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White Noise

By Ina Diane Archer
July 2, 2018
Boots Riley’s debut feature Sorry to Bother You busts out a satiric surrealism to express a warped racial and economic reality

It Happened Here

By Teo Bugbee
July 2, 2018
Spike Lee’s galvanizing BlacKkKlansman taps the conventions of genre to grasp the country’s legacy of hatred—and resistance

Make It Real: Evidence of a Life

By Eric Hynes
July 2, 2018
Wang Bing’s Dead Souls does justice to the few who lived to tell the tale of mass atrocity

Worldly Wise

By Violet Lucca
July 2, 2018
Isao Takahata leaves behind a quietly bold legacy of emotional maturity to the sometimes infantilized realm of animation

Festivals: Drifting Apart

By Kent Jones
July 2, 2018
Cannes risks the loss of cherished ideals, though filmmakers fight the good fight

Festivals: Trolling the Croisette

By Nicolas Rapold
July 2, 2018
At Cannes, self-determination effectively became the topic du jour, whether on the screen or in debates about the festival

Festivals: Why Settle for Less?

By Amy Taubin
July 2, 2018
Showstoppers could still be found at Cannes beyond the security barricades

Review: Eighth Grade

By Madeline Whittle
July 2, 2018
(Bo Burnham, USA, A24, Opening July 13)

Home Movies: July-August 2018 Listings

By Film Comment
July 2, 2018
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20 Discs to Watch

★★ A Ciambra Jonas Carpignano, Italy, 2017; IFC Films

Short Take: Leave No Trace

By Nick Davis
July 2, 2018
(Debra Granik, USA, Bleecker Street Pictures, Opened June 29)