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Review: Urchin (2025, dir. Harris Dickinson)
Dickinson's feature debut is a blend of good and bad instincts in its portrayal of a homeless drug addict
Nov 3, 2025 • C.J. Prince
The Pleasures (and Displeasures) of Provocation
On Todd Rohal's Fuck My Son! and Radu Jude's Dracula
Oct 29, 2025 • C.J. Prince
Distribution Watch: Venice 2025
Tracking which titles from Venice 2025 have North American distribution
Aug 19, 2025
Locarno 2025: Dry Leaf, A Balcony in Limoges, Phantoms of July, Two Seasons Two Strangers
Thoughts on four films from the Locarno Film Festival, including this year's Golden Leopard winner
Aug 18, 2025 • C.J. Prince
Locarno 2025: With Hasan in Gaza
Kamal Aljafari's documentary, compiled from MiniDV tapes in 2001, is a powerful rumination on memory in the face of Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza
Aug 12, 2025 • C.J. Prince
Locarno 2025: Legend of the Happy Worker
Duwayne Dunham wraps a critique of capitalism in a hokey, Disney-like fable with mixed results
Aug 7, 2025 • C.J. Prince
The 2025 Half-Year Check In
Sinners! Warfare! and 9 other films
Jun 30, 2025 • C.J. Prince
Distribution Watch: Cannes 2025
Tracking which titles from the 2025 Cannes Film Festival have North American distribution
Apr 15, 2025
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