Robert Daniels
Movie Reviews

Telluride 2026: Alpha Gang, The Liberation, The Idiots

I have left the mountainous confines of Telluride and am currently winding down mountainous roads to Grand Junction. But I am also unspooling

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Enslaved Spirits: Maya Annik Bedward on “Black Zombie”

Maya Annik Bedward’s incisive documentary “Black Zombie” isn’t merely a look back at the cinematic origins of the supernatural re-animated monster. It’s a

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Locarno 2026: I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming, Hearing, Bruton

Though I have left Locarno, I haven’t finished writing about its many idiosyncratic offerings. The festival today announced its awards, including the recipient

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Locarno 2026: Nowhere To Lay My Eyes, At Night, Nobody’s Violence

In these dispatches I often talk about themes naturally arising or not arising at all between films. Well, the throughline between these trio

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Locarno 2026: Objet A, Tear Gas, Fire Flower (Hanabi)

In this first dispatch from Locarno is a trio of films one might call “elusive.” They all capture weighty, human subjects: sensuality, war,

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KVIFF 2026: Fruit Gathering, Incinerator, 3 Weeks After

My final dispatch of KVIFF features some heavy hitters. There’s the Crystal Globe winner, the festival’s top prize. There are also two coming-of-age

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You Have to Commit: Robert Richardson on “Robert Richardson: The White Devil”

In Czech director Jana Hojdová’s raw, brazenly honest documentary, “Robert Richardson: The White Devil,” the legendary director of photography finds himself in a

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60th Karlovy Vary Film Festival Announces Official Selection and Juries

A celebratory Karlovy Vary International Film Festival revealed its competition lineups on Tuesday. The 60th edition, which will commemorate the 80-year anniversary of

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I’m Trying to Create Visceral Things: Boots Riley on “I Love Boosters”

Boots Riley is one of the few American filmmakers who are most visibly invested in conversations about class, capitalism, and aesthetics in their

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Life Within the Lens Celebrates Black Filmmaking

Last night, as I am wont to do, I went to the Music Box Theatre. There, a programme in its seventh iteration titled

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