Time can be an unsparing villain or an angelic savior in Christian Petzold’s films. In his enigmatic period-piece “Phoenix†(2014),…
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The films of Mark Jenkin are unlike anything you see in today’s cinematic landscape. His projects are hypnotic ventures into…
Those who know me are aware that I am not the biggest fan of Paolo Sorrentino, the acclaimed Italian filmmaker…
Benny Safdie’s solo directorial debut arrives with heavyweight expectations. “The Smashing Machine” tells the story of former UFC and PRIDE superstar…
“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.” – Cary Grant Although Noah Baumbach’s “Jay…
Ever since he was a film critic and worked as a video archivist for Martin Scorsese, director Kent Jones has…
The a-ha moment in Mary Bronstein’s relentless psychodrama “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You†came when the hysterical, shrill-voiced,…
Ulrich Köhler knows what we’re expecting. Spending any amount of time out in the world or inside a movie theater…
The too-early whispers from the 2025 Cannes Film Festival had a then-unheralded Mascha Schilinski in the frontrunner position for the…
A personal opinion: Paul Thomas Anderson is the greatest living American filmmaker not named Martin Scorsese. Linking these two is…