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We've made it to our #BestFilmsof2025 finish line — our Top 10 of the year are now live. Yes, we were big, big fans of #onebattleafteranother but it didn't clock #1 on our list, so dig in to some great writing on our favorites! inreviewonline.com/2025/12/23/bes…

As @MoMAFilm ‘s Doc Fortnight comes to an end, here’s me and my fellow @InRO writers on some titles. I covered Zhou Tao’s very good RIB OF THE GREATER BAY AREA plus a repub of Pierre Creton’s STILL LIFE PRIMAVERA inreviewonline.com/2026/03/13/doc…

Read my new article, "Tender and Brutal: Remembering Stand by Me" (@InRO). R.I.P., Rob Reiner <3 inreviewonline.com/2026/03/12/ten… @StephenKing

#StandbyMe turns 40 this year. On the occasion, @MikeThornWrites digs into the evident brutality and underlying tenderness of Rob Reiner's adaptation of Stephen King's most nakedly autobiographical text. inreviewonline.com/2026/03/12/ten…

Werner Herzog's Ghost Elephants is a true act of guardianship with a dash of white saviourship. Me for @InRO inreviewonline.com/2026/03/06/gho…

I interviewed Gianfranco Rosi for @InRO on his great new film BELOW THE CLOUDS, along with some of his prior work, and he really laid it all on the line. So grateful for how much he gave. Playing at @FilmLinc / @IFCCenter starting this weekend inreviewonline.com/2026/03/06/rea…

Was pleased to write about Yuen Woo-ping's BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS for @InRO. A rather rare great blockbuster from the annual Chinese New Year movie industrial complex. Read it here: inreviewonline.com/2026/02/17/bla…

Godard’s Le Petit Soldat was not the only New Wave picture banned by the French govt. José Bénazéraf’s Joë Caligula was banned for its “nihilistic violence” almost putting the nouvelle vague (-adjacent) director out of business. My latest Flashback @InRO: inreviewonline.com/2026/02/27/fla…

Kinji Fukasaku’s THE THREAT turned 60 this month. For @InRO, I tried to approach the ways Fukasaku articulates the continuities and cruelties of post-war Japan’s construction. inreviewonline.com/2026/02/25/pos…

With #ByDesign hitting theaters this weekend, @BrndnStrssng took the opportunity to sit down with director Amanda Kramer and star @JulietteLewis to talk the body swap genre, Kramer's singular style, Lewis' expressiveness as a performer & more! inreviewonline.com/2026/02/14/ama…

Went a little bit long on Isabel Sandoval’s MOONGLOW and how it converses with and at the same time surpasses the rest of her filmography — an entrancing movie that features a late title card drop in the sexiest way possible. Latest piece for @InRO. inreviewonline.com/2026/02/08/moo…

Spoke with James J. Robinson about his directorial debut First Light and his Gothic taste, Yasujirō Ozu, Lav Diaz, Andrei Tarkovsky, etc. Also my first byline for @InRO. More @IFFR 2026 coverage soon! inreviewonline.com/2026/02/03/if-…

We kicked off our @IFFR coverage yesterday with a dispatch of 7 films, and we're back today with 7 more, including exciting features from James N. Kienitz Wilkins, James J. Robinson, and others. More coming all week and weekend! inreviewonline.com/2026/02/02/iff…

for @InRO, i got to review three austrian documentaries about immigration: far from being lippizans, blue - a black european tale, and favoriten! inreviewonline.com/2026/01/29/new…

Kevin Walker & Jack Auer’s Chronovisor (#iffr2026) is the best debut feature I’ve seen in years. An impressive, deceptively simple work that also happens to touch on my ancillary interests, so you’ll see me talking about this a lot. My rave for @InRO: inreviewonline.com/2026/02/02/chr…

Callous but compassionate, Simon Mesa Soto's A Poet is a far-from-hopeless movie about a hopeless man. Me for @InRO inreviewonline.com/2026/01/29/a-p…

I wrote about this film and the early days of Japan’s Art Theatre Guild for my latest Flashback column over at @InRO: inreviewonline.com/2026/01/16/fla…

ICYMI, we wrote about our 50 Favorite Films from 2025, including a good number of movies that deserve far more attention amidst the awards season muck. inreviewonline.com/2025/12/23/bes…

Our #BestFilmsof2025 countdown continues & today we're talking Nos. 11-20. If you missed previous entries, don't worry — all are linked here. Top 10 is coming tomorrow, so in the mean time, catch up on the 40 titles we've evangelized so far. inreviewonline.com/2025/12/22/bes…

ICYMI yesterday, our #BestFilmsof2025 countdown kept chugging along, and we dug into the movies that landed #31-40 on our annual list, which included projects from debut directors, auteurs, and blockbuster craftsman. inreviewonline.com/2025/12/19/bes…