The Criterion Collection
May 23, 2018 — About halfway through Cristian Mungiu’s Graduation (2016), Dr. Romeo Aldea (Adrian Titieni) finds himself in a patch of woods in the middle of the night, crying. It’s a surprisingly vulnerable moment for a protagonist who is usually all business. We’re...
On the Channel
May 20, 2018 — A lifelong movie collector remembers the thrill of discovering the granddaddy of all monsters on Super 8.
The Daily
May 19, 2018 — All agree that the drama set in the slums of Beirut is gripping, but is it too manipulative?
May 18, 2018 — Improvising to Jim Jarmusch’s film in real time, Neil Young created a rich parallel environment that sounds like a force of nature.
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May 16, 2018 — Critical reception is subdued compared to the raves for Happy Hour (2015).
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May 16, 2018 — Joachim Trier’s jury goes for a satire about a Portuguese soccer star.
May 14, 2018 — In the singular world of Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki, auteurist homage and social consciousness are joined by some of the most lovingly filmed dogs in contemporary cinema.
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May 12, 2018 — The five-part essay film is “infused in equal measures by despair and aspiration.”
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May 12, 2018 — The nineties-era love story returns the French director to critical favor.
In Theaters
May 10, 2018 — Repertory Picks On Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, Ronald Neame’s globe-trotting 1980 film Hopscotch will pop up in Minneapolis for several screenings at the Trylon Cinema, as part of a ten-film series celebrating the careers—both joint and solo—of real-life best friends...