CANNES REVIEW: The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) is a perfect follow-up to The Lobster (2015) in that it effectively divides the most…
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REVIEW: The Death of Louis XIV (2016) dir. Albert Serra
The Emperor’s new void. If you gaze long enough into an abyss — to lightly bastardize Nietzsche’s icy aphorism — the abyss…
CANNES REVIEW: The Meyerowitz Stories (2017) dir. Noah Baumbach
There are few directors so brilliantly obsessed with the minutiae of growing up as Noah Baumbach. Between his representations of post-graduate life…
REVIEW: Alien: Covenant (2017) dir. Ridley Scott
In 2012, Ridley Scott — in collaboration with Damon Lindelof — released a prequel to his treasured 1979 masterpiece, Alien. Brazenly titled Prometheus, the…
CANNES REVIEW: Okja (2017) dir. Bong Joon-Ho
It is with great honor that I award Bong Joon Ho’s latest masterpiece, Okja (2017), the label of ‘the most flamboyant parody…
REVIEW: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is One for the Weirdos
Marvel Comics is defined by 78 years worth of melodrama, wrapped in a universe textured by villains and heroes who mirror both…
Review: The Lost City of Z (2016) dir. James Gray
The Lost City of Z (pronounced as “zed” btw) is a weird, captivating little movie. It is lush and beautiful, captured perfectly…
REVIEW: Free Fire (2016) dir. Ben Wheatley
Film critic Pauline Kael once famously summed up the James Bond franchise with the four-word phrase “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.”* As pop-criticism,…
REVIEW: Personal Shopper (2016) dir. Olivier Assayas
“All that is solid melts into air” — still Marx’s greatest hit. With apologies to the biographical fallacy, I think it’s safe…
REVIEW: Your Name (2016) dir. Makoto Shinkai
@Coolidge Corner starting 4/7
BUFF19 REVIEW: Hidden Reserves (2016) dir. Valentin Hitz
Early on in Hidden Reserves, the extravagant Mrs. Hoffmansthal casually tells Vincent Baumann, a death insurance agent in the process of courting…
BUFF19 REVIEW: A Life in Waves (2017) dir. Brett Whitcomb
(Suzanne Ciani, Brett Whitcomb (director) and Bradford Thomason (writer) will all attend today’s screening at the HFA for a Q&A.) I have…
