Austin Considine
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‘Stars at Noon’ Review: A Not-So-Innocent Abroad
Claire Denis’s captivating new film, starring Margaret Qualley and based on the novel by Denis Johnson, treads familiar territory in a foreign land.
‘Casablanca Beats’ Review: Hip-Hop Isn’t Dead
Nabil Ayouch’s exuberant musical declares that the genre hasn’t faded; it has just been hiding in a Moroccan slum.
‘House of Darkness’ Review: If You Prick Them, Do Bros Not Bleed?
The writer-director Neil LaBute takes a crack at the post-#MeToo revenge parable but offers more irony than insight.
‘We Are Living Things’ Review: The Truth Is Out There
Two undocumented immigrants from opposite sides of the world connect in Brooklyn — and over their shared trauma relating to apparent alien abductions.
‘A Balance’ Review: Critical Distance
Yujiro Harumoto’s slow-build morality tale puts an ambitious documentary maker in an uncomfortable position as her life begins to resemble her films.
‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’ Review: Paradise Tossed
In Mounia Akl’s ambitious debut feature, a family’s attempts to escape the filth of Beirut go awry when the garbage follows them to their doorstep.
‘Olga’ Review: Tough Balancing Act for a Ukrainian Girl in Exile
Elie Grappe’s quietly poignant film about a young gymnast finds her torn between her passion and the violence gripping her country — in 2013.
Stream These 11 Titles Before They Leave Netflix This Month
A lot of great movies and TV shows are expiring for subscribers in the United States in June. Here are the ones worth finding time...
‘A New Old Play’ Review: Even the Clown Show Must Go On
Qiu Jiongjiong’s absurdist epic of 20th century China is both a movie and a play, both tragedy and farce.