Romania
Review: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023)
Capitalism is killing us -- just ask a Romanian gig worker
movies of 2023
1920s
Review: Wicked Little Letters (2023)
A foul-mouthed nonconformist is set to take the rap for a series of obscene letters in this British comedy-drama
Argentina
Review: They Shot the Piano Player (2023)
The story of a brilliant jazz pianist murdered -- like millions of others -- by fascism
sex work
Review: Problemista (2023)
All of us have worked for a monster
horror
Review: Cat Person (2023)
Movie turns quirky, viral short story into a she-said thriller
high school
Review: Landscape with Invisible Hand (2023)
Át some point it stops being competition, and starts being domination
superheroes
Review: The Marvels (2023)
The Marvels (2023) Directed by Nia DeCosta Imagine a huge mural or fresco, hundreds of feet in width and at least 100 feet high, that depicts an enormous series of historical events. The Bible, say, or Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” or the Mahabarata, with creation stories, warring gods, rising and falling
Chile
Review: The Settlers (Los Colonos) (2023)
Another country soaked with blood
cultural appropriation
Review: American Fiction (2023)
Give the people what they want
Aki Kaurismäki
Review: Fallen Leaves (2023)
A masterpiece of deadpan humor amid desperate lives
movies of 2023
Reptile (2023)
We got a dead Realtor (TM)
heist movie
How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023)
Lesson 1: Have a plan