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)
K Categories Criticism Eureka Ruairí McCann Kwaidan is an uncanny anthology of Japanese ghost tales that mixes experimental with traditional forms Kwaidan (Masaki Kobayashi, Japan, 1964)
B Categories Criticism Netflix David G. Hughes Bombastic action thriller Extraction isn’t as slick as it thinks it is Extraction (Sam Hargrave, 2020, US)
P Categories Criticism David G. Hughes Planet of the Humans exposes the hypocrisy and fallacy of the green movement Planet of the Humans (Jeff Gibbs, 2020, US)
T Categories Criticism Grayson Lazarus TRICK All trick but no treat in slasher fare that misunderstands the joys of genre
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
I Categories Criticism Ruairí McCann INVENTING THE FUTURE Isiah Medina’s long-awaited second feature brings a new vision for the future, and for cinema
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 Grayson Lazarus THE REST OF US A propulsive but emotionally unconvincing Canadian drama
B Categories Criticism MUBI Ruairí McCann BACURAU Colonial violence finds new form in this fresh Brazilian Western
S Categories Criticism David G. Hughes Shallow Culture War Satire ‘The Hunt’ Has Plenty of Bark but No Bite On 'The Hunt' (Craig Zobel, 2020), US
V Categories Criticism David G. Hughes Veterans Rage Against Millennials and the Opioid Epidemic in Retrograde Splatter-Fest ‘VFW’ On 'VFW' (Joe Begos, 2020), US
A Categories Berlinale Criticism Jakob Åsell Always Amber is an experimental and tender tale of riendship A kaleidoscopic collage of various video formats that beats in synch with the restless heart of its teenage protagonist
B Categories Criticism Grayson Lazarus BLOOD ON HER NAME Multiple shades of grey exist in this nifty Southern Gothic with a strong lead 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
