Film
Elsie Fisher in Eighth Grade.
You may find yourself laughing and wincing almost simultaneously at Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade. That’s a compliment. |
Joaquin Phoenix and Jonah Hill in Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot.
Once seen, the cartoons of John Callahan are not easily forgotten. |
 Greg Sterlace says that Catcher in the Rye With Diamonds is his fifth movie, so I’ll take his word for it. |
Thomasin McKenzie and Ben Foster in Leave No Trace.
A film about a father and daughter living off the grid, a documentary about celebrity triplets separated at birth. |
Kiersey Clemons and Nick Offerman in Hearts Beat Loud.
A pleasant example of a genre our film editor likes to refer to as Nice People Get Their Shit Together. |
 Experience Required American Animals |
Maggie Cheung in Irma Vep, which is screening at Halwalls on Thursday, June 21.
Our contributor Ed Grant talks to director Olivier Assayas about his celebrated satire of modern filmmaking. |
 In this film adaptation, Chekhov’s subtleties and singular mix of ambiguity and pointedness are often flattened by technique |