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THE COUNTY A Fight By The Farmers, For The Farmers
THE COUNTY: A Fight By The Farmers, For The Farmers

Grímur Hákonarson’s The County follows an Icelandic widowed farmer as she fights beauracratic corruption and injustice.

SPRING BLOSSOM First Feature Shows Promise But Doesn't Fully Succeed
SPRING BLOSSOM: First Feature Shows Promise But Doesn’t Fully Succeed

While Spring Blossom shows potential, especially in Lindon’s acting and directing, the script here falls flat.

CPH: DOX 2021: THE GIG IS UP: the lives behind the apps
CPH: DOX 2021: THE GIG IS UP: the lives behind the apps

Shannon Walsh’s documentary: The Gig is Up, paints a simmering, sobering picture of the global gig economy.

ABOUT ENDLESSNESS: Roy Andersson's Latest Is A Splendid Existential Work
ABOUT ENDLESSNESS: Roy Andersson’s Latest Is A Splendid Existential Work

With About Endlessness, Roy Andersson once again weaves together short vignettes that uncover the intricacy and vulnerability of the human condition.

IRMA VEP Criterion Review Olivier Assayas' International Breakthrough, Remastered
IRMA VEP Criterion Review: Olivier Assayas’ International Breakthrough, Remastered

A detailed review of Olivier Assayas 1996 film Irma Vep the Criterion edition that includes audio, video, and special features.

Queerly Ever After #50 LOVE SONGS (2007)
Queerly Ever After #50: LOVE SONGS (2007)

The Queerly Ever After column celebrates its 50th entry with Christophe Honoré’s 2007 film Love Songs (Les Chansons D’Amour).

KEEP AN EYE OUT: Surrealist Murder Mystery Mayhem
KEEP AN EYE OUT: Surrealist Murder Mystery Mayhem

While Keep an Eye Out feels more like an extended comedy sketch than a feature film, it is definitely entertaining.

BERLINALE 2021: ALBATROS (DRIFT AWAY)
BERLINALE 2021: ALBATROS (DRIFT AWAY)

Xavier Beauvois’ Albatros starts off as a low-key police procedural drama before transforming into a generic meditation on guilt and grief.

Berlinale 2021: PETITE MAMAN
Berlinale 2021: PETITE MAMAN

Petite Maman, all in all, shows Sciamma at her most profound and mature. Grab a tissue and prepare your heart if you’re going to see this.

CÉLINE & JULIE GO BOATING Criterion Review: Jacques Rivette's Masterpiece Gets A New Restoration
CÉLINE & JULIE GO BOATING Criterion Review: Jacques Rivette’s Masterpiece Gets A New Restoration

With a beautiful 2K restoration, a great audio track, and an incredible selection of supplements, this is absolutely worthy of addition to any collection.

BERLINALE 2021: MEMORY BOX
BERLINALE 2021: MEMORY BOX

While on the outside it seems like Memory Box tells a familiar story, it’s an introspective, affecting, and visually inventive film.

TOM & JERRY: A Gross Imposter
TOM & JERRY: A Gross Imposter

Full of unfunny human characters and a plot that doesn’t even involve its iconic animal characters, Tom & Jerry is a gross miscalculation.

PLEASURE: The Pain of It All
Sundance 2021: PLEASURE

Pleasure is a film that can be difficult to watch, but is so mesmerizing that it can also be hard to look away.

TWO OF US: Love in Sickness And In Health
TWO OF US: Love in Sickness And In Health

In the long tradition of many Oscar submitted-films before it, its a shame to see Two of Us try to do too much.

ECHO: An Icelandic Christmas Movie From The Aether
ECHO: An Icelandic Christmas Movie From The Aether

While it doesn’t give its audience straightforward answers, Echo offers a kind of diagonal empathy that’s refreshing and valuable.