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Support the Girls Is a Winning, Rambunctious Comedy About Work in America

By Danny King
Aug 23, 2018

Bujalski frames most of Support the Girls as an almost real-time delineation of chaos, but his storytelling elegance — delicate, nearly invisible foreshadowing; cogent evocations of backstory — adds reflective layers to the surface anarchy
Custody Spins Unlikely Suspense From Trouble at Home

By Danny King
Aug 3, 2018

Miriam (Léa Drucker) has quit her job and absconded with the family’s two kids — 11-year-old Julien (Thomas Gioria) and almost-18 Josephine (Mathilde Auneveux) — after, she explains, experiences of spousal and child abuse
Claire Denis Beguiles Again in Piercing Let the Sunshine In

By Danny King
Jun 1, 2018

... This is essentially Denis’ movie about the dating game — the highs and lows, the setbacks and surprises, the wine-filled meals and sublimely silent car rides flush with the possibility of either consummation or heartbreak
Aaron Katz Takes Los Angeles With Transfixing Noir Gemini

By Danny King
Apr 6, 2018

Gemini is a shimmering puzzler that begins with an act of Land Ho!-esque palling around before warping into an unlikely detective story in the Cold Weather vein.
With Golden Exits, Alex Ross Perry Has Crafted an Intimate Brooklyn Epic

By Danny King
Feb 15, 2018

The characters talk extensively about what matters to them rather than what matters to the plot, exposing themselves, sharing the worries that keep them up at night.

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