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Sound of Metal (2020)

Drama Rated R

“Instead of a point of view, we get a point of hearing.”

The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)

Comedy Rated R

“…challenged me to think about what I praise in Black art—and why.”

The Truffle Hunters (2020)

Documentary Rated PG-13

“…beautiful, but also personable.”

I’m Your Woman (2020)

Drama Rated R

“…imagines what Mrs. Pink might have been doing while the boys were playing around in Reservoir Dogs.”

Nomadland (2020)

Drama Rated R

“A uniquely American struggle is met by an indomitable American spirit in Nomadland…”

Boys State (2020)

Documentary Rated PG-13

“A thoroughly depressing portrait of American teen masculinity, Texas politics, and the overall state of democracy…”

Bacurau (2020)

Drama Rated NR

“A wild, disturbing sci-fi Western…”

Small Axe (2020)

Drama Rated NR

“If Kieslowski’s Decalogue is considered a pinnacle of the art form, McQueen’s Small Axe deserves nothing less.”

Education (2020)

Drama Rated NR

“…continues—and closes—the larger project of Steve McQueen’s five-film Small Axe anthology.”

Alex Wheatle (2020)

Drama Rated NR

“…reggae as a lifeline.”

Recent Reviews

Out of the Past (1947)

Thriller Rated NR

“Mitchum holds the screen in the palm of his hand without appearing to even try…”

The Bride! (2026)

Horror Rated R

“The fun here is in the audacious attempt and the performances.”

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Comedy Rated NR

“A bit of a whiff for Frank Capra…”


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