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Film of the Week

Jonathan Romney mulls over the virtues of the best—or the richest, or just the most perplexing—of the week’s new U.S. releases or re-releases.

Film of the Week: Erased,___Ascent of the Invisible

By Jonathan Romney
April 26, 2019
Disappearing act: the Lebanese film could be called a speculative documentary, an essay film, or a conceptual art piece

Film of the Week: Long Day’s Journey Into Night

By Jonathan Romney
April 12, 2019
In dreams: Bi Gan's noir fable abandons narrative transparency in favor of a poetic dream logic

Film of the Week: The Wind

By Jonathan Romney
April 5, 2019
Home on the range: Emma Tammi's new movie blends horror and Western genre elements, not always successfully

Film of the Week: Diane

By Jonathan Romney
March 29, 2019
Not dark yet: Kent Jones's Diane is an altogether sober film, a drama about ageing that is nothing less than ice-water unsentimental

Film of the Week: Dragged Across Concrete

By Jonathan Romney
March 22, 2019
The thin blue line: S. Craig Zahler’s brutally violent cop film surfaces uncomfortable questions about racism, power, and complicity

Film of the Week: Combat Obscura

By Jonathan Romney
March 15, 2019
Combat fatigue: Miles Lagoze’s Afghanistan documentary shows the boredom and brutality of endless war

Film of the Week: An Elephant Sitting Still

By Jonathan Romney
March 8, 2019
Magic and loss: the late Hu Bo's masterpiece is filled with extraordinary beauty, invention, and grace

Film of the Week: Transit

By Jonathan Romney
March 1, 2019
The illusionist: Christian Petzold's latest is effectively two different films, depending on what you think you’re seeing

Film of the Week: Between the Lines

By Jonathan Romney
February 22, 2019
Faded glory: Joan Micklin Silver's 1977 crackling ensemble piece shows how some things never change

Film of the Week: Varda par Agnès

By Jonathan Romney
February 15, 2019
Mirror image: the latest from the irrepressible filmmaker isn’t exactly a self-portrait, but a set of discursive and contemplative footnotes to her work and life