By Matthew Eng
Ramin Bahrani’s latest is a fitfully interesting, by-the-numbers account of a curious figure on the fringes of American law enforcement.
By Matthew Eng
Boots Riley’s surrealist vision of corporate servitude is a comedy with plenty of willpower and zero apologies.
By Matthew Eng
Tim Wardle revisits a ripped-from-the-headlines phenomenon in a docu-study full of surprises.
By Matthew Eng
Aubrey Plaza plays a very modern kind of antiheroine in Matt Spicer’s darkly comic social media satire.
By Matthew Eng
A new documentary about comic provocateur Gilbert Gottfried is one of the year’s most unexpected heartwarmers.
By Matthew Eng
This latest from doc doyen Errol Morris looks at the life of eccentric American portrait artist Elsa Dorfman.
By Matthew Eng
DA Pennebaker’s documentary milestone remains historically vital and as bracingly alive as ever.
By Matthew Eng
Anne Heche and Sandra Oh get aggressive in Onur Tukel’s scathing new comedy.
By Matthew Eng
From Bugsy to American Beauty and now 20th Century Women, the actor has always relished playing characters that ask us to look deeper.
By Matthew Eng
James Baldwin reclaims the spotlight in Raoul Peck’s magnificent film essay.
By Matthew Eng
Kirsten Johnson’s visual autobiography is a striking and knowledgeable account of a life in film.
By Matthew Eng
From Luke Cage to Moonlight, the American actor has made a vital contribution to his craft this year.
By Matthew Eng
This warts and all doc casts a light on a truly compelling character: a raging, binge-drinking, eco-conscious farmer.
By Matthew Eng
James Gray returns with a deceptively traditional and wondrously transportive cinematic odyssey.
By Matthew Eng
Steve James captures an upsetting instance of American institutional oppression in compelling fashion.
By Matthew Eng
Button-pushing auteur João Pedro Rodrigues returns with a work of tantalising, twisty spirituality.
By Matthew Eng
Barack and Michelle Obama’s fated first date is retraced in this modest romantic drama from writer/director Richard Tanne.
By Matthew Eng
Two filmmakers are forced to work for Kim Jong-il in this utterly bizarre true story.
By Matthew Eng
An emotional, vital account of the tragic 2012 mass shooting from documentary maker Kim A Snyder.
By Matthew Eng
Zachary Treitz’s lo-fi Civil War comedy offers an admirable, inventive take on a stodgy subgenre.
By Matthew Eng
The latest from South Korea’s Hong Sang-soo is a romance so lovely it needs to be told twice.
By Matthew Eng
Israeli drama Tikkun raises vital questions about the relationship between faith and family.
By Matthew Eng
James D Solomon’s The Witness sheds new light on one of the most infamous murders in US history.
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