2021 Films (Alphabetically)
Key: Title (Director, Country) Grade - Grades represented Nathaniel's take, they do not always correlate with the reviews themselves if another contributor wrote it. If there is no grade Nathaniel hasn't yet seen it.
Released or Scheduled for Release
last updated 01/25/2022
• Ailey () Murtada's Review
• A La Calle (Maxx Caicedo & Nelson G Navarrete) Glenn's Review
• All Light Everywhere () Glenn's Review
• Annette (Leos Carax, France) C+ Claudio's Review, Elisa's Review , Podcast
• Ascension (Jessica Kingdon) 10 Best Docs
• Attica (Stanley Nelson & Traci Curry, US) Glenn's Review
• Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn (Radu Jude, Romania) Jason's Review
• Barb and Star... (Josh Greenbaum, US) B+ Nathaniel's Take, Thirst Trap, Onscreen Chemistry
• Beckett (Ferdinando Cito Filomarino) Elisa's Review
• Being the Ricardos (Aaron Sorkin) B Christopher's Review, Podcast
• Belle (Mamoru Osoda, Japan) B- Elisa's Review
• Benedetta (Paul Verhoeven, The Netherlands) B+ Elisa's Review, Jason's Review
• Bergman Island (Mia Hansen-Love) Elisa's Review
• Boss Level (Joe Carnahan, US) Ben's Review
• Bruised (Halle Berry, US) Eurocheese's Review
• Bulletproof (Todd Chandler) Glenn's Review, 10 Best Docs
• Card Counter (Paul Schrader, US) Elisa's Review, Lynn's Review
• Changing the Game (Michael Barnett, US) B+ Nathaniel's Review
• Chaos Walking (Doug Liman) D
• Cherry (Joe & Anthony Russo, US) Christopher's Review
• Censor Tim's Review
• Civil War (Rachel Boynton, US) Glenn's Review
• C'mon C'mon (Mike Mills, US) B+ Jason's Review , Podcast, Onscreen Chemistry
• CODA (Siân Heder, US) B+ Abe's Review, Onscreen Chemistry
• Compartment No 6 (Juho Kuosmanen, Finland) Elisa's Take
• Concrete Cowboy (Ricky Staub, US) B
• Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (Michael Chaves) C Nathaniel's Capsule
• Cruella (Craig Gillespie, US) C Wardrobe Ranking, Makeup Artist Interview, On Artie
• Cyrano (Joe Wright, UK) B+ Catherine's Review
• Dance of the 41 (David Pablos, Mexico) B+
• Dear Evan Hansen (Stephen Chbosky) C+
• Don't Look Up (Adam McKay) B Nathaniel's Take, Christopher's Review, Podcast
• Dream Horse (Euros Lyn, UK) Abe's Review
• Drive My Car (RyÅ«suke Hamaguchi, Japan) B Elisa's Take, Jason's Review, On the Screenplay
• Dune (Denis Villeneuve, US) B Elisa's Review , Thirst Trap
• Encanto (Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith, US) B On the Songs, Lin-Manuel Miranda interview
• End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock (Shannon Kring) Glenn's Review
• Electrical Life of Louis Wain () Year of Benedict Cumberbatch, Animals of the Year
• Escape from Mogadishu (South Korea) B Director Interview
• Eternals (Chloe Zhao, US) C Nathaniel's Review
• Everybody's Talking About Jamie (UK) C Christopher's Review
• Eyes of Tammy Faye, The (Michael Showalter) B Nathaniel's Review
• Faya Dayi (Jessica Beshir) Nick's Review
• Fin (Eli Roth, US) Glenn's Review
• First Wave, The (Matthew Heineman, US) Christopher's Review
• Flag Day (Sean Penn, US) Elisa's Review
• Flee (Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Denmark) A- Glenn's Review, Eurocheese's Review, 10 Best Docs
• Framing Britney Spears (Samantha Stark, US) C+ Glenn's Review
• France (Bruno Dumont, France) Elisa's Review
• French Dispatch, The (Wes Anderson, US) B+ Elisa's Review, Podcast, Posters of the Year
• Fruits of Labor (Emily Cohen Ibañez, US) Glenn's Review
• Godzilla vs Kong (Adam Wingard, US) C- Nathaniel's Capsule
• Green Knight, The (David Lowery, US) B+ Matt's Review, On the Costumes
• Guilty, The (Antoine Fuqua, US) B- Matt's Review
• Halloween Kills (David Gordon Green, US) Elisa's Capsule
• Hand of God (Paolo Sorrentino, Italy) B Elisa's Review
• Harder They Fall, The (Jeymes Samuels) B Jasmine's Review
• A Hero (Asghar Farhadi, Iran) B Elisa's Review
• Holler (Nicole Reigler, US) Ben's Review
• Homeroom (Peter Nicks, US) Glenn's Review
• House of Gucci (Ridley Scott) D+ Nathaniel's Take
• Humans, The (Stephen Karam, US) B Jason's Review, Podcast
• Hysterical (Andrea Blaugrund Nevins, US) Christopher's Review
• I Care a Lot (J Blakeson, US) C+ Christopher's Review
• I'm Your Man (Maria Schrader, Germany) B+ Matt's Review
• In the Heights (Jon M.Chu, US) A- Nathaniel's Review
• Infinite (Antoine Fuqua, US) Abe's Review
• Introducing Selma Blair (Rachel Fleit, US) Christopher's Review
• Jagged (Alison Klayman) Glenn's Review
• Jockey (Clint Bentley, US) Abe's Review
• John and the Hole (Pascual Sisto, US) Jason's Review
• Judas and the Black Messiah (Shaka King, US) C+ Lynn's Review
• King Richard (Reinaldo Marcus Green, US) B Chris's Review, Nathaniel's Take
• Lamb (Valdimar Johansson, ICeland) Elisa's Review, Animals of the Year
• Land (Robin Wright, US) Abe's Review
• Language Lessons (Natalie Morales, US) Christopher's Review
• Last Duel, The (Ridley Scott) B+ Elisa's Review
• Last Night in Soho (Edgar Wright, UK) D+ Nathaniel's Review
• Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson, US) C+ Onscreen Chemistry
• Little Things, The (John Lee Hancock, US) D Matt's Review
• Lost Daughter, The (Maggie Gyllenhaal, US) A- Nathaniel's Review, Podcast
• Luca (Enrico Casarosa, US) B+
• Luzzu (Alex Camileri, Malta) Cláudio's Review
• Malcolm & Marie (Sam Levinson, US) C-
• Mass (Fran Krantz, US) B+ Abe's Review, Podcast
• The Matrix Revolutions (Lana Wachowski, US) B- Nathaniel's Take , Podcast
• Mayor Pete (Jesse Moss, US) Abe's Review
• Memoria (Apichatpong Weerasethakul) Elisa's Take, Jason's Review
• Mitchells vs the Machines (Michael Rianda, US) C+ Nathaniel's Take
• Moffie (Oliver Hermanus, South Africa) B+ Abe's Review
• Monday (Argyris Papadimitropoulos, US/UK/Greece) Matt's Review
• Mortal Kombat (Simon McQuoid, US) D+ Nathaniel's Capsule
• Most Beautiful Boy in the World, The (Kristina Lindstrom & Kristian Petri, Sweden) D+ Jason's Review
• Mothering Sunday (Eva Husson, UK) Elisa's Capsule
• Music (Sia, US) Abe's Review
• Neutral Ground (CJ Hunt, US) Glenn's Capsule
• Never Gonna Snow Again (Szumowska & Englert, Poland) B+ Nathaniel's Interview
• Nightmare Alley (Guillermo del Toro) B- Nathaniel's Take, Matt's review
• Night House, The (David Bruckner) Entertainers of the Year
• Nine Days (Edson Oda, US) Murtada's Review, 2nd Opinion Abe
• No Ordinary Man (Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt) Glenn's Review
• No Time To Die (Cary Joji Fukunaga, UK/US) B- Deborah's Review, Podcast
• Novice, The (Lauren Hadaway, US) Jason's Review
• Nowhere Inn (Bill Benz, US) Glenn's Review
• Old (M Night Shyamalan, US) C- Posters of the Year
• Old Henry (Potsy Ponciroli, US) Elisa's Take
• On Broadway (Oren Jacoby, US) Glenn's Review
• Palmer (Fisher Stevens, US) C
• Parallel Mothers (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain) B+ Nathaniel's Review , Posters of the Year
• Paper Spiders (Inon Stampanier, US) Nick's Review
• Passing (Rebecca Hall, US) A- Jason's Review, Patrick's Review, Podcast, On Ruth Negga, On the Ending
• Petite Maman (Celine Sciamma) B+ Podcast
• Pig (US) Animals of the Year
• Playing with Sharks (Sally Aitken, US) Glenn's Review
• Power of the Dog, The (Jane Campion, New Zealand A Nathaniel's Review, Podcast, On the Ending
• Poupelle of Chimneytown ()
• Prayers for the Stolen (Tatiana Huezo, Mexico) B+ Cláudio's Review, Director Interview
• President (Camilla Nielsson) 10 Best Docs
• Procession (Robert Greene, US) B+ Glenn's Review, 10 Best Docs
• Profile (Timur Bekmambetov, UK/UK/Russia) Ben's Review
• Quiet Place Part 2, A (John Krasinski, US) B+ Nathaniel's Capsule
• Raya and the Last Dragon (Carlos Lopéz Estrada & Don Hall, US) C+ Nathaniel's Capsule , Animals of the Year
• Red Notice () Elisa's Review
• Red Rocket (Sean Baker, US) B Christopher's Review, Elisa's Review , Posters of the Year, On Simon Rex
• Rescue, The (Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi) B Glenn's Review
• Rita Moreno: Just a Girl... (Mariem Pérez Riera, US) Abe's Review
• Searching for Mr Rugoff (Ira Deutchman, US) Glenn's Review
• Shang-Chi (Destin Daniel Cretton, US) B+ Nathaniel's Review
• Shiva Baby (Emma Seligman, US) B+ Ben's Review
• Single All The Way () C Christopher's Review
• Snake Eyes: GI Joe Origins ()
• Sparks Brothers, The (Edgar Wright) Entertainers of the Year
• Spencer (Pablo Larraín) C Elisa's Review, Nathaniel's Review, Podcast , Posters of the Year
• Spider-Man No Way Home (Jon Watts) B Entertainers of the Year
• State Funeral (Sergei Loznitsa, Russia) 10 Best Docs
• Stateless (Michele Stephenson) Glenn's Review
• Stowaway (Joe Penna, US) Matt's Review
• Suicide Squad, The (James Gunn, US) Animals of the Year
• Summer of Soul (Questlove, US) Murtada's Review, Glenn's Take
• Swan Song (Todd Stephens, US) B Eurocheese's Review
• Swan Song (, US) C- Ben's Review
• Tender Bar, The (George Clooney, US) B- Christopher's Review, Podcast
• Test Pattern (Shatara Michelle Ford, US) B+ Podcast
• Those Who Wish Me Dead (Taylor Sheridan, US) B- Nathaniel's Take
• Thunder Force (Ben Falcone, US) F Christopher's Review
• tick, tick... BOOM! (Lin-Manuel Miranda, US) B+ Nathaniel's Review, Entertainers of the Year, Lin-Manuel Miranda interview
• Titane (Julia Docournau, France) B Elisa's Capsule, Jason's Review , Podcast
• Tragedy of Macbeth, The (Joel Coen) B+ Nathaniel's Review, Podcast
• Truman and Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (Lisa Immordino Vreeland, US) Glenn's Review
• Tomorrow War (Chris McKay, US) D
• United States vs Billie Holliday (Lee Daniels, US) C- Christopher's Review
• Unforgiveable, The (Nora Fingscheidt) Catherine's Review
• Velvet Underground, The (Todd Haynes, US) B+ Elisa's capsule, Glenn's Review, 10 Best Docs
• Violet (Justine Bateman, US) Christopher's Review
• Vivo (Kirk DeMicco, Brandon Jeffords, US) Animals of the Year
• We Work (Jed Rothstein, US) Christopher's Review
• Werewolves Within (Josh Ruben, US) C+ Jason's Review
• West Side Story (Steven Spielberg, US) B+ Nathaniel's Take, Mike Faist Interview, Podcast, Entertainers of the Year
• Whirlybird (Matt Yoka, US) Glenn's Review
• White Tiger, The (Ramin Bahari, India/US) B-
• Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker (Chris McKim, US) A- Glenn's Review, 10 Best Docs
• Wolf (Nathalie Biancheri) Jason's Review
• Woman in the Window, The (Joe Wright, US) C+ Nathaniel's Take
• Worth (Sara Colangelo, US) Ben's Review
• Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier, Norway) A Elisa's Take, Christopher's Review , Podcast
• Zeroes and Ones (Abel Ferrara, US) Elisa's Review
• Zola (Janicza Bravo, US) A- Murtada's Review, Podcast, Onscreen Chemistry
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• 107 Mothers (Peter Kerekes, Slovakia) A- Nathaniel's Review
• Ahed's Knee (Nadiv Lapid, Israel) Elisa's Capsule
• Alien on Stage (Lucy Harvey & Danielle Kunmer, UK) Christopher's Review
• America Latina (D'Innocenzo, Italy) Elisa's Capsule
• Atlantide (Yuri Ancarani, Italy) B Nathaniel's Review
• Bantú Mama (Ivan Herrera, Dominican Republic) Cláudio's Review
• Box, The (Lorenzo Vigas, Mexico) B/B+ Nathaniel's Review
• Broadcast Signal Intrusion (Jacob Gentry, US) Christopher's Review
• Buco, Il (Michelangelo Frammartino, Italy) Elisa's Capsule
• Bulletproof (Todd Chandler, US) Glenn's Review
• Captain Volkonogov Escaped (Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov, Russia) Elisa's Take
• Casablanca Beats (Nabil Ayouch, Morocco) Elisa's Take
• Catholic School, The (Stefano Mordini, Italy) C Nathaniel's Review
• Coded (Ryan White, US) Glenn's Review
• Cop Secret (Hannes Þór Halldórsson, Iceland) Elisa's Take
• Cow (Andrea Arnold, UK) Elisa's Take, Glenn's Review
• Dear My Brody (Keith Maitland, US) Cláudio's Review
• Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes (Caroline Catz, UK) Cláudio's Review
• Den, The (Beatrice Baldacci, Italy) C+ Nathaniel's Capsule
• The Divide / La Fracture (Catherine Corsini, France) Elisa's Take
• End of Us, The (Steven Kanter & Henry Loevner, US) Christopher's Review
• Everything Went Fine (François Ozon, France) Elisa's Review
• Executive Order (Lázaro Ramos, Brazil) Abe's Review
• Fallout, The (Megan Park, US) Christopher's Review
• Falls, The (Chung Mong-hong, Taiwan) C Nathaniel's Take, Golden Horse Nominations
• Freaks Out (Gabriele Mainetti, Italy) Elisa's Review
• Full Time (Eric Gravel, France) Elisa's Take
• Giants, The (Bonicaficio Angius, Italy) Elisa's Review
• Heavens Above (Serbia) Elisa's Review
• Hinterland (Austria) Elisa's Review
• Hole in the Fence, A (Joaquin del Paso) B- Nathaniel's Review
• How it Ends (Zoe Lister Jones & Daryl Wein, US) Abe's Review, 2nd Opinion Christopher
• Il Legionario (Hlep Papou, Italy) Elisa's Review
• Il Mostro Della Cripta (Daniele Misischia, Italy) Elisa's Review
• Innocence (Eskil Vogt, Norway) Elisa's Review
• Inu-Oh (Masaki Yasa, Japan) Elisa's Capsule
• Islands (Martin Edralin, Canada) B
• Italian Studies (Adam Leon, US) Jason's Review
• Justice of Bunny King (Gaysorn Thavat, New Zealand) Jason's Review
• Kid Candidate (Jasmine Stodel, US) Cláudio's Review
• Leave No Traces (Jan P Matuszynski, Poland) Elisa's Take
• Lily Topples the World (Jeremy Workman, US) Christopher's Review
• Lingui (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun) Elisa's Capsule
• Lorelei (Sabrina Doyle, US) Jason's Review
• Lost Illusions (Xavier Giannoli, France) Elisa's Take
• Ludi (Edson Jean, US) Cláudio's Review
• Mad God (Phil Tippet) Elisa's Review/Interview
• Madeleine Collins (Antoine Barraud, France) B+ Nathaniel's Review
• Mariner of the Mountains (Karim Ainouz, Brazil) Elisa's Take
• Miracle (Bogdan George Apetri) B Nathaniel's Review
• Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (Ana Lily Armipour) B Nathaniel's Review
• Moneyboys (CB Yi, China) Elisa's Capsule
• Mother Lode (Matteo Tortone, Italy) B+ Nathaniel's Review
• Ninjababy (Yngvild Sve Flikke, Norway) Cláudio's Review
• North By Current (Angelo Madsen Minax, US) Glenn's Review
• Olympiades, Les (Jacques Audiard, France) Elisa's Review
• Once Upon a Time in Calcutta (Aditya Kikram Sengupta, India) C- Nathaniel's Take
• Onoda, 10,000 Days in the Jungle (Arthur Harai, France/Japan) Elisa's Take
• On the Count of Three (Jerrod Carmichael, US) Abe's Review
• On the Job: The Missing 8 (Erik Matti, Philipines) Elisa's Take
• Our Father (Bradley Grant Smith, US) Jason's Review
• Petrov's Flu (Kirill Serebrennikov, Russia) Elisa's Review
• Plaza Catedral (Panama) Cláudio's Review
• Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (Paul Sng & Celeste Bell) Cláudio's Review
• Poser (Ori Segev and Noah Dixon, US) Jason's Review
• Promesses, Les (Kruithof, France) Nathaniel's Review
• Potato Dreams of America (Wes Hurley, US) B Christopher's Review
• Qui Rido I (Mario Martone, Italy) Elisa's Take
• Reflection (Valentyn Vasyanovych, Ukraine) Elisa's Review
• Restless, The (Joachim Lafosse, Belgium) Elisa's Capsule
• Socks on Fire (Bo McGuire. US) Glenn's Review
• Story of My Wife, The (Ildiko Enyedi, Hungary) Elisa's Capsule
• Strawberry Mansion (Kentucky Audley & Albert Birney, US) Jason's Review
• Sundown (Michel Franco) Elisa's Capsule
• Takeover (Emma Francis-Snyder, US) Glenn's Capsule
• Tereza37 (Croatia) Cláudio's Review
• Three Floors (Nanni Moretti, Italy) Elisa's Review
• Under the Volcano (Gracie Otto, Australia) Cláudio's Review
• United States vs Reality Winner (Sonja Kennebeck, US) Cláudio's Review
• Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (Edwin) Elisa's Review
• We Are Russia (Alexandra Dalsbaek) Glenn's Review
• White Building (Kavich Neang, Cambodia) B+ Nathaniel's Review
• Witch Hunt (Elle Callahan, US) Abe's Review
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