La Bola Negra
LA BOLA NEGRA posits that “too many love stories have been buried in the soil”, and although the suffering that accompanied them was buried also, the film proves they can yet bloom again into something touching.
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Wild Horse Nine
WILD HORSE NINE possesses some wonderful delivery from its lead actors, but its muddled placement in a broader thematic picture results in a less enduring whole than Martin McDonagh’s best work.
Fatherland
FATHERLAND is a taut character study that ripples out from the central contradiction of its subject and typifies Paweł Pawlikowski’s continuing exploration of postwar Europe’s psychic scars.
Hope
The sheer fun of the cinematic experience HOPE creates makes its flaws much easier to forgive.
The Social Reckoning
THE SOCIAL RECKONING is an absorbing look at the process of airing Big Tech’s dirty laundry. However, in its desire for catharsis and heroes the film itself reckons with very little. The film stares into the algorithmic abyss, blinks, and looks away.
Josephine
JOSEPHINE deftly handles the many tricky moral and emotional elements, and ends on a hopeful note: that people can look after each other and find a way to move forward in a violent world.
The Match
THE MATCH is a dynamic and bold look at Argentina v England in 1986, but the narrow focus starts to feel like fawning and incurious tunnel vision rather than dedicated analysis.
I Love Boosters
I LOVE BOOSTERS is a disorienting rip through numerous ideas, but if recent years have shown anything, it’s that we have to drink from the fire hose and do our best to take action now. Now is not the time for nuance.
How to Get Filthy Rich with Gary Stevenson
HOW TO GET FILTHY RICH is an engaging and original look at the decline in living standards and the beginnings of working out what to do about it.
Resident Evil
Zach Cregger’s creative choices evoke the survival horror player experience at the core of the video game series, making RESIDENT EVIL a strong and effective adaptation.