⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Immensely difficult to watch, THE PAINTED BIRD is one of the harshest depictions of war ever made, but also a humane, poetic masterpiece.
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⭐️⭐️ Unwilling or unable to tackle the difficult topics it sets itself up for, NIMBY is an intensely political film that refuses to pick a side or statement.
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Tender and kind, melancholy and optimistic, Kelly Reichardt's FIRST COW is a grand fable about beginnings and ends.
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Made with the best intentions, Aaron Sorkin's courtroom drama is hampered by distracting fiction that detracts from the timely message.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In Chloé Zhao's NOMADLAND, Frances McDormand delivers a powerful and nuanced portrait of grief against a backdrop of a failing society.
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Hysterically funny and deeply disturbing, the first film by comedy power duo Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe is a masterclass in satire.
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Shalini Kantayya's eloquent and important documentary sheds light on the inherently biased world of technology and the people fighting to change it.
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Harrowing and unbearably bleak, WELCOME TO CHECHNYA is a vitally important documentary about an issue that needs addressing right now.
I interviewed filmmaker Justin McConnell on his documentary CLAPBOARD JUNGLE and how to survive indie filmmaking today.