‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Review: Jane Schoenbrun’s Horny Horror Satire Slashes Through Repression
For all the theys and gays chasing the sexual thrill they haven’t felt since their sexual awakening via that VHS your parents told you not to touch, but you did anyway.
'Die My Love' Review: Jennifer Lawrence Roars With Power in Lynne Ramsey's Potent Postpartum Psychodrama
Lynne Ramsay's direction, with Jennifer Lawrence's bone-rattling performance, renders Die My Love a raw and unflinching portrait of postpartum psychosis in a single primal depiction.
‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Review: Jim Jarmusch's Endearing and Somber Family Triptych
A triptych anthology family portrait about the pain of returning home amid loss. It's very charming, but not one of Jarmusch’s best works.
'Lurker' Review: Alex Russell Craftily Examines Contemporary Fan Culture in Razor-Sharp Music Thriller
A captivating, unsettling portrait of obsession with a subversive and scathing critique of modern art.
‘Magic Farm’ Review: Amalia Ulman's Stylish, Witty Satire Sees American Journalists Stranded in Argentina
Like a long episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia if the gang were millennials.
'Fallen Leaves' Review: A Precious, Wry Finnish Rom-Com For the Introverts | NYFF61
With how dreary Aki Kaurismäki's interpretation of Finland is, Ansa and Holappa's romance is like fresh water in a desert.
'Saint Omer' Review: Alice Diop's Riveting Courtroom Drama Explores Motherhood's Complexities
One of the year’s best pictures and one hell of a narrative debut for Diop.