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Scare Tactics: Senseless Violence

By Laura Kern
May 2, 2018
The loss of hearing or sight (or more) can trigger the ever-potent drama of survival against the odds

The River’s Roar

By Sheila O'Malley
May 1, 2018
Mary Ellen Bute’s Passages from James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake listens to the stream-of-consciousness song of a synesthetic masterwork

Seeing in the Dark

By Eric Hynes
May 1, 2018
Making something out of nothing, some filmmakers use blank screens to fill our minds

Louder Than a Bomb

By April Wolfe
May 1, 2018
The Coup frontman’s scabrous debut feature, Sorry to Bother You, about a telemarketer on the rise, sees the bizarro nightmare in the modern American dream

Review: First Reformed

By Aliza Ma
May 1, 2018
(Paul Schrader, USA, A24, Opening May 18)

Short Takes: The Guardians

By Kristin M. Jones
May 1, 2018
(Xavier Beauvois, Switzerland/France, Music Box Films, Opening May 4)

Short Takes: Summer 1993

By Manu Yáñez Murillo
May 1, 2018
(Carla Simón, Spain, Oscilloscope, Opening May 25)

Short Takes: On Chesil Beach

By Michael Koresky
May 1, 2018
(Dominic Cooke, UK, Bleecker Street, Opening May 18)

Short Takes: En el Séptimo Día

By Nicolas Rapold
May 1, 2018
(Jim McKay, USA, Cinema Guild, Opening June 8)

Short Takes: Beast

By Chloe Lizotte
May 1, 2018
(Michael Pearce, UK, Roadside Attractions & 30West, Opening May 11)