Archive - The Insert

The Insert July 2025: The Best Films of the Year (thus far)

plus: a new Ratings Page, The Insert Movie Club

Jun 30 •

Death and Transfiguration: 28 Years Later (Danny Boyle, 2025)

Boyle-hood in the age of the internet

Jun 26 •

New Releases: The Phoenician Scheme, Vulcanizadora, Materialists

The Phoenician Scheme (Wes Anderson, 2025):

Jun 23 •

Pride Month Extras: The Illiac Passion , The Death of Louis XIV

The Illiac Passion (Gregory Markopoulos, 1967):

Jun 18 •

The Empire (Bruno Dumont, 2024)

Bruno Dumont's satirical space opera is good, actually

Jun 11 •

Exposé du film annonce du film “Scenario”, Scénarios (Jean-Luc Godard, 2024)

On Godard's two posthumous shorts.

Jun 3 •

May 2025

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (Christopher McQuarrie, 2025)

May 26 •

SIFF #4: The Things You Kill (Alireza Khatami, 2025)

Finishing off my SIFF coverage with a review of the latest from Alireza Khatami.

May 24 •

SIFF #3: The Botanist, Souleymane's Story

May 22 •

SIFF #2: Capsule Quickfire

Blue Sun Palace (Constance Tsang), Cloud (Kiyoshi Kurosawa), Drowning Dry (Laurynas Bareiša), The Gloria of Your Imagination (Jennifer Reeves)

May 21 •

SIFF #1: Four Mothers, Invention

Two early festival highlights touch on the dangers of the Reel World.

May 18 •

Caught by the Tides (Jia Zhangke, 2024)

Jia's latest is a film 20 years in the making, and contains moments of brilliance.

May 12 •

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