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
T Categories Criticism Ruairí McCann TOMMASO Willem Dafoe juggles the responsibilities of family, recovery and the art life in Abel Ferrara’s latest work of autofiction.
T Categories Criticism Ruairí McCann THE HOTTEST AUGUST Documentarian Brett Story is out to map the storm and stress of modern life with her disorientating third feature
K Categories Criticism IFFR Savina Petkova KALA AZAR Intra species oscillations govern Janis Rafa’s haunting first feature, winner of Rotterdam’s KNF Award
C Categories Criticism David G. Hughes Charismatic Guy Pearce can’t save conservative neo-western Disturbing the Peace On 'Disturbing the Peace' (York Alec Shackleton, 2020), US
P Categories Criticism IFFR Savina Petkova PROXIMA Mother and daughter say goodbye in Alice Winocour’s latest feature, an earthbound drama that evokes otherworldly grief
M Categories Criticism IFFR Savina Petkova MEANWHILE ON EARTH A purgatorial vision of the Swedish funeral industry examines existentialism and death, and does so vivaciously
I Categories Criticism IFFR Savina Petkova ISADORA’S CHILDREN Gestures predate personal grief in this meditative feature debut by dancer-director Damien Manivel
A Categories Criticism Rhys Handley A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD Tom Hanks inhabits a fellow American icon in this warm nostalgia trip
H Categories Criticism Ruairí McCann HONEYLAND Community, exploitation and beekeeping feature in this Macedonian observational documentary
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
