Michel Abdulaziz is a reviewer and film journalist with interest in the intersection between film and culture and all the politics therein.
Film
Paula Gonzalez-Nasser brings her background as a professional location scout for a metatextual meditation on the arrangements we make of the places that we live in. Her camera stoic, purposeful, and never once without a point to what it's capturing.
Film
Inheritances Writ in Mud and Chlorine - Birthright is a Thrilling Battle of the Generations.
Film
Across five boroughs, the film passes through the lives of these everyday New Yorkers, their hurdles examined and felt, deeply, out through the screen.
Festivals
Our top picks so far, and our most anticipated going forward
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Film
The biggest movie in the world right now is kind of a mess, but not for the reasons a movie that's based on yet another intellectual property might have you think it is.
Film
A joyful breath of fresh pinewood air, indebted to a great legacy of 80s slasher classics yet still wholly (and funnily) original.
Michel breaks down the allegations about the working conditions on Anora, and how this may be changing the context of the film's message, and reception by audiences, in real time.
Read more of Michel’s amazing work here. I feel that a lot gets lost when we compare film styles, even when they're applicable, and other ready-at-hand modes of descriptions fail us. It's easy to proclaim the next Vertigo in Decision to Leave, the next socially