“Any movie that mixes the DNA of Mean Girls, Brick, and School Daze has my attention…”

“It’s hard to watch Bette Davis admit defeat.”

“…as if the masterful Romanian abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days had been remade as a piece of scruffy American neorealism.”

“…an intimate portrait of the cost that is paid when a teenager feels societal pressure to remain closeted.”

“Does Jezebel chart Bette Davis’ redemption, or punishment?”

“In First Cow, history is at once engrossing and mundane.”

“…feels like Beasts of the Southern Wild, only overcooked by just a few degrees.”

“A goggling miserabilism defines Beanpole…”

“…a muted deconstruction of the Bonnie-and-Clyde narrative.”

“…a testament to what talented actors can do with material that might otherwise be stifling.”