Peg Aloi
Fleabag is a clever, frenetic and coolly smart series, balancing humor with an increasingly dark intensity.
Director Debra Granik’s focus on young women whose lives have been steeped in nature and hardship, forced to lead their families forward despite scant resources, posits a refreshing feminine archetype.
Hereditary has top notch acting, a gorgeous look, and some genuinely terrifying moments that linger.
Some may think that the western-genre-turned-arthouse-gimmick has been played out, but Damsel‘s fresh energy and pioneering spirit offers redemption.
Nancy is mystifying, but in this case the inexplicable has its fascinations.
Writer-director Michael Pearce’s debut feature is self-assured and finely-wrought.
In You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsay’s themes of alienation, violence, guilt and redemption are once again present, albeit in a more frenetic form than before.
Despite some storytelling flaws, Unsane is ultimately suspenseful, terrifying, and rather haunting.
Watching this film, one is struck at how it is essentially a collection of moments that, taken together, create a satisfying portrait of a life.
We’re not in European art film territory here.
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