| Title |
Year |
Rating |
Rank |
Review |
| Ascension | 2021 | 90 | 1 | (full review) - What we are hearing sold is a Chinese version of the “American Dream,†in which there is a promise of wealth distribution to those who “deserve it.†But what we are seeing is the cost of that dream. |
| Beans | 2021 | 90 | 1 | (full review) - Beans is a moving coming-of-age story that depicts many strong First Nations women. |
| Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide | 2020 | 90 | 1 | (full review) - It situates Kenny in art history by tracing the evolution of art style from post-WWII abstract expressionism through to pop art/appropriation art, to graffiti art and cartoon realism. |
| Paris, 13th District | 2021 | 90 | 1 | (full review) - Like honey oozing off a comb. Like a flower unfurling. |
| Red Rocket | 2021 | 90 | 1 | (full review) - Mikey Saber (Simon Rex) is like an ill-trained golden retriever—all smiles and charm until he starts humping your leg and pissing all over the furniture. |
| Small Time | 2020 | 90 | 1 | (full review) - Small Time isn’t an easy film to watch, but it’s a good one. |
| The Spine of Night | 2021 | 90 | 1 | (full review) - I was left feeling swaddled in nostalgia by Spine of the Night, wanting to pair it with some cozy PJs and a bowl of sugary cereal. |
| Wife of a Spy | 2020 | 90 | 1 | (full review) - Kurosawa’s film focuses on the ripple effect that these atrocities have on the lives of the everyman/woman. |
| All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997) | 2021 | 85 | 9 | (full review) - It all comes to resemble video scrapbook of the baby years of what’s become a mainstream aesthetic. |
| Detention | 2019 | 85 | 9 | (full review) - ell-acted, with cinematography and sound design that keep us poised for scares, Detention does a wonderful job delivering a SpooOOooOOky season movie |
| Runt | 2021 | 85 | 9 | (full review) - The tea of toxic masculinity that they are all steeping in leaves no room for apologies. |
| Servants | 2020 | 85 | 9 | (full review) - Combined with a very understated score, this illustrates how normalized the culture of censorship and menace became. |
| The Nowhere Inn | 2020 | 85 | 9 | (full review) - Ever wondered what a mock music documentary directed by David Lynch would feel like? |
| Materna | 2020 | 80 | 14 | (full review) - This is Gutnik’s first feature film and I’m looking forward to seeing what’s next. |
| Measure of Revenge | 2022 | 80 | 14 | (full review) - Academy Award-winner Leo (The Fighter) is magnetic, showing an incredible range. |
| Here Are the Young Men | 2021 | 65 | 16 | (full review) - The kids are not alright. |
| In Action | 2020 | 65 | 16 | (full review) - For an action movie with essentially no budget, it gets the job done pretty darn well. |
| Striding Into the Wind | 2021 | 65 | 16 | (full review) - In the end, it’s a solid enough entry in the manchild coming-of-age genre, even if the ending tends toward the bleaker edge of the spectrum. |
| Coast | 2022 | 50 | 19 | (full review) - Coast doesn’t exactly break new ground in the coming-of-age genre. |
| Madelines | | 50 | 19 | (full review) - It’s not a movie that can stand up to much logical scrutiny, though. And both the horrific and comedic elements could have been dialed up somewhat. |
| Queen Marie of Romania | 2019 | 50 | 19 | (full review) - But once the delight of the visual treat starts to get old, there’s not much here to hold the attention. |
| The Wolf and the Lion | 2021 | 50 | 19 | (full review) - The movie, however, seems to suffer from a lack of self-reflection. |
| Twist | 2021 | 50 | 19 | (full review) - Martin Owen’s Twist imagines Oliver as an orphaned parkour enthusiast and Banksy-esque street artist. |
| BLONDE. Purple | 2021 | 25 | 24 | (full review) - If the fun of Pulp Fiction was its post-modern remix of pop culture tropes, Blonde. Purple feels like a copy of a copy of a copy, unfocused and messy. |
