REVIEW: The Irishman (2019) dir. Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese is our greatest working filmmaker. At this point, this is scarcely up for debate; no director has given us so…
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REVIEW: Dolemite Is My Name (2019) dir. Craig Brewer
When I was 14 years old, I got my first turntable. This was the late ‘90s, when collecting vinyl was deeply unfashionable;…
REVIEW: The Laundromat (2019) dir. Steven Soderbergh
In 2015, a whistle-blower under the guise of “John Doe” leaked a series of documents accusing various businesses and billionaires of money…
REVIEW: Annihilation (2018) dir. Alex Garland
It’s quite a depressing time in Hollywood, with filmmakers and big releases going straight to streaming services like Netflix instead of a…
REVIEW: The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) dir. Julius Onah
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Okja
Pig trouble in Korean idyll. Theatrical premiere! Okja (2017) dir. Bong Joon-Ho 124 minutes, digital Brattle Theatre Cambridge, MA Screening through 11/8
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…
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…
