Perhaps Boys State's greatest achievement is that it finds a way to make all these boys relatable.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Perhaps Boys State's greatest achievement is that it finds a way to make all these boys relatable.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

One aspect that really lands as a parallel with the current pandemic is the uncertainty of it all.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

One aspect that really lands as a parallel with the current pandemic is the uncertainty of it all.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Added together, the elements create a compelling urgency by making the who, why and when of its movements unpredictable yet emotionally honest.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Added together, the elements create a compelling urgency by making the who, why and when of its movements unpredictable yet emotionally honest.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

It’s shock comedy with no sense of impact or context, because before you can let the shock set in, the movie is running full steam ahead toward another disgusting episode.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

It’s shock comedy with no sense of impact or context, because before you can let the shock set in, the movie is running full steam ahead toward another disgusting episode.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

In the Earth begins as an unassuming creep-show about a scientist venturing out into a dangerous woods, but has far greater ambitions than a mere slasher or monster movie.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

In the Earth begins as an unassuming creep-show about a scientist venturing out into a dangerous woods, but has far greater ambitions than a mere slasher or monster movie.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Kranz, best known for his acting career, certainly didn’t pick an easy project for his debut behind the camera, but his work proves exceptional.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Kranz, best known for his acting career, certainly didn’t pick an easy project for his debut behind the camera, but his work proves exceptional.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Writer/director Basholli directs with a deceptively simple handheld aesthetic, emphasising the bleak reality of the setting.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Writer/director Basholli directs with a deceptively simple handheld aesthetic, emphasising the bleak reality of the setting.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

While Heder’s screenplay relies on familiar beats, her writing and direction reveal a compassion and desire to understand each character’s feelings and emotions.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

While Heder’s screenplay relies on familiar beats, her writing and direction reveal a compassion and desire to understand each character’s feelings and emotions.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

The setup may call to mind other films about women starting life anew in beautiful exotic locales — let’s say Tuscany for example. However, Land puts forth a quieter and darker tone.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

The setup may call to mind other films about women starting life anew in beautiful exotic locales — let’s say Tuscany for example. However, Land puts forth a quieter and darker tone.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Plemons’s performance captures the unease and guilt Mitchell feels, while reminding us that the agent is also putting on a performance during his meetings with O’Neal.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Plemons’s performance captures the unease and guilt Mitchell feels, while reminding us that the agent is also putting on a performance during his meetings with O’Neal.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

It’s hard to say which is worse: the plot additions that amount to self-parody or the stilted pacing.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

It’s hard to say which is worse: the plot additions that amount to self-parody or the stilted pacing.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Writing with Fire deftly infuses hope and inspiration into what could rightfully have been a wholly dire depiction of India’s most trodden-upon population.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Writing with Fire deftly infuses hope and inspiration into what could rightfully have been a wholly dire depiction of India’s most trodden-upon population.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

A thoughtful depiction of how human rights violations can create a ripple effect of emotional scars, both in the victims and the people trying to help them.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

A thoughtful depiction of how human rights violations can create a ripple effect of emotional scars, both in the victims and the people trying to help them.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Running a tight 84 minutes, the film still feels like an epic journey into both its seedy world and its heroine’s psyche.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Running a tight 84 minutes, the film still feels like an epic journey into both its seedy world and its heroine’s psyche.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

By animating the whole movie, Rasmussen makes the story feel more immersive and of a whole piece.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

By animating the whole movie, Rasmussen makes the story feel more immersive and of a whole piece.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

While Pettengill is fascinated by the archival content, she’s also not afraid to experiment with form, including digital distortions that identify the movie as a product of the present.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

While Pettengill is fascinated by the archival content, she’s also not afraid to experiment with form, including digital distortions that identify the movie as a product of the present.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Finds a strong propulsive narrative with an emotional core.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Finds a strong propulsive narrative with an emotional core.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Stephanie Allynne and Tig Notaro are impressively attuned to the humanity of their characters.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Stephanie Allynne and Tig Notaro are impressively attuned to the humanity of their characters.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Nagy and her screenwriters’ disciplined refusal to pursue grandiose storylines results in a well-earned sense of community.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Nagy and her screenwriters’ disciplined refusal to pursue grandiose storylines results in a well-earned sense of community.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Its droll charm feels in touch with the slow, go-nowhere vibe of the Welsh countryside setting.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Its droll charm feels in touch with the slow, go-nowhere vibe of the Welsh countryside setting.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

And so we get a very engaging, often suspenseful movie in Navalny, a record of the dangers that come with pissing off an authoritarian regime.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

And so we get a very engaging, often suspenseful movie in Navalny, a record of the dangers that come with pissing off an authoritarian regime.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

It’s great to see comedy set against dark subject matter, but here the balancing act often falters.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

It’s great to see comedy set against dark subject matter, but here the balancing act often falters.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

The filmmakers are so wrapped up in the importance of the social issues, that they forget to come up with anything to say about them.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

The filmmakers are so wrapped up in the importance of the social issues, that they forget to come up with anything to say about them.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Despite its compelling elements, the filmmaking falls too far on the clunky side.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Despite its compelling elements, the filmmaking falls too far on the clunky side.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

While it’s important to bring attention to the wider-spread government actions against the minority group, the film’s truly valuable observations are of how the prejudice impacts normal life.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

While it’s important to bring attention to the wider-spread government actions against the minority group, the film’s truly valuable observations are of how the prejudice impacts normal life.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

The film wonderfully captures the dynamics of workplace small talk.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

The film wonderfully captures the dynamics of workplace small talk.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Rockwell’s realist style and sense of history helps keep the story engaging, but the real reward for the viewing comes in the emotional final act.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Rockwell’s realist style and sense of history helps keep the story engaging, but the real reward for the viewing comes in the emotional final act.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

An emotionally engaging portrait of the struggles of life on a Native American reservation in Oklahoma

~ Jeremy Mathews -

An emotionally engaging portrait of the struggles of life on a Native American reservation in Oklahoma

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Simultaneously bold, sweet and sometimes off-putting.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Simultaneously bold, sweet and sometimes off-putting.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Babylon is disgusting, muddled in intent, absurd in its trajectory and at times baffling in its tonal choices. And yet I would not call a moment of its 189 minutes boring.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Babylon is disgusting, muddled in intent, absurd in its trajectory and at times baffling in its tonal choices. And yet I would not call a moment of its 189 minutes boring.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Rye Lane has a sustained energy that makes it a joyous experience to watch.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Rye Lane has a sustained energy that makes it a joyous experience to watch.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Confident enough in its characters to tell its story without sensationalism or stylistic overcompensation.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Confident enough in its characters to tell its story without sensationalism or stylistic overcompensation.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

In their quietly devastating manner, Groeningen and Vandermeersch examine the fluid nature of our confusion and confidence over our place in the world.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

In their quietly devastating manner, Groeningen and Vandermeersch examine the fluid nature of our confusion and confidence over our place in the world.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

It’s thrilling to watch a filmmaker like Smith throw a wrench in the gears and deliver an unapologetic ode to outcasts that’s every bit as punk rock as its subjects.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

It’s thrilling to watch a filmmaker like Smith throw a wrench in the gears and deliver an unapologetic ode to outcasts that’s every bit as punk rock as its subjects.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Reaches touching heights as it follows the marked son of a dead sicario from childhood to young adulthood.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Reaches touching heights as it follows the marked son of a dead sicario from childhood to young adulthood.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

It tells what could be a goofy story, about awkward teenagers obsessed with a TV series called The Pink Opaque, but portrays it as an ominous, nightmarish mindfuck.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

It tells what could be a goofy story, about awkward teenagers obsessed with a TV series called The Pink Opaque, but portrays it as an ominous, nightmarish mindfuck.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Hvistendahl and her cast have a very strong sense of the emotional weight of the piece.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Hvistendahl and her cast have a very strong sense of the emotional weight of the piece.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Filled with awkwardness and tension, the film acts as a spotlight for all the actors.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Filled with awkwardness and tension, the film acts as a spotlight for all the actors.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

The characters speak naturally about the things in their life, and the film trusts us to piece together the essential information.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

The characters speak naturally about the things in their life, and the film trusts us to piece together the essential information.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

A hilariously biting film that allows its characters to be their bitter, failed selves rather than part of a political message.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

A hilariously biting film that allows its characters to be their bitter, failed selves rather than part of a political message.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Most impressive for distilling mountains of archival footage, with the help of the trusty talking-head interview.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Most impressive for distilling mountains of archival footage, with the help of the trusty talking-head interview.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Impressively, the movie digs into enough warmth and humanity that it pulls the audience through moments of severe cringe with laughs and empathy.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Impressively, the movie digs into enough warmth and humanity that it pulls the audience through moments of severe cringe with laughs and empathy.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Eisenberg takes us through the entire journey in a brisk 90 minutes, but the film never feels rushed.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Eisenberg takes us through the entire journey in a brisk 90 minutes, but the film never feels rushed.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Perhaps what makes Twinless so memorable is its ability to generate empathy for characters even as they set themselves up for disaster.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Perhaps what makes Twinless so memorable is its ability to generate empathy for characters even as they set themselves up for disaster.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

This is acclaimed theatrical director Fall’s cinematic feature debut, and she proves adept at both evoking the warmth of her characters and capturing memorable images.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

This is acclaimed theatrical director Fall’s cinematic feature debut, and she proves adept at both evoking the warmth of her characters and capturing memorable images.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

While Gates has found an intriguing setting for her war satire, it’s less clear what she wants to say with it.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

While Gates has found an intriguing setting for her war satire, it’s less clear what she wants to say with it.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Rose Byrne anchors the whole damn thing with a performance that gives the sense of wobbling for eternity on a tightrope without ever quite falling off.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Rose Byrne anchors the whole damn thing with a performance that gives the sense of wobbling for eternity on a tightrope without ever quite falling off.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Wishaw is an absolute wonder, delivering the conversational, sometimes stream-of-consciousness dialogue with a constantly engaging, almost hypnotic cadence.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Wishaw is an absolute wonder, delivering the conversational, sometimes stream-of-consciousness dialogue with a constantly engaging, almost hypnotic cadence.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

In line with his economic storytelling, Russell has a gift for conveying little details through subtle performance notes where other filmmakers might telegraph intent.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

In line with his economic storytelling, Russell has a gift for conveying little details through subtle performance notes where other filmmakers might telegraph intent.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

A sometimes compelling, often baffling work that doesn’t really solve the inherent problem of its subject matter, but swings for the fences trying.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

A sometimes compelling, often baffling work that doesn’t really solve the inherent problem of its subject matter, but swings for the fences trying.

~ Jeremy Mathews -