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Case in point: the films below.
Vultures film critics have somehow kept abreast of it all.
Here, theyll guide you through the must-sees of the last few months.
All movies are listed by U.S. release date, with the most recent movies up top.
Bilge Ebiri
Read Bilge Ebiris fullreview ofGrand Tour.
Somewhat predictably, Iris slowly starts to connect with the animal.
Read Bilge Ebiris fullreview ofThe Friend.
Instead, he uses the iconography of fairy tales to give our heros actions a mythical kick.
Read Bilge Ebiris fullreview ofA Working Man.
Jeremy Workmans deliriously entertaining and moving documentary lets the artists themselves tell us the story.
Read Bilge Ebiris fullreview ofSecret Mall Apartment.
Slick, but never sterile, the film demonstratesSoderbergh in God mode.
I wrote inmy review, What ultimately cinches the dynamics ofBlack Bagis the chemistry between Fassbender and Blanchett.
Individually, they are refined, glamorous.
Together, theyre intimidatingly, pornographically so.
Its more than compounded beauty and charisma, though.
This is a matter of complementary craft; of two great listeners and communicators bringing rapture to every gesture.
As one character says to Fassbenders lead, My God, thats hot.
Angelica Jade Bastien
Read Angelica Jade Bastiens fullreview ofBlack Bagand Matt Zoller Seitzs interview withfilmmaker Steven Soderbergh.
Dinner conversations ramble on and become contentious confrontations, often captured in single shots.
Some dialogue exchanges even edge into the realm of cringe comedy, without ever going full-bore Apatow.
We keep waiting for something awful to happen.
That something turns out to be life.
Read Bilge Ebiris fullreview ofWho by Fire.
Its goofy, devil-may-care logic and rapid-fire comedy rarely translated to feature-length run times.
Its all done with verve and velocity, ably capturing the Looney Tunes spirit.
When Daffys face first blows up, its like weve been reunited with an old friend.
Read Bilge Ebiris fullreview ofThe Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.
He tries to swing at it like its normal, but its already past him, were told.
The eephus makes him lose track of time.
Lund doesnt play coy with this obvious metaphor.
We keep looking for meaning while the world passes us by.
Read Bilge Ebirisfull review ofEephus.
Alison Willmore
Read Alison Willmores fullreview of Mickey 17and Willmoresconversation with filmmaker Bong Joon Hoon the films ending.
The cousins stand by while accusations are leveled at Freds widow for not grieving properly.
The world appears to have become topsy-turvy.
Characters appear mysteriously from one scene to the other.
People judge others for the precise pitch of their wails.
Every emotion feels like the opposite of what might ordinarily be expected.
Sometimes, the only way to preserve your sanity is to go a little insane yourself.
Read Bilge Ebiris fullreview ofOn Becoming a Guinea Fowl.
In the Lost Lands
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But there are also cowboys and witches and werewolves and giant skeleton monsters.
Read Bilge Ebirisfull review ofIn the Lost Lands.
Theres an artful elegance to this films suspense as well.
Read Bilge Ebiris fullreview ofLast Breath.
Read Alison Willmores fullreview ofBridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.
Read Bilge Ebiris fullreview ofParthenope.
As the film goes in increasingly, hilariously brutal directions, its construction becomes its own reward.
Read Alison Willmoresfull review ofCompanion.
The story may be familiar, but theres nothing familiar about the way Soderbergh has shot it.
Read Bilge Ebiris fullreview ofPresence.
Read Alison Willmores fullreview ofGrand Theft Hamlet.
Read Alison Willmores fullreview ofOne of Them Days.
Neither of these are bad things.
Read Bilge Ebiris fullreview ofDen of Thieves 2: Pantera.
One could ask that of more than just hummingbirds.
Before our eyes,Every Little Thingcomes to embody the fragile yet uncontainable mystery of all life.
Read Bilge Ebiris fullreview ofEvery Little Thing.
