Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s ‘NAZA’, is as important as their Oscar-winning documentary, perhaps even more so, as the public is directly confronted with the IDF’s systematic mass-killing operation in ways that will linger deep in their memory.
Read MoreIn her feature-length documentary debut, ‘Black Zombie’, Maya Annik Bedward reclaims the Zombie from its distorted allegories and showcases its true importance through the figures that want to ensure its perennity.
Read MoreDavid Greaves’ restoration of his father William’s reunion of the Harlem Renaissance in ‘Once Upon a Time in Harlem’ might be one of the year’s most essential works of cinematic preservation.
Read MoreNo documentary this decade may be more form-breaking than Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s ‘You Can See Everything’, which questions the very act of documentary (or vérité) filmmaking by continually examining the deceitful natures of Elizabeth Holmes and Billy Evans.
Read MoreKitao Sakurai’s ‘Street Fighter’ is ripped from the ‘90s, with killer visuals, striking action sequences, and a remarkable ensemble cast. Its over-the-top approach may hold it back at times, but its commitment to absurdity makes it one of this year’s biggest surprises.
Read MoreMoeka Hoshi delivers one of the year’s most impactful performances in Dave Boyle’s underseen ‘Never After Dark’, a chiller that owes much to Kiyoshi Kurosawa's aesthetic and storytelling impulses.
Read MoreSixteen years after the cultural phenomenon that was ‘The Social Network’, writer/director Aaron Sorkin has returned with a follow-up in ‘The Social Reckoning’, a timely and compelling film that functions more as a companion piece than a sequel.
Read MoreAfter masterfully concluding Disney+’s ‘Andor’, Danish filmmaker Janus Metz Pedersen delivers his biggest misfire with the terrible ‘Unabomber’, despite a solid cast and production values.
Read MoreBeyond the use of AI slop, Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink’ does little to interrogate the figures at the heart of his indictment of tabloid journalism.
Read More‘Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom’ is so kinetic, visually inventive and flat-out earnest, which is a testament to the incredible claymation filmmaking and comedic instincts of Aardman’s unrivalled animation teams.
Read MoreWriter/director Zach Cregger is back with ‘Resident Evil’, a relentlessly entertaining, pulse-pounding thrill ride that should not only please passionate fans of the beloved video game series, but the uninitiated as well.
Read MoreDespite impassioned performances by Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, Florian Zeller has proven incapable of making thought-provoking films as his flop streak continues with ‘Bunker’.
Read MoreAdam Wingard’s ‘Onslaught’ proves that old-school finesse is still within the realm of reason, blending all the right elements of classic genre hits with the mastery of today.
Read MoreDirector Casper Kelly reminds us how deeply unsettling ‘90s childhood shows were by simply adding a horror prism to mascot figures in his feature directorial debut, ‘Buddy’.
Read MoreWillem Dafoe and Greta Lee give two of the year’s most moving and profoundly tragic performances in Kent Jones’ ‘Late Fame’.
Read MoreFinally released to the world, Dave Green’s ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ lives up to the hype and proves to all of us that any movie is worth releasing, no matter the cost.
Read MoreDespite one of the year’s best ensembles, Karim Aïnouz and Efthimis Filippou’s reinterpretation of a Marco Bellocchio classic in ‘Rosebush Pruning’ ends up being a massive nothingburger.
Read MoreMatt Johnson deconstructs – and complicates – the very nature of biopics by drawing a tragic portrait of Anthony Bourdain’s youth in the masterful ‘Tony’.
Read MoreKristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat pair up for the year’s best hangout movie with ‘The Wrong Girls’, a movie that functions best when you don’t try to think about it too much.
Read MoreDespite an incredible lead performance from Haruka Ayase, fillmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda struggles to translate many ideas on screen in ‘Sheep in the Box’, making it a massive misstep for the prolific Japanese auteur.
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