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'Pawlikowski’s film feels as thoroughly steeped in Goethean rigidity and philosophical complexity as it is relentless in ridiculing the German temperament itself' Sonya Vseliubska on Pawel Pawlikowski's Fatherland: inreviewonline.com/2026/05/16/fat…

The @InRO Substack is officially live! This is a labor of love by the estimable @CCassingham, so we hope you join us. Subscribe now for bi-weekly newsletters of curated writing from our amazing critics, as well as Substack-exclusive features and essays throughout the week! inreviewonline.substack.com/p/croisette-of…

'character-driven documentaries place their subjects in a vulnerable position, allowing filmmakers to construct the version of life that will remain attached to them forever. In his feature documentary debut, Maxence Voiseux adroitly conquers this exacting task through a 10-year observation of a boy in rural Northern France, where one’s future seems to be prescribed — though no one can fully suppress the unpredictable detours of a young man’s dreams' inreviewonline.com/2026/05/14/gab…

Another @IndieWire Critic’s Pick, this time for Katharina Rivilis’ I’LL BE GONE IN JUNE, a lyrically spellbinding 9/11 time capsule in which two teenagers grapple with mutual otherness. My #Cannes review: indiewire.com/criticism/movi…

for the weekend crowd: onver on the @InRO substack we published the second in our series of essays on the Structure. Youth. Wave. Cinema program that ran at Spectacle Theater last month. Michael Sicinski killing it as always. More to come... inreviewonline.substack.com/p/metonymic-ex…

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New on the @InRO Substack: the second essay in our series of reflections on the Structure. Wave. Youth. Cinema. program that recently screened at Spectacle Theater. Michael Sicinski writes on Wang Zijun and Wang Lan's "Reform School Students". Subscribe at inreviewonline.substack.com

For @cultmtl I interviewed Sophy Romvari about Blue Heron, one of the best films of the year cultmtl.com/2026/05/sophy-…

NOW STREAMING: FOUR FILMS BY PETER BUNDY One of the most distinctive American filmmakers of the 70s and 80s. PROGRAM: - Polar (1975) - Gloucester Skipper (1976) - Underbridge (1978) - Alabama Departure (1978) Available to watch online through May 29 at patreon.com/ultradogme

A transformative period in Korean cinema is at the center of Celluloid Fever, a series now running @FilmLinc: thefilmstage.com/nyc-weekend-wa…

'Style and form, however, have little bearing on The Sheep Detectives. The primary draw for viewers — at least as intended — is a sweet, sappy emotionality, which in execution comes off as shockingly genuine, despite the artificial environs (and heroes).' Jefferson Everest Crawford has a few words on The Sheep Detectives: inreviewonline.com/2026/05/07/the…

'the newest Screenlife venture from maverick producer Timur Bekmambetov and Bazelevs Entertainment, looks a bit different from most of the Screenlife films that precede it, and 29-year-old first-generation digital native director Ronan Corrigan likely has something to do with that.' Joshua Polanski interfaces with the new heist thriller LifeHack: inreviewonline.com/2025/08/05/lif…

to celebrate devin and chris solving this crisis, tonight you should watch manifestations by devin morgan m.youtube.com/watch?v=QlRHyq… and boundaries by christopher jason bell vimeo.com/324753320

“Here, the director gestures toward the point at which the echoes of the earth assume personal and transcendental weight.” My @InRO interview with Ildikó Enyedi on SILENT FRIEND, starring Tony Leung. inreviewonline.com/2026/05/12/oth…

'What is happening geopolitically penetrates Dua’s perceptual field through the silent observations of streets,  the monotone of the evening news, and eavesdropping on her parents’ conversations in the kitchen.' Sonya Vseliubska reviews Blerta Basholli's sophomore feature Dua: inreviewonline.com/2026/05/14/dua…

'The Wizard of the Kremlin could have been a scintillating political thriller that gives a human face to a despot and the Machiavellian advisor who engineered his political rise. Instead, Assayas’ 19th feature film is an impotent work that lands in the bottom tier of the prolific auteur’s oeuvre.' @HugoEmmerzael dives into Assayas' latest disappointment: inreviewonline.com/2025/09/01/the…