Shirley ★★
In the very first scene of Shirley – Josephine Decker‘s fourth feature after 2018’s Madeline’s Madeline – Rose Nemser (OdessaContinue Reading
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The Painter and the Thief (documentary) ★★★
When Barbora Kysilkova had two of her paintings stolen from the Galleri Nobel in Oslo in 2015, she never expectedContinue Reading
Underwater ★★★
A Lovecraftian homage to 70s-80s science-fiction horror, William Eubank’s Underwater offers little to reinvent its deep-seated genre conventions — yetContinue Reading
Spaceship Earth (documentary) ★★★
Biosphere 2 was the first, very public attempt to create a self-sufficient ecosystem in an enclosed space. Taking up onlyContinue Reading
The Sharks ★★★
The Sharks, the assured directorial debut of Lucia Garibaldi, must be one of the most realistic coming of age filmsContinue Reading
15 Years ★★★
Many couples in long-term relationships may discuss the possibility of starting a family, and it’s not a decision to beContinue Reading
Bacurau ★★★½
Much of Kleber Mendonca Filho’s newest film Bacurau cleaves very close to its genre roots – specifically the Western. BacurauContinue Reading
Hava, Maryam, Ayesha ★★★
Stories from women’s voices are few and far between from Afghanistan and other conservative Muslim countries. Sahraa Karimi is theContinue Reading
Vivarium ★★½
Many of us dream of living happily in suburbia with a family. Gemma (Imogen Poots) and Tom (Jesse Eisenberg) areContinue Reading
Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway ★★★★
Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway is an absurd cocktail of pop culture, history and unchecked lunacy, aContinue Reading
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