Category: the classics
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‘Dressed in Blue’ is Essential
Antonio Giménez-Rico’s reality show-esque documentary about six transgender women living in Spain is a powerful snapshot of a moment in time.
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More Than You Know
On ‘The Fabulous Baker Boys.’
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‘Linda Linda Linda’ Rocks
This high-school movie makes you want to start a band.
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The Bold Visions of ‘The Beast’ and ‘The People’s Joker’
New movies from Bertrand Bonello and Vera Drew, reviewed.
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The Harrowing, Empathetic ‘Streetwise’
Martin Bell’s landmark movie about teenage runaways and outcasts getting by in downtown Seattle is a haunting group portrait.
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‘Come Drink with Me’: An Essential Wuxia Thriller
It also memorably features Cheng Pei-pei playing who many consider cinema’s first woman action heroine.
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Boo-Ya!
On ‘Jackie Brown.’
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‘Dune: Part Two’ is a Thrilling, Towering Sequel
Denis Villeneuve’s much-anticipated follow-up to ‘Dune’ is an immersive, imaginative thrill.
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The Soul and Sensitivity of ‘The Blue Caftan’
Though driven by a narrative that sounds straight out of a melodrama, this romantic drama proves more emotionally subtle than sensational.
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There’s Always Tomorrow
On ‘Sylvie’s Love’ and ‘One Night in Miami.’
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‘Millennium Mambo’ is a Haunting, Lyrical Study of a Life in Stasis
‘Millennium Mambo’ doesn’t need us to know too much about its characters’ inner lives; it’s more about capturing feelings and moods — the listlessness of a woman floating through life because she isn’t sure what else to do.
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‘The Story of a Three-Day Pass’: An Early Triumph for Melvin Van Peebles
Van Peebles would only get bigger — and bolder.
Peterson Reviews 