For years I've been haunted by Arrebato, though my memory of it is hardly concrete. I saw Iván Zulueta's cult masterpiece on a battered print at Anthology Film...
Four years on from The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro has returned with—to these eyes—his most enticing project yet: Nightmare Alley, an adaptation of Will...
The much-welcomed news of Metrograph's return could have been led by just one movie. A cornerstone of the repertory circuit with powers so intense it's seamles...
I'll thrown down a gauntlet: Ryūsuke Hamaguchi is having one of the single best years for any filmmaker, ever. You'll be forgiven for not noticing, since his t...
Criterion have followed one of their biggest, most historic months ever with a lighter selection—"lighter" including a 4K debut for one of the greatest films a...
Though New York moviegoing is (sort of) getting back to normal, we've only now filled one of the biggest spots: Metrograph have announced a return of their the...
While The Many Saints of Newark's first trailer raised some hackles on my social-media feed—it looks a bit parody-esque, bad sheen, uncertainty as to why this ...
The reviews are in and signs point to "smashing" (that's a term English people use) success. Following his delightful doc debut The Sparks Brothers, Edgar Wrig...
As the Hollywood studio system continues its slow bleed into longed-for death, history repeats itself with star-studded cast the likes of which haven't been se...
Notwithstanding the time added by a pandemic, five years is a while to wait for new work by Mike Mills, whose 20th Century Women only looks better and better t...
After graduating from Hampshire College with a degree in music theory, Leonard Pearce turned his passions to film and writing. He lives in upstate NY with his wife Laura and cat Tardi.
