Reviews

Reviews

A film made by an ambivalent digital native, Influencer sees through the all-too-common and frankly dull Gen X critique of social media…

by Joshua Polanski May 24, 2023

It’s not one of Chang’s best, that’s for sure.

by Joshua Polanski May 21, 2023May 21, 2023

Shirin is a painful watch. There’s no secret to that, and anyone who tells you otherwise is probably bullshitting you. The…

by Joshua Polanski May 20, 2023

Shttl is unlike anything you have ever seen: a contemporary black-and-white Yiddish language artificial one-shot film made in Ukraine with a…

by Joshua Polanski May 12, 2023

Saim Sadiq delivers a remarkable directorial debut in Joyland, the first Pakistani film to premiere at Cannes Film Festival. In…

by Joshua Polanski May 9, 2023

I fully anticipate that was the last time I’ll enjoy myself at a Marvel theatrical screening. I don’t know that…

by Joshua Polanski May 5, 2023May 5, 2023

Johnnie To is well known in the West for his action and crime films but, the populist that he is,…

by Joshua Polanski May 3, 2023May 5, 2023

Polite Society is a film of big announcements. Between writer and director Nida Manzoor and budding star Priya Kansara, this will…

by Joshua Polanski April 28, 2023

As one of the most important wuxia ever made, I came to The One-Armed Swordsman (1967) for Shaw Brothers production…

by Joshua Polanski April 22, 2023May 21, 2023

I’ve always preferred James Cameron’s version of Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) in Aliens to the Ripley of Ridley Scott’s 1979 Alien. A lot…

by Joshua Polanski April 21, 2023

On the proverbial Mount Rushmore of cinematic martial artists, Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung are gimmes. The debate follows them:…

by Joshua Polanski April 14, 2023

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