S Categories Criticism Patrick Preziosi SYSTEM CRASHER Combustible, if predictable, Nora Fingscheidt anchors her debut in one truly nerve-shredding child performance
T Categories Criticism MUBI Patrick Preziosi THE WILD GOOSE LAKE Diao Yi'nan tempers the surrealist violence of his latest neo-noir film with knotty and fascinating social undercurrents
A Categories Commentary Patrick Preziosi Ageing at the movies: The Irishman, Welcome to Marwen, and The Mule Do the Old Guard of American filmmakers have anything left to say? More than most, it turns out.
F Categories Criticism Patrick Preziosi Fascinating and infuriating in equal measure, Richard Jewell pushes the director’s late preoccupation with everyday heroes into new territory Fascinating and infuriating in equal measure, Eastwood’s film pushes the director’s late preoccupation with everyday heroes into new territory
D Categories Criticism Patrick Preziosi DARK WATERS Todd Haynes injects the legal thriller with subtle artistry and palpable dread
W Categories Criticism Netflix NYFF Patrick Preziosi WASP NETWORK An atypical dud from Olivier Assayas, fascinating only for its flaws
P Categories Criticism NYFF Patrick Preziosi PARASITE Bong offers a rigorous class-system takedown disguised as a serpentine thriller
T Categories Criticism Patrick Preziosi THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO Joe Talbot and Jimmie Fails deliver an affecting tone-poem to San Francisco
F Categories Criticism NYFF Patrick Preziosi FIRST COW Kelly Reichardt returns to the 19th century for an evocative portrait of enduring friendship
V Categories Criticism NYFF Patrick Preziosi VITALINA VARELA Pedro Costa continues to hone his craft in his most earthbound and ravishing film yet
A Categories Criticism Netflix NYFF Patrick Preziosi ATLANTICS Mati Diop’s Atlantics elevates a handspun ghost story to transcendent heights
S Categories Criticism NYFF Patrick Preziosi SYNONYMS Guided along by a combustible lead performance from Tom Mercier, Synonyms reveals the densely layered qualities of language
Y Categories Criticism NYFF Patrick Preziosi YOUNG AHMED The Dardenne Brothers churn out a greatest hits reel slapped with an unfortunate premise
O Categories Criticism Patrick Preziosi ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD Tarantino’s latest transcends revenge-fantasy to become something more deeply affecting
T Categories Criticism Patrick Preziosi THE DEAD DON’T DIE Jarmusch’s homage to zombie pioneer George A. Romero is as funny as it is bleak
