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August 27, 2019
Zoë Hu
Crazy Sad Asians
Lulu Wang's "The Farewell" pushes back on the assimilationist myths of Asian American entertainment.
August 22, 2019
Jo Livingstone
Jawline
Explores the Teenage Dream of Social Media
A new documentary charts the rise and fall of a would-be internet star.
August 19, 2019
Jo Livingstone
What Have You Done, Richard Linklater?
"Where’d You Go, Bernadette" is a travesty.
August 14, 2019
Jo Livingstone
The Family
’s Big Secret Is Hiding in Plain Sight
Netflix’s new investigative documentary exposes a shadowy religious organization with immense influence—and a connection to Donald Trump.
August 13, 2019
Alex Shephard
Right Wing Attacks on
The Hunt
Are a Bad Faith Distraction
At a moment when the president's racist rhetoric is motivating mass violence, Fox and all its friends saw a chance to stoke the culture wars.
August 9, 2019
Jo Livingstone
Honeyland
Is a Stinging Allegory for Man-Made Disaster
In this lush documentary, one Macedonian farmer reveals the ills of modern agriculture.
August 6, 2019
Jo Livingstone
Jihadi John, Domestic Terrorist
A new HBO documentary about the ISIS killer comes just as the West is reexamining who its enemies really are.
August 1, 2019
Jo Livingstone
Quentin Tarantino’s #MeToo Moment?
"Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood" finds the filmmaker at his most self-aware.
July 5, 2019
Jo Livingstone
Midsommar
Is a Nightmare in Broad Daylight
Ari Aster's folk-horror flick is frightening, beautiful, and just a little unhinged.
June 6, 2019
Rachel Syme
The Outlaw World of
Deadwood
Why the HBO show’s visions of chaos and order endure
June 5, 2019
Kristen Evans
Booksmart
Deserved Better
Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut is a success—if you take it on its own terms.
May 13, 2019
Jo Livingstone
Claire Denis’s Long Journey to Nowhere
On "High Life" and other damned worlds
May 1, 2019
Malcolm Harris
Sky High
Is the Only Good Superhero Movie
While “Captain Marvel” and “Avengers: Endgame” reign in theaters, a 2005 teen rom com shows a better way.
May 1, 2019
David Klion
Werner Herzog’s Ode to Gorbachev
"Meeting Gorbachev" captures the promise of 1989 and mourns what came next.
April 30, 2019
Magazine
Lidija Haas
Olivier Assayas’s Quest for Originality
“Non-Fiction,” his new film, is about getting by in a disrupted world.
April 11, 2019
Colin Dickey
Why
Pet Sematary
Refuses to Die
Stephen King’s story focuses on our culture’s obsessive denial of grief.
March 30, 2019
Jo Livingstone
The Charmed Life of Agnès Varda
The legendary filmmaker did it her way, her life as much an inspiration as her work.
March 29, 2019
Avi Asher-Schapiro
What the Theranos Documentary Misses
Instead of examining Elizabeth Holmes’s personality, look at the people and systems that aided the company’s rise.
March 21, 2019
Jo Livingstone
Jordan Peele’s “Us” Goes Down the Rabbit Hole of Identity
His sophomore effort, featuring a rampaging gang of doppelgängers, radically expands the themes of his film debut "Get Out."
March 18, 2019
Noah Isenberg
The Outsize Imagination of Orson Welles
Mark Cousins’s documentary captures the ambition of the young director, who learned, among the skyscrapers of Chicago, to look up.
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