| ⑤ |
Indispensable to film fans, even if it's flawed |
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| Eddington Dir. Ari Aster. Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone B+ |
| ★ | Highest 2 Lowest Dir. Spike Lee. Denzel Washington, Ilfenesh Hadera B |
| If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Dir. Mary Bronstein. Rose Byrne, Delaney Quinn B+ |
| ★ | It Was Just an Accident Dir. Jafar Panahi. Vahid Mobaseri, Ebrahim Azizi B+ |
| ★ | My Father's Shadow Dir. Akinola Davies. Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Chibuike Egbo B |
| ★ | One Battle After Another Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson. Leonardo DiCaprio A |
| Resurrection Dir. Bi Gan. Jackson Yee, Shu Qi, Mark Chao, Chen Yongzhong B– |
| ★ | The Secret Agent Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho. Wagner Moura, Robério Diógenes B |
| Short Summer Dir. Nastia Korkia. Maiia Pleshkevich, Aleksandr Karpushin A– |
| Silent Friend Dir. Ildikó Enyedi. Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm A |
| ★ |
Sinners Dir. Ryan Coogler. Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton, Wunmi Mosaku B– |
| Sirāt Dir. Oliver Laxe. Sergi López, Bruno Núñez Arjona, Jade Oukid A |
| Sound of Falling Dir. Mascha Schilinski. Hanna Heckt, Greta Krämer A |
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| ④ |
Good or bad, this is risky and original work |
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| Black Rabbit, White Rabbit Dir. Shahram Mokri. Hasti Mohammai B |
| Cactus Pears Dir. Rohan Parashuram Kanawade. Bhushaan Manoj A– |
| Die My Love Dir. Lynne Ramsay. Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson A– |
| Drunken Noodles Dir. Lucio Castro. Laith Khalifeh, Joél Isaac, Celine Costa B+ |
| Hedda Dir. Nia DaCosta. Tessa Thompson, Tom Bateman, Nina Hoss C |
| A House of Dynamite Dir. Kathryn Bigelow. Rebecca Ferguson, Tracy Letts B+ |
| The Love That Remains Dir. Hlynur Pálmason. Saga Garðarsdóttir B+ |
| Magellan Dir. Lav Diaz. Gael García Bernal, Dario Yazbek Bernal B+ |
| The Mastermind Dir. Kelly Reichardt. Josh O'Connor, Alana Haim B |
| Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning Dir. Christopher McQuarrie B– |
| The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo Dir. Diego Céspedes. Tamara Cortés B– |
| No Other Choice Dir. Park Chan-wook. Lee Byung-hun, Song Ye-jin B– |
| Palestine 36 Dir. Annemarie Jacir. Karim Daoud Anaya, Yasmine El Massri B |
| Preparation for the Next Life Dir. Bing Liu. Sebiye Behtiyar, Fred Hechinger B+ |
| Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk Dir. Sepideh Farsi. Documentary A– |
| ★ | Roofman Dir. Derek Cianfrance. Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, LaKeith Stanfield A |
| ★ | Sentimental Value Dir. Joachim Trier. Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård B+ |
| Strange River Dir. Jaume Claret Muxart. Jan Monter, Nausicaa Bonnin B |
| The Tale of Silyan Dir. Tamara Kotevska. Documentary about farmers and storks B+ |
| Train Dreams Dir. Clint Bentley. Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Nathaniel Arcand B |
| Two Prosecutors Dir. Sergei Loznitsa. Alexander Kuznetsov B+ |
| A Useful Ghost Dir. Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke. Wisarut Homhuan B+ |
| ★ | The Voice of Hind Rajab Dir. Kaouther Ben Hania. Motaz Malhees, Saja Kilani B |
| We Are Pat Dir. Ro Hamer. Documentary about androgynous SNL figure B+ |
| ★ | Wind, Talk to Me Dir. Stefan Đorđević. Stefan Đorđević, Negrica Đorđević B+ |
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| ③ |
Try to make time, but don't cry if you miss it |
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| After the Hunt Dir. Luca Guadagnino. Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri B– |
| ★ | Anemone Dir. Rowan Day-Lewis. Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean, Samantha Morton B |
| Anything That Moves Dir. Alex Phillips. Hal Baum, Jiana Nicole, Jack Dunphy B– |
| Below the Clouds Dir. Gianfranco Rosi. Documentary about modern Naples B+ |
| Blue Moon Dir. Richard Linklater. Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley C |
| ★ | Bugonia Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, Aidan Delbis C– |
| Christy Dir. David Michôd. Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, Merritt Wever C+ |
| The Currents Dir. Milagros Mumenthaler. Isabel Aimé González Sola B– |
| Emi Dir. Ezequiel Erriquez Mena. Benicio Mutti Spinetta, Alejandro Scaravelli C+ |
| Frankenstein Dir. Guillermo del Toro. Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth C– |
| Hamnet Dir. Chloé Zhao. Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson B |
| The Ice Tower Dir. Lucile Hadžihalilović. Clara Pacini, Marion Cotillard B– |
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Lurker Dir. Alex Russell. Théodore Pellerin, Archie Madekwe, Sunny Suljic B– |
| Materialists Dir. Celine Song. Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, Chris Evans D+ |
| ★ | Mickey 17 Dir. Bong Joon-ho. Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Mark Ruffalo C |
| Miroirs No. 3 Dir. Christian Petzold. Paula Beer, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt B |
| The Naked Gun Dir. Akiva Schaffer. Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson B– |
| ★ | Nouvelle Vague Dir. Richard Linklater. Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch B |
| ★ | Nuremberg Dir. James Vanderbilt. Rami Malek, Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon C– |
| Only Heaven Knows Dir. Nurzhamal Karamoldoeva. Malika Kanatova B+ |
| The Perfect Neighbor Dir. Geeta Gandbhir. Documentary about Florida murder B |
| Peter Hujar's Day Dir. Ira Sachs. Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hall B |
| The Phoenician Scheme Dir. Wes Anderson. Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton B– |
| ★ | Rental Family Dir. Hikari. Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto C |
| Sorry, Baby Dir. Eva Victor. Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges B– |
| Splitsville Dir. Michael Angelo Covino. Kyle Marvin, Dakota Johnson B |
| Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere Dir. Scott Cooper. Jeremy Allen White B– |
| ★ | The Stranger Dir. François Ozon. Benjamin Voisin, Rebecca Marder C+ |
| Urchin Dir. Harris Dickinson. Frank Dillane, Megan Northam, Okezie Morro B |
| ★ |
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Dir. Rian Johnson. Josh O'Connor C– |
| ★ |
Weapons Dir. Zach Cregger. Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich B– |
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| ② |
Even if it's good, it's hardly groundbreaking |
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| 28 Years Later Dir. Danny Boyle. Alfie Williams, Aaron Taylor-Johnson D |
| ★ | Ballad of a Small Player Dir. Edward Berger. Colin Farrell, Fala Chen D+ |
| ★ | Black Bag Dir. Steven Soderbergh. Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett B– |
| Bring Her Back Dir. Danny and Michael Philippou. Sora Wong, Billy Barratt F |
| Dead Man's Wire Dir. Gus Van Sant. Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery B– |
| F1 Dir. Joseph Kosinski. Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Javier Bardem, Kerry Condon B– |
| ★ | Father Mother Sister Brother Dir. Jim Jarmusch. Tom Waits, Adam Driver C– |
| ★ | One Golden Summer Dir. Kevin Shaw. Documentary about Little League team B |
| The History of Sound Dir. Oliver Hermanus. Paul Mescal, Josh O'Connor B– |
| Jurassic World Rebirth Dir. Gareth Edwards. Scarlett Johansson C+ |
| Kiss of the Spider Woman Dir. Bill Condon. Tonatiuh, Diego Luna C+ |
| Lilo & Stitch Dir. Dean Fleischer Camp. Maia Kealoha, Chris Sanders C– |
| Mārama Dir. Taratoa Stappard. Ariana Osborne, Toby Stephens, Umi Myers B– |
| ★ | New Group Dir. Yuta Shimotsu. Anna Yamada, Yuzu Aoki, Pierre Taki C+ |
| One of Them Days Dir. Lawrence Lamont. Keke Palmer, SZA, Joshua David Neal C+ |
| Plainclothes Dir. Carmen Emmi. Tom Blyth, Russell Tovey, Maria Dizzia C– |
| The Smashing Machine Dir. Benny Safdie. Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt C+ |
| Steve Dir. Tim Mielants. Cillian Murphy, Jay Lycurgo, Tracey Ullman C |
| Together Dir. Michael Shanks. Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Damon Herriman D– |
| ★ |
The Wedding Banquet Dir. Andrew Ahn. Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-chan C+ |
| What Marielle Knows Dir. Frédéric Hambalek. Julia Jentsch, Felix Kramer C+ |
| Wicked: For Good Dir. Jon M. Chu. Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh C |
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| ① |
Low ambition, little originality, easy to forget |
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| Jay Kelly Dir. Noah Baumbach. George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern D |
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