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Someone Great (2019)

Marianne Eloise

A nuanced, perfectly-soundtracked comedy about heartbreak and friendship that shows a queer relationship as a secondary romantic plot to the straight break-up is a pretty great offering to the canon.
Posted May 3, 2019
2
Diamantino (2019)

Nick Chen

Diamantino, with its scathing commentary on how the media has allowed a right-wing uprising, remains relevant up until the final whistle.
Posted Apr 1, 2019
3
Dumplin' (2018)

Gina Tonic

In my eyes, [Dickson] represents a positivity I haven't ever seen on a screen - one that doesn't seek to change her body to fit in, but to change the world to find space and celebration for her fat frame.
Posted Dec 13, 2018
4
Destroyer (2018)

Patrik Sandberg

Kusama commands the material in a style that is as artful as it is refreshingly no-holds-barred.
Posted Sep 24, 2018
5
Widows (2018)

Patrik Sandberg

The collective experience of witnessing a story like this unfold is the reason we go to the movies and sit through them side by side in the dark.
Posted Sep 13, 2018
6
Mid90s (2018)

Patrik Sandberg

Its winning performances, attention to detail, and the geeky amount of affection Hill devotes to everything from T-shirts to bedroom wall paraphernalia makes this something of a male answer to Ladybird.
Posted Sep 11, 2018
7
Boy Erased (2018)

Patrik Sandberg

The movie succeeds in spite of itself, demonstrating a deep empathy for not only these tragic figures subjected to abusive conditioning but also their religious families, bedeviled by doctrines that contradict their own compassionate instincts.
Posted Sep 11, 2018
8
She's Gotta Have It (1986)

Kemi Alemoru

It's going backwards in order to move the conversation forward... This could and should have been good but, ultimately, there are too many holes, too many monologues and too many things for me to get over for me to actually enjoy it.
Posted Sep 11, 2018
9
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017)

Hannah Keegan

Emphasises the writer's special combination of human fragility and literary stature.
Posted Sep 11, 2018
10
The Predator (2018)

Patrik Sandberg

This may be the director's best attempt at an alien invasion, but no matter how many grenades he throws, nothing ever lands.
Posted Sep 11, 2018
11
Sorry to Bother You (2018)

Mariam Ansar

Sorry To Bother You [is] doubly exciting: it's conscious of what it achieves in its absurdity, just as much as it's conscious of the dangers of late-stage capitalism.
Posted Sep 11, 2018
12
Rafiki (2019)

Ella Kemp

By framing an effervescent lesbian romance against a backdrop of political allegiance and the societal taboos surrounding LGBTQ rights, Rafiki finds its voice -- and deserves to shout it, loud and clear.
Posted Sep 11, 2018
13
A Star Is Born (2018)

Patrik Sandberg

Overall, this movie is a testament to the talent of Cooper, but the glory belongs to Gaga.
Posted Sep 11, 2018
14
Hereditary (2018)

Patrik Sandberg

Blue chip performances from a top notch cast.
Posted Apr 12, 2018
15
A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff

Overall, I didn't enjoy A Wrinkle In Time... Fundamentally, however, I am ecstatic that we are finally seeing glimpses of the representation we deserve onscreen,
Posted Mar 9, 2018
16
Saturday Church (2018)

Alexandra Pollard

Injecting fantasy sequences and musical numbers into its gritty, poignant plotline, it's a coming-of-age spectacle.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
17
Princess Cyd (2017)

Alexandra Pollard

Director Stephen Cone, whose work has been compared to that of Jonathan Demme, weaves a subtler tale than the odd-couple premise might suggest.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
18
Call Me by Your Name (2018)

Alexandra Pollard

Come for the buzz around a scandalous peach scene, stay for the viscous chemistry between the two leads.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
19
Thelma (2017)

Alexandra Pollard

Joachim Trier's Thelma uses the trope of burgeoning supernatural powers as an analogy for the effect oppressive values have on a young woman's sexuality. So far, so Carrie but the film is resolutely Trier's own vision.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
20
All Eyez on Me (2017)

Ashleigh Kane

For all Shipp Jr.'s heart, Boom's desire to cram every, single thing and a failure to unpack anything is its ultimate undoing.
Posted Jul 12, 2017
21
Gray House (2017)

Sophie Brown

Gray House resonates with the internal experience of time and the nature of isolation -- in both its magnetism and embrace.
Posted Apr 13, 2017
22
Bunch of Kunst (2017)

Sophie Brown

Director Christine Franz follows the Sleaford Mods over the course of a couple of years in which they reach new heights of success.
Posted Apr 13, 2017
23
City of Ghosts (2017)

Sophie Brown

City of Ghosts is an important platform for the voices of RBSS to be heard by the uninformed masses, and is ultimately their film.
Posted Apr 13, 2017
24
Karl Marx City (2017)

Sophie Brown

Creating a subtle obscurity around ownership of the story, the narrative slips between Petra's first-person perspective, and a disconnected female voice that narrates Petra's story.
Posted Apr 13, 2017
25
Ghost in the Shell (2017)

Patrik Sandberg

Politics aside, Ghost In The Shell takes the source material and turns it into something digestible and rip-roaring, gripping you to your seat full-throttle and never letting go.
Posted Apr 12, 2017
26
Get Out (2017)

Kemi Alemoru

In essence Get Out is every microaggression a black man has ever faced -- but supersized.
Posted Mar 22, 2017
27
Call Me by Your Name (2018)

Carmen Gray

The bond between Elio and Oliver grows tentatively, but unleashes forceful emotions that reverberate through all the relationships in a film both hilarious and gorgeously sad, that crackles with sexual tension.
Posted Feb 27, 2017
28
Golden Exits (2018)

Carmen Gray

Director Alex Ross Perry gives us a film of simmering power dynamics and bracingly complex roles: nobody is completely innocent, nor can we write anyone off from our sympathies entirely.
Posted Feb 27, 2017
29
Casting JonBenét (2017)

Carmen Gray

It's a fascinating if queasily invasive insight into a sleepy township that seems to hide as many weird, subterranean secrets as Lynch's Twin Peaks.
Posted Feb 27, 2017
30
The Lure (Córki dancingu) (2017)

Trey Taylor

Fantasy ladled over lunacy, The Lure is possibly the weirdest thing you'll see this year.
Posted Jan 10, 2017
31
American Honey (2016)

Sanja Grozdanic

In the decaying America that Andrea Arnold bears witness to, there are two currencies: sex and violence, constantly intersecting as the crew makes their way across a divided country.
Posted Dec 19, 2016
32
Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016)

Trey Taylor

It's a barnstorming exposé that puts all other documentaries released this year to shame.
Posted Nov 22, 2016
33
To The Wonder (2013)

Sophie Brown

This elusive 'something' is key to Malick's film; the intangible tide that disconnects people with as much mystery as it drew them so intensely together.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
34
Bad 25 (2012)

Sophie Brown

[A] thorough and engaging exploration of the cultural phenomenon; a unique explosion in musical history, and insight into the loneliness of the performer, isolated in a fame bubble and devoured by the press.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
35
Spring Breakers (2013)

Sophie Brown

Harmony Korine's latest feature is a lurid neon poem of a spring break road trip that descends into drugs, gang war, and pink balaclavas adorned with unicorns.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
36
The Master (2012)

Sophie Brown

Richly and evocatively shot with the stunning light contrast of seminal black and white films, The Master has the clout of classic cinema.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
37
La guerra dei vulcani (The War of the Volcanoes) (2012)

Sophie Brown

Exploring the tensions and passions that flowed on the island during this tumultuous time, this documentary captures one of cinema's great love stories.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
38
Something in the Air (2013)

Sophie Brown

The experiential form of the film evokes the sense of submergence in a time, with the 60s soundtrack swelling in and out with the ebb and flow of their drives.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
39
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2013)

Sophie Brown

Singing, smoking and keeping himself to himself, Harry Dean Stanton's quiet enigma suggests a restless sense of perpetual escape and loneliness.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
40
Paradise: Faith (2013)

Sophie Brown

A dark humour simmers under the bleak dogme style, with fleeting glimpses of the beauty in nature providing relief from the dingy, hard-lined 70s interiors.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
41
Low Tide (2012)

Sophie Brown

This quiet film captures a powerful tale of solitude and neglect.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
42
Elle (2016)

Patrik Sandberg

The fact that it's the funniest movie I've seen this year is mindblowing.
Posted Oct 12, 2016
43
Moonlight (2016)

Patrik Sandberg

Moonlight feels almost as prescient as it is heartbreaking -- which is to say, profoundly.
Posted Sep 26, 2016
44
Buda as sharm foru rikht (Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame) (2007)

Georgie Hobbs

Like Bjork's character, Selma, in Lars von Trier's Dancer In The Dark, Bakhtay is so heart-crushingly innocent that it rips your heart out to see her hurt. She, like Selma, is too clueless to help herself.
Posted Sep 26, 2016
45
Beyond Clueless (2014)

Sophie Brown

Summer Camp's original score is the cherry on top to this vibrant, funny and subversive analysis of post-John Hughes American teen movies.
Posted Oct 28, 2014