Michael Rechtshaffen
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Director Cory Finley (“Thoroughbreds,” “Bad Education”), a sharp director of class warfare, tries his hand at effects-heavy science fiction, with mixed results.
Aug. 18, 2023
Trans sex workers of New York City and Atlanta are documented, both glamorously and honestly, by a film that has won awards at major festivals around the world.
Aug. 4, 2023
A powerhouse cast led by Richard E. Grant, Julie Delpy and Daryl McCormack spars in a class-conscious literary thriller that could have used another polish.
July 7, 2023
Director Catherine Hardwicke’s second film released in 2023 boasts Brian Cox and Kate Beckinsale, who are held back by a predictable script.
June 29, 2023
French filmmaker Alain Guiraudie (“Stranger by the Lake”) takes a big swing at Islamophobia, female objectification and sexual hypocrisy, but fails to find a workable tone bridging farce and satire.
June 23, 2023
Director Scott Monahan and screenwriter Dakota Loesch largely wing it in this gritty micro indie about two brothers headed for Alaska with plans to make a big score selling opioids.
June 16, 2023
Directed by “House of Sand Fog’s” Vadim Perelman, this offbeat drama about a transit camp prisoner who feigns knowledge of Farsi to survive, overcomes its narrative missteps.
June 9, 2023
A paean to artistic expression and youth’s unhindered possibilities, director Patricia Chica and her ridiculously photogenic cast offer an engaging portrait of a young man discovering his own voice.
June 5, 2023
Charlotte Le Bon’s assured first feature, inspired by a graphic novel, cloaks its themes of adolescent anxiety and yearning under a pervasive melancholy.
June 2, 2023
Bolstered by an exceptional cast led by Fin Argus, Wyatt Oleff and Chrissy Metz, Jamie Sisley’s deeply personal debut feature strikes a sobering chord in its handling of a family unraveling.
May 25, 2023