Chloé Zhao presents another yearning, lyrical look at life on the margins, anchored by a profoundly moving Frances McDormand performance.
Category Archive: Festivals
Coverage of domestic and international film festivals, previewing the latest upcoming features and independent favorites.
The queer-centered YouTube series gets compiled into a winsome feature that works best as a Queer Culture primer.
The extremely slow pacing of Tsai Ming-liang’s study in loneliness pays off with subtle tenderness.
Spike Lee captures all the vibrancy and social import of Byrne’s rightly-acclaimed Broadway show.
Mike Mossalam’s debut feature is a vibrant mosaic of Queer Arab Muslim-American life.
Philippe Lacôte directs a unique film about a young man who’s forced to tell stories to save his own life.
Sam Pollard’s latest documentary is a dense look at Martin Luther King Jr. and the Hoover administration’s attempts to silence him.
True to its name, Song Fang’s low-key drama will soothe your nerves, but not much else.
The Hunt’s Thomas Vinterberg and Mads Mikkelsen reteam for another thought-provoking drama.
Caleb McLaughlin and Idris Elba star in this promising directorial debut about modern-day cowboys.
François Ozon adds another touching romance to France’s queer cinema canon.
Rosamund Pike is at her icy best in J Blakeson’s dark thriller about a corrupt legal guardian.
Vanessa Kirby shines in Kornél Mundruczó’s otherwise uneven drama about a couple cratering from the loss of their baby.
Regina King’s directorial debut delivers a resonant message through a phenomenal cast and thought-provoking screenplay.
Adam Rehmeier’s punk-rock indie romance takes a while to get out of first gear, but its charming leads are fun to spend time with.
Takeshi Kushida’s debut is a heartbreakingly dark love story about confidence and perception.
Quinn Armstrong’s debut is a clever riff on ’80s police training videos that sneaks in some earnest reflection on domestic violence.
Johan von Sydow directs a touching, engaging documentary of a true one-of-a-kind performer.