“High art collides with low expectations, resulting in something like a renewed faith in humanity.”
“Soderbergh gets significant mileage out of the visual conceit alone.”
” … overflows with formal ingenuity and daring.”
“One of our most elusive movie monsters avoids capture once again.”
10 films, 10 sentences.
“… a momentous movie, if not quite as momentous as it thinks it is.”
“. . . it’s as if a dark tragedy has been cast with lovable clowns.”
“. . . announced a huge talent in service of a particular vision.”
“Sean Baker’s movies see people for their humanity first and their circumstances second…”
“… bestows a certain innocence on a seedy milieu.”
“… builds to one of those climactic grace notes that would define later Baker movies.”
“… crackles because of its subjects.”
“It boggles the mind (and moral compass)…”
“It’s hard to describe how far off the rails Emilia Pérez goes…”
