Kathryn Hahn and Paul Giamatti in a scene from Tamara Jenkins’s Private Life
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Private Life — Review
First Reformed — Review
Ethan Hawke in a scene from Paul Schrader’s First Reformed
“One of the most pensive and unsparing films about faith in quite some time.”
The Land of Steady Habits — Review
Ben Mendelsohn and Edie Falco in a scene from Nicole Holofcener’s The Land of Steady Habits
“We observe the action with the same uninvolvement as when one overhears snippets of conversation from passing strangers.”
Summer 1993 — Review
Laia Artigas in a scene from Carla Simón’s Summer 1993
“It’s a deeply empathetic work, using the directness of a child’s worldview to create a wholly uncluttered snapshot.”
Searching — Review
John Cho in a scene from Aneesh Chaganty’s Searching
“Complex visual effects contribute to otherwise well-worn ideas on how to generate fear.”
The Party — Review
Patricia Clarkson (l) and Kristin Scott Thomas (r) in a scene from Sally Potter’s The Party
“The movie becomes too reluctant to form a direct line between its plot and the viewer lest it lose track of its own thematic undercurrents.”
Support the Girls — Review
Haley Lu Richardson (l) and Regina Hall (r) in a scene from Andrew Bujalski’s Support the Girls
“Its success lies in the complexities of its characters, forged through [director Andrew] Bujalski’s talent to let moments and entire scenes come as they will.”
Unsane — Review
Claire Foy in a scene from Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane
“An allegory of society’s response to victims, in regard to how its main character struggles to gain any sense of real freedom.”
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society — Review
Lily James in a scene from Mike Newell’s The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society
“It ultimately comes off as something of a bore; always more distant than it lets on and a little more obvious than it realizes.”
You Were Never Really Here — Review
Joaquin Phoenix in a scene from Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here
