Nicolas Rapold

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The Mastermind: Kelly Reichardt pulls off a perfect slow heist movie

Josh O’Connor stars as a wannabe criminal who fumbles a small-time art robbery in Reichardt’s ingenious evocation of 1970s suburban Massachusetts.

By Nicolas Rapold

The Mastermind: Kelly Reichardt pulls off a perfect slow heist movie

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Nouvelle Vague: Richard Linklater’s joyful tribute to the free spirits of French filmmaking

By Nicolas Rapold

Nouvelle Vague: Richard Linklater’s joyful tribute to the free spirits of French filmmaking

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Cloud: an online hustle turns deadly in Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s violent, freewheeling thriller

By Nicolas Rapold

Cloud: an online hustle turns deadly in Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s violent, freewheeling thriller

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Blue Moon: Ethan Hawke feels unstoppable in Richard Linklater’s loving Broadway biopic

By Nicolas Rapold

Blue Moon: Ethan Hawke feels unstoppable in Richard Linklater’s loving Broadway biopic

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2,000 Meters to Andriivka: an intense in-the-moment account of Russia’s war on Ukraine

By Nicolas Rapold

2,000 Meters to Andriivka: an intense in-the-moment account of Russia’s war on Ukraine

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Life After: a nuanced interrogation of right-to-die policy

By Nicolas Rapold

Life After: a nuanced interrogation of right-to-die policy

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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: Mary Bronstein pushes life’s daily irritations to the limit in this dark maternal drama

By Nicolas Rapold

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: Mary Bronstein pushes life’s daily irritations to the limit in this dark maternal drama

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Maria: Pablo Larraín’s grand, reverential biopic of Maria Callas

By Nicolas Rapold

Maria: Pablo Larraín’s grand, reverential biopic of Maria Callas

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Pavements: Alex Ross Perry’s slanted and enchanted tribute to a canonical 1990s band

By Nicolas Rapold

Pavements: Alex Ross Perry’s slanted and enchanted tribute to a canonical 1990s band

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The Room Next Door: Almodóvar’s graceful exploration of mortality and friendship

By Nicolas Rapold

The Room Next Door: Almodóvar’s graceful exploration of mortality and friendship

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The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Mohammad Rasoulof’s domestic thriller is an elegant warning to the Iranian regime

By Nicolas Rapold

The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Mohammad Rasoulof’s domestic thriller is an elegant warning to the Iranian regime

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The Shrouds: Cronenberg captures the obsessional force of grief in a dystopian widower drama

By Nicolas Rapold

The Shrouds: Cronenberg captures the obsessional force of grief in a dystopian widower drama

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Suspended Time: an affectingly vulnerable lockdown chronicle

By Nicolas Rapold

Suspended Time: an affectingly vulnerable lockdown chronicle

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Architecton: a daunting look at the rubble of our existence

By Nicolas Rapold

Architecton: a daunting look at the rubble of our existence

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I Saw the TV Glow: a rough portrait of fanatical obsession

By Nicolas Rapold

I Saw the TV Glow: a rough portrait of fanatical obsession

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Look Into My Eyes: exquisitely made documentary about New York City psychics puts compassion before cynicism

By Nicolas Rapold

Look Into My Eyes: exquisitely made documentary about New York City psychics puts compassion before cynicism

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Love Lies Bleeding: this bodybuilding melodrama is a film of passionate extremes

By Nicolas Rapold

Love Lies Bleeding: this bodybuilding melodrama is a film of passionate extremes

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Presence: this suburban ghost story is one of Steven Soderbergh’s best go-for-broke experiments yet

By Nicolas Rapold

Presence: this suburban ghost story is one of Steven Soderbergh’s best go-for-broke experiments yet

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Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World: Radu Jude’s twisted workplace realities

By Nicolas Rapold

Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World: Radu Jude’s twisted workplace realities

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Evil Does Not Exist: Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s beguiling ecological drama

By Nicolas Rapold

Evil Does Not Exist: Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s beguiling ecological drama

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The Killer: David Fincher’s normcore assassin unnerves and entertains

By Nicolas Rapold

The Killer: David Fincher’s normcore assassin unnerves and entertains

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Aggro Dr1ft: Harmony Korine finds new ways to freak us out with his mashed-up media experiment

By Nicolas Rapold

Aggro Dr1ft: Harmony Korine finds new ways to freak us out with his mashed-up media experiment

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Youth (Spring): Wang Bing’s lengthy documentary captures the endless toil and strength of garment factory workers

By Nicolas Rapold

Youth (Spring): Wang Bing’s lengthy documentary captures the endless toil and strength of garment factory workers

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Club Zero: this ambiguous boarding school drama feels strangely one-note

By Nicolas Rapold

Club Zero: this ambiguous boarding school drama feels strangely one-note

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The Zone of Interest: Jonathan Glazer returns with a haunting adaptation of Martin Amis’s Holocaust novel

By Nicolas Rapold

The Zone of Interest: Jonathan Glazer returns with a haunting adaptation of Martin Amis’s Holocaust novel

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Inside: this Ballardian high-concept experiment is an intriguing anti-caper

By Nicolas Rapold

Inside: this Ballardian high-concept experiment is an intriguing anti-caper

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Reality: a hyperreal study of an interrogation

By Nicolas Rapold

Reality: a hyperreal study of an interrogation

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Beyond Utopia: Korea opportunities are thin on the ground for this family in flight

By Nicolas Rapold

Beyond Utopia: Korea opportunities are thin on the ground for this family in flight

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Passages: Ira Sachs imbues the messiness of love and lust with grace

By Nicolas Rapold

Passages: Ira Sachs imbues the messiness of love and lust with grace

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A Still Small Voice: this luminous life-and-death documentary stands out in a crowded field

By Nicolas Rapold

A Still Small Voice: this luminous life-and-death documentary stands out in a crowded field