‘Sleep’ Review: A Picturesque Family Is Woken by an Unseen Evil in Jason Lu’s Debut Horror Flick
Shifting between expectations and subversions of the horror genre, Lu's first-time feature might be scary enough to keep you awake tonight.
‘Eureka’ Review: Lisandro Alonso's Dreamy, Chimeric Survey of Indigeneity in the Americas
The latest work from one of Argentina's most fascinating filmmakers, Eureka subverts the conventions of narrative cinema to explore Indigeneity in a post-colonial world through an elliptical lens that challenges our limits of space and time.
‘The Girl with the Needle’ Review: A Pitch-Black Tale of Working Class Anguish Crafted With Formalist Superiority
Relentless in its quest to portray the horrors of society's castaways, The Girl with the Needle takes inspiration from one of Denmark's most infamous female criminals to build its grimly singular vision.
‘Red Rooms’ Review: Pascal Plante’s Latest Tackles the Shadiest Corners of the Dark Web
Precisely crafted and emboldened by its gruesome subject matter, Red Rooms works with brilliance to understand society's ongoing fascination with violent crime.
‘Red Island’ Review: Youth Blooms as Colonialism Wilts in 1970s Madagascar
In his follow-up to the critically lauded 2017 film BPM (Beats Per Minute), French writer-director Robin Campillo spectacularly excavates his own childhood experiences growing up in post-colonial Africa.
‘Happy Campers’ Review: Amy Nicholson Documents the Final Summer of a Working Class Paradise
Through her subjective and intimate approach to her latest work, the Baltimore native builds a beautifully emotional portrait of place and its inextricable connections to memory and community.
‘Sebastian’ Review: Fiction and Reality Collide in the Latest Work From Queer Filmmaker Mikko Mäkelä
Operating with absorbing levels of sensuality and melancholy–– often simultaneously –– Mäkelä's sophomore effort portrays a solemn and insightful image of contemporary queer culture, as shown through the arresting eyes of the film’s central character.
‘Sisi & I’ Review: Sandra Hüller Stars as the Lady-In-Waiting to One of European History’s Most Iconic Empresses
Through Frauke Finsterwalder's rule-bending arrangement of a historical account, the German director successfully conveys Empress Elisabeth of Austro-Hungary’s essence as a contemporary woman, even 120+ years after her death.
‘Chronicles of a Wandering Saint’ Review: A Luminous, Bucolic Exploration of the Miraculous From Argentina's Tomás Gómez Bustillo
Through his appreciation for the unexplained phenomena that shape our everyday lives, Bustillo weaves a distinctive movie with an underlying compassion that viewers will not quickly forget.
‘Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person’ Review: Growing Up Bites in Ariane Louis-Seize's Satisfying Genre Mash-Up
For her feature debut, the Quebecois filmmaker interweaves her own creative concepts regarding the vampire and coming-of-age genres to assemble a fresh and thoughtful movie full of promise for her future projects behind the camera.