REVIEW: IN OUR DAY (2023) and IN WATER (2023) dir. Hong Sang-soo
THIS IS US: TWO FILMS BY HONG SANGSOO runs 2/9-3/3 @HFA
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Joshua Polanski
PREVIEW: The Brattle’s (Some of) The Best of 2023!
Runs 1/18-2/1 @ Brattle
Boston Palestine Film Festival Review: A House in Jerusalem (2023) dir. Muayad Alayan
Part of the 2023 Boston Palestine Film Festival
REVIEW: Freud’s Last Session (2023) dir. Matthew Brown
No film needs to be made. Some films make this more apparent than others. And Freud’s Last Session is one of those…
Year Ender: Joshua Polanski’s Top Ten Films of 2023
In a cinema culture marked by decadence and decaying individuality, the best films of the year creatively resist the studio destruction of art and suppression of vision with bold statements of visual-sonic distinction.
REVIEW: Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (2023) dir. Zack Snyder
Carrying the torch of both Kurosawa and Caravaggio into politicized modernity, A Child of Fire must be considered one of the most artistically dexterous blockbusters of the century.
REVIEW: FALLEN LEAVES (2023) dir. Aki Kaurismäki
The fleeting beauty of temporal happiness is no less beautiful.
REVIEW: Concrete Utopia (2023) dir. Um Tae-hwa
South Korea’s entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 96th Academy Awards, Concrete Utopia is a strategic submission from…
INTERVIEW: ‘CONCRETE UTOPIA’ director Um Tae-hwa
"This movie deals with a disaster, but the disaster itself is not the focus.
REVIEW: R.M.N. (2022) dir. Cristian Mungiu
Now streaming on AMC+
REVIEW: THE ARCHIES (2023) dir. Zoya Akhtar
Zoya Akhtar examines the loveliness of loving you
REVIEW: FAILED STATE (2023) dir. Christopher Jason Bell & Mitch Blummer
Now Playing at 41° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
