Lawrence Garcia's posts

Note: The writer of this review watched Moffie on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to see…

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…

This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection opens with the hypnotic force of an incantation. From a stutter-step blur…

Of late, the films of Philippe Garrel have felt less like standalone works than items in a series—variations on…

Don’t trust anyone who says it’s impossible to make a best movies list in 2020. There were plenty of films to like…

For one blissful month, it seemed like the defining moment of movie culture this year might be the most joyful one,…

Any movie can achieve a moment of greatness. We’re talking about those few minutes that stick with you for a…

To The Ends Of The Earth is the sort of film that’s too easily tagged as a “departure” for its veteran director.…

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…

Note: The writer of this review watched Yellow Rose from home on a digital screener. Before making the decision to…

Just about everyone agrees that 1999 was a great year for movies. We here at The A.V. Club do not beg to differ: We…

A few weeks ago, the Academy announced that it would be extending the eligibility window for next year’s Oscars by a…

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…

In the year 1774, some time before the French Revolution, a group of aristocratic libertines exiled from the court…

It takes less than 10 minutes for The Banker to establish its hack-biopic, based-on-a-true-story credentials. After…

I Wish I Knew, a 2010 documentary shot in Shanghai, closes with two starkly contrasting views: one from the…

At the beginning of Invisible Life, Brazil’s official submission for next year’s Foreign Language Oscar category,…

Daniel Isn’t Real, a new horror movie from director Adam Egypt Mortimer, explicates its title almost immediately.…

In Mati Diop’s Atlantics, discontent reigns over the port city of Dakar, where a futuristic high-rise towers like…