Highest 2 Lowest Review: A Lesser Collaboration for Spike Lee and Denzel Washington

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. Highest 2 Lowest opens in theaters on August 15 and arrives on Apple TV+ on Sep...

Suspended Time Review: Olivier Assayas Blends Passions and Personal History in Breezy Comedy

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Berlinale coverage. Suspended Time opens in theaters on August 15. The memes won't let yo...

My Undesirable Friends: Part I – The Last Air in Moscow Review: Julia Loktev Reveals the Real World Horrors of Anti-War Russian Journalists

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 NYFF coverage. My Undesirable Friends: Part I – The Last Air in Moscow opens in theaters on ...

Locarno Review: Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due Concludes Abdellatif Kechiche’s Alluring Saga

What is Mektoub, My Love about? Eight years since the first movie’s release––and after more than eight hours of Abdellatif Kechiche’s magnum opus––it’s sti...

East of Wall Review: An Ordinary Tale Featuring Extraordinary Characters

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. East of Wall opens in theaters on August 15. The degree of difficulty in m...

Americana Review: A Cover Album of B-Movie Greatest Hits

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2023 SXSW coverage. Americana opens in theaters on August 15. Sometimes it can be fun to watch a s...

Locarno Review: Mare’s Nest Radiates an Inordinate, Contagious Curiosity for the Unknown

Long before they came to designate a state of hopeless confusion, the words “mare’s nest” once meant something more electrifying: the excitement for that which...

Locarno Review: A Seance of Self and Film, Blue Heron is an Astonishing Debut

In Nine Behind, one of Sophy Romvari’s earliest shorts, a young woman is heard sobbing on the phone to her estranged grandfather: “I want to know my family...

By the Stream Review: Hong Sangsoo Excels in a More Narrative-Driven Mode 

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Locarno coverage. By the Stream opens in theaters on August 8, 2025. The death of the aut...

An Officer and a Spy Review: Roman Polanski Tells a Tale of Injustice

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2019 Venice coverage. An Officer and a Spy opens in theaters on August 8, 2025. What road should o...