Screen Reviews

Our writers scour the globe, rewind endless tapes, and press pause as many times as it takes to bring you the ultimate collection of film, broadcast, and streaming visual content to feed your endless appetite for movies.

Liberté

Liberté

Screen Reviews

Generoso Fierro reviews Albert Serra’s new transgressive feature Liberté, winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.

Blood Tide

Blood Tide

Screen Reviews

Richard Jefferies classic looks like a new film in the Blu-ray reissue.

Night Flight

Night Flight

Screen Reviews

A video streaming service replicates the ’90s with a revival and expansion of the cult TV show Night Flight.

Tommaso

Tommaso

Screen Reviews

Generoso reviews Tommaso, the provocative new feature from director Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant, Pasolini), which stars Willem Dafoe and Christina Chiriac.

Dennis and Lois

Dennis and Lois

Screen Reviews

Music superfans Lois and Dennis have been attending concerts and befriending musicians since the ’70s. The couple shares their obsessive music fandom with the rest of the world in this quirky, charming documentary.

Vitalina Varela

Vitalina Varela

Screen Reviews

Generoso reviews Pedro Costa’s affecting docufiction feature, Vitalina Varela, which won the Best Actress and Golden Leopard awards at the 2019 Locarno International Film Festival.

16 Bars

16 Bars

Screen Reviews

A jailhouse program gives inmates a chance to be heard.

The Emperor of Michoacan

The Emperor of Michoacan

Screen Reviews

Directors James Ramey and Arturo Pimentel examine the history and culture of the Purépecha people in their feature documentary, The Emperor of Michoacán.

Best of Film 2019

Best of Film 2019

Screen Reviews

Lily and Generoso select their ten favorite features, a collection of supplemental films, and a best repertory release of 2019.

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Blue Thunder

Blue Thunder

Screen Reviews

John Badham’s 1983 future-tech helicopter thriller, Blue Thunder, with its cautionary tale of militarized police and a surveillance state, still resonates decades later.

The Eye

The Eye

Screen Reviews

What if the miracle of sight came with a curse? The Eye builds its horror from that chilling premise.

Chapterhouse

Chapterhouse

Interviews

With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.