June 4, 2023 | Rome, Italy

Mudbound

Dee Rees' saga of white farmers eking out a living in the 1940s Mississippi Delta deserved greater acclaim.

Lucky

John Carroll Lynch's ode to veteran American actor Harry Dean Stanton is a small-town masterpiece.

Darkest Hour

Gary Oldman's portrayal of Winston Churchill is the bright, shining light in a film about England's time of woe.

The Post

Steven Spielberg effectively brings Katherine Graham and the volatile Pentagon Papers era to light, but takes few chances.

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Phantom Thread

Paul Thomas Anderson's dives into the British fashion world of the 1950s, and creates an difficult romance.

Zodiac: a study in not getting your man.

Zodiac

A decade later David Fincher's serial killer film still stands tall as a study in administrative futility.