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Short Takes

Short Take: Sorry We Missed You

By Steven Mears
March 3, 2020
Ken Loach is the Bernie Sanders of filmmakers: he hammers us with problems we’d rather not face, and his message has never wavered

Short Take: The Wild Goose Lake

By Yonca Talu
March 3, 2020
Director Diao Yinan builds an atmosphere of ambiguity and doubt ensures that we perceive danger everywhere and trust no one

Short Takes: Les Misérables

By A.G. Sims
January 29, 2020
The kids are not all right in Ladj Ly’s first narrative feature, set in Paris’s infamous Montfermeil banlieues

Short Takes: Invisible Life

By Beatrice Loayza
January 13, 2020
Karim Aïnouz’s film examines how Brazil’s patriarchy stifles desire and individuality

Short Takes: Bombshell

By Sheila O'Malley
January 9, 2020
Charlize Theron is excellent, but the film pulls some of its punches, especially politically

Short Takes: Varda by Agnès

By Sierra Pettengill
November 19, 2019
Instead of a eulogy, Agnès Varda has crafted a vibrant and wholly alive addition to her oeuvre

Short Takes: Waves

By Nicolas Rapold
November 13, 2019
Director Trey Edward Shults returns for a third roving feature with all cylinders firing

Short Takes: Knives Out

By Christina Newland
November 6, 2019
Johnson constantly upends expectation, creating a collapsible murder mystery where each potential cliché implodes and evolves into something else entirely

Short Takes: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

By Clinton Krute
November 6, 2019
By blending the very serious with the childlike, Heller’s film locates real feeling in what could easily have been a run-of-the-mill tearjerker

Short Takes: Mister America

By Nicolas Rapold
October 9, 2019
Tim Heidecker’s reliably funny blowhard character takes the next logical step in self-delusion: political candidacy