Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf shine in this generous, sincere if also wistful work from Greta Gerwig.
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Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf shine in this generous, sincere if also wistful work from Greta Gerwig.
A headfirst dive into this dream-within-a-dream anime, which promises a trippy dose of surreal visuals and unsettling themes.
A poetic and quietly-resonating feature debut that is slow but never meandering, plus it features one of the year’s most extraordinary tracking shots.
At times frustrating to watch, this unorthodox work about national identity will impress and alienate in equal measure.
Master of light and shadow, Pedro Costa returns with another visually-hypnotic elegy about the disenfranchised and their unbearable solitude.
Not a great film by any measure, this oddly-structured dramatization and investigative inquiry into the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ incident is a mildly-affirming work by Clint Eastwood.
A contemporary war film with such generic, by-the-numbers treatment that while assuredly directed by Eastwood, doesn’t feel interesting enough.
One of Clint Eastwood’s better efforts, this well-performed drama about the 1996 Atlanta bombings is efficiently told with just the right amount of sentiment.
There’s something rather shallow and underwhelming undergirding the audacious if controlled techniques on display in Sam Mendes’ high-concept WWI film.
Clint Eastwood’s weakest in a long while, but it still remains fairly engaging because of the strength of Leonardo DiCaprio’s singular performance.