First Kelly Reichardt felt just a little too slow and a little too slight for my taste, but I can definitely appreciate her skill, uniquely keen observational eye, and tonal mastery as a filmmaker. Pretty funny, too, when it wants to be. Elite score.

A great movie to watch next to a person from the town this was partially shot in — Columbus, Indiana (the one made Letterboxd-famous by Kogonada’s namesake debut, which extensively featured both the interior and exterior of the…

A should-be-classic example of postmodern storytelling, this mature, raucous I-don't-know-what-the-fuck-genre-this-is picture revels in its intelligence, led by a near-perfect screenplay from writer-director Don Roos (nominated for the WGA award--Oscar ignored it for reasons that are probably stupid) and ace performances from Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan and, most of all, Lisa Kudrow, showing off a surprising range as a character so common in everyday life often relegated to one line in the movies. This film is real, funny, unpredictable, entertaining and…