, music and literature for photogénie, Ultra Dogme, Metrograph Edition, Little White Lies, America Magazine, and Screen Slate.
Philippe Garrel’s career-long command of heartache and romantic pitfalls continues.
Tsai Ming-liang eases back into narrative filmmaking with a formally audacious and tender feature.
Cristi Puiu evokes the turn of the 20th century for a chamber piece of opaque intent and heavy conversation.
David McLean spins his autobiography with a good sense of fun and a heap of self-satisfaction.
Michael Almereyda’s biopic of the mystery-shrouded inventor revels in the anachronistic appeal of cinema
Categories
BLOODY NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS
The Ross Brothers carefully construct an artificial environment, and let alcohol govern the flow
Categories
THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND
Writer-comedian Pete Davidson is given the signature Apatow treatment and the jokes occur more organically than ever
Josh Trank returns and hedges his bets on a signature Tom Hardy performance
Albert Serra pushes cinematic limits, but the results fall short of aspired subversion