Over the course of three hours, Alex Ross Perry knowingly charts the rise and fall of the video store, from cultural icon to modern irrelevance.
Videoheaven Lovingly Resurrects a Lost World
Jared Abbott
Jared loves movies and lives with Kiki in Berlin.
M3gan 2.0 Is Everything You Want — And More
The sequel to surprise hit M3GAN, M3GAN 2.0 dives headfirst into deranged action-comedy mayhem — and is a wildly enjoyable, if uneven ride.
Love Me Tender Keenly Depicts The Perils of Queer Parenting.
The way institutions discriminate against queer parents is expertly depicted in Love Me Tender, with a standout performance from Vicky Krieps.
Nino Messily Navigates the Storm
A messy weekend following a life-changing diagnosis characterises Pauline Loquès’ Nino, a touching drama about trying to pull yourself together.
Love Letters. Look Who’s Writing Too.
The pitfalls of lesbian parenting as well as the messy realities of modern-day relationships are expertly navigated in Critics’ Week film Love Letters.
Her Will Be Done is Feverish, Ugly and Hard to Shake
With echoes of Wake in Fright and Carrie, Julia Kowalski’s Her Will Be Done is a provocative, satisfying body horror that lingers long in the memory.
Drifting Laurent. Mirth Behind the Melancholy.
French dramedy Drifting Laurent is a slow and seemingly aimless film that provides oodles of charm in its depiction of an mid-season alpine resort.
Köln 75. Iconic Chaos.
Mala Emde shines as a chaotic music promoter who puts on Keith Jarrett’s iconic concert at the Cologne Philarmonic in Ido Fluk’s Köln 75.
Real Fwends. How Many of Us?
The natural ebbs and flows of a friendship floating apart are captured in deeply realistic realistic fashion in Sophie Somerville’s delightful debut.
Deaf Goes Deep on the Isolation of Hearing Loss
The travails of being deaf in a hearing world are viscerally explored in Eva Libertad’s powerful new work — live from Panorama!