2010s

MIDNIGHT FAMILY: A Bleaker Than Fiction Look At Family Emergency Care
MIDNIGHT FAMILY: A Bleaker-Than-Fiction Look At Family Emergency Care

Midnight Family reveals the bleak reality of a private ambulance business in Mexico with impressive realism and honesty. Michael Frank reviews.

BAIT: Violence and Class Solidarity in a Cornish Fishing Village
BAIT: Violence & Class Solidarity In A Cornish Fishing Village

Bait is a stunning and memorable debut that pokes itself into the uncomfortable spaces between class and solidarity in modern British society.

SPIES IN DISGUISE: A Perfectly Average Send-Off To A Decade Of Computer Animation's Coming Of Age
SPIES IN DISGUISE: A Perfectly Average Send-Off To A Decade Of Computer Animation’s Coming Of Age

Spies in Disguise is an almost poetically appropriate summary of everything computer animation has become in the last ten or so years.

THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG: The Fate Of Father Figures
THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG: The Fate Of Father Figures

The True History of the Kelly Gang is often punishing and resistant to facile translation, but there’s no denying the merciless power that Justin Kurzel brings.

SYSTEM CRASHER: Broken Hearts & Broken Jaws
SYSTEM CRASHER: Broken Hearts & Broken Jaws

A story of heartbreak bandaged up by rebellion, System Crasher will wrench your heart out of your chest and stomp all over it.

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MY MOTHER: A Compelling Study of Conflicting Boundaries
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MY MOTHER: A Compelling Study Of Conflicting Boundaries

Filled with melancholy, delicacy, and captivation, The Disappearance of My Mother is a well-crafted tale of vulnerability.

TOGO: Vintage Heroes Don Fur
TOGO: Vintage Heroes Don Fur

Togo’s fine, grainy exhibition of the Alaskan atmosphere is often breathtaking, yet its release through streaming may have sacrificed its beauty.

KNIVES AND SKIN: A Surface Level Stab at Lynchian Horror
KNIVES AND SKIN: A Surface Level Stab At Lynchian Horror

There are some elements to admire in Knives and Skin, but the film ultimately suffers from being an under-baked slice of surrealism set in Midwestern America.

6 UNDERGROUND: Michael Bay's Magnificent Slice Of Sheer Madness
6 UNDERGROUND: Michael Bay’s Magnificent Slice Of Sheer Madness

In a holiday season in which the biggest action movie played it relatively safe to disappointing results, 6 Underground’s pure dose of Bayhem is even more of a welcome change of pace.

ATLANTICS: A Haunting Vision of Love, Loss and Rebirth
ATLANTICS: A Haunting Vision of Love, Loss & Rebirth

Atlantics tells the story of the women who are left by their men as the latter migrate to seek work, and it tells that story beautifully.

RICHARD JEWELL: The Best of Clint Eastwood’s Heroism Trilogy
RICHARD JEWELL: The Best Of Clint Eastwood’s Heroism Trilogy

The story of Richard Jewell is a potent one, especially in these media-centric times we live in, where character is everything.

LITTLE WOMEN: Greta Gerwig Does It Again
LITTLE WOMEN: Greta Gerwig Does It Again

From Gerwig’s directing, to Yorick Le Saux’s cinematography, to the performances, to the score by Alexandre Desplat, this is one of the best movies of the year. It is a feel good movie for the whole family, especially sisters.

THE GENTLEMEN: Guy Ritchie's Return to Form
THE GENTLEMEN: Guy Ritchie’s Return To Form

A cheeky, old-fashioned return to form, The Gentlemen arrives at the right time in Guy Ritchie’s career.

The Ten Best Action Films of the Decade 2010-2019
The 10 Best Action Films Of The Decade 2010-2019

Jake Tropila chronicles his top ten action films of the last decade.

CHICHINETTE: THE ACCIDENTAL SPY: What a Hero Looks Like

Chichinette: The Accidental Spy pays homage to a hero while also reminding us that while World War II may be many decades in the past, the time for leaders such as Marthe Cohn is still now.