‘Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’ Review: Golden Bear Winner Is Shocking, Brilliant Pandemic Satire
Radu Jude’s tale of a sex tape gone wrong jams two very different movies together for a bold, hilarious take on society’s awful state.
Radu Jude’s tale of a sex tape gone wrong jams two very different movies together for a bold, hilarious take on society’s awful state.
Shot inside the Villa Tugendhat, a Czech masterpiece of modernist design, “The Affair” is never as memorable as its architecture.
Cousins Jessie and Jessica Barr team up for a story they know all too well themselves: what it’s like to lose a parent when you’re just a teenager.
Berlin: Hamaguchi Ryūsuke follows “Asako I & II” with a triptych of thematically related but wildly unpredictable shorts about coincidence.
Fans of the original will find much to enjoy in this stuffed follow-up, but none of the gags hold as much appeal as watching Murphy back in action.
Slight and discursive even by Hong Sang-soo standards, “Introduction” will be less rewarding for newcomers than for longtime fans.
Berlin: An absorbing tale of grief and guilt, this compelling drama from Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha has a slow-burn power.
Eddie Huang’s coming-of-age sports drama uplifts the Asian American struggle while falling into the same othering it purports to despise.
Berlin: Yngvild Sve Flikke’s Norwegian pregnancy comedy is fresh, funny, and feminist, with the year’s most unlikely animated hero at its heart.
Amy Poehler’s latest directorial outing for Netflix is well-meaning and respectful, but it also seems crafted for an audience already well-versed in its messaging.
Céline Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” follow-up is only 72 minutes long, but it feels infinite.
“Chaos Walking” should’ve been the weirdest sci-fi blockbuster since “Cloud Atlas,” but this YA adaptation is too afraid of its own ideas.