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Nicolas Rapold

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Nicolas Rapold is a writer and editor based in New York City. His work can be found in The New York Times, Sight & Sound, Artforum, and other publications. He runs the film podcast The Last Thing I Saw. Find him on Twitter, @NicolasRapold, and Substack.

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Julie Keeps Quiet (2024) 91% “It’s a film that maintains that Julie’s story is available only when she’s ready to tell it.” – New York Times Mar 27, 2025 Full Review The Accidental Getaway Driver (2023) 83% “Sing J. Lee’s quiet, big-hearted debut feature is steeped in the sorrow and yearning of its Vietnamese American characters as they work through the lingering trauma of displacement while living in Southern California.” – New York Times Mar 7, 2025 Full Review Dreams (2024) 100% “While Dreams might sound like a novelist’s film, it’s quite effectively staged, full of subtle decisions in blocking and how the story moves into or out of scenes.” – Deadline Hollywood Daily Feb 24, 2025 Full Review What Does that Nature Say to You (2025) “Hong takes a hard look at the artistic pursuit and at sincerity in relationships, with a seemingly straightforward story that has a bit of a sting in its tail.” – Deadline Hollywood Daily Feb 21, 2025 Full Review Ex-Husbands (2023) 83% “Even if the film’s wisdom is not earth-shattering, it radiates a kind of paternal salve that lives up to Peter’s best intentions.” – New York Times Feb 20, 2025 Full Review Islands (2025) 92% “The boldest aspect of Islands is that there’s no effort to make this discontent seductive (or ugly, for that matter). This can be downright disorienting given the proud cinematic legacy of beautiful actors having the blahs. ” – Deadline Hollywood Daily Feb 18, 2025 Full Review Living the Land (2025) 100% “Rather than a static tribute to the countryside, Huo’s lovely roving eye for composition and gentle hand with drama trace the challenges and enduring bonds among several hard-working generations of farmers.” – Deadline Hollywood Daily Feb 15, 2025 Full Review Middletown (2025) 100% “Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine’s Middletown restores a little faith in human nature.” – Financial Times Feb 8, 2025 Full Review The Perfect Neighbor (2025) 100% “The Perfect Neighbor carefully depicts a modest corner of Ocala, Florida, where children play among single-level houses, and finds nuances in community-police relations. ” – Financial Times Feb 8, 2025 Full Review Zodiac Killer Project (2025) 85% “Zodiac Killer Project, for example, wittily deconstructs the true-crime genre through Charlie Shackleton’s aborted attempt to make such a documentary...” – Financial Times Feb 8, 2025 Full Review If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) 93% “Directed by Mary Bronstein with a connoisseurship for everyday irritation, the film digs fruitfully into the double binds of motherhood...” – Financial Times Feb 8, 2025 Full Review Sorry, Baby (2025) 95% “It’s a triumph from Eva Victor, who writes, directs, and stars in a debut feature that nimbly combines black humour, deadpan naturalism and an emotional fearlessness that has no patience for false notes.” – Financial Times Feb 8, 2025 Full Review Train Dreams (2025) 97% “Bearing echoes of Kelly Reichardt’s 2019 film First Cow, Train Dreams taps into the rough-hewn pioneer poetry of individualism and brutality in a vast wilderness.” – Financial Times Feb 8, 2025 Full Review Rebuilding (2025) 96% “The film is alive with smart variations in staging, and truly feels more like a time-warp hang-out than a Warholian experiment.” – Financial Times Feb 8, 2025 Full Review Peter Hujar's Day (2025) 96% “The film is alive with smart variations in staging, and truly feels more like a time-warp hang-out than a Warholian experiment.” – Financial Times Feb 8, 2025 Full Review The Thing with Feathers (2025) 53% “Cumberbatch’s haggardly expressive face could tell the story alone, but Southern keeps resorting to jump-scares and cage-match fracases with the crow. ” – Financial Times Feb 8, 2025 Full Review Jimpa (2025) 50% “Hyde here has a frustrating tendency towards pocket-guide explanations of identity and sexuality, and this diligent verbiage dampens the sparks of perception and discovery that Colman especially is so skilled at bringing out. ” – Financial Times Feb 4, 2025 Full Review In the Shadow of Beirut (2023) 100% “The four stories are almost overwhelming to witness all packed together, but the mission to communicate them to a larger audience is admirable.” – New York Times Jan 14, 2025 Full Review From Ground Zero (2024) 98% “The most moving entry might be Etimad Washah’s “Taxi Wanissa,” which begins as the story of a cart driver and a donkey. ” – New York Times Jan 3, 2025 Full Review It's Not Me (2024) 89% “Leos Carax’s “It’s Not Me” is pure cinema as it dances through its dense 42 minutes. ” – New York Times Dec 13, 2024 Full Review Unstoppable (2024) 76% “William Goldenberg’s feature directing debut comes to life more often as a conventional family drama than as a conventional sports movie.” – New York Times Dec 9, 2024 Full Review Porcelain War (2024) 95% “As the filmmakers repeatedly tie an inspirational bow on art and beauty, the good intentions yield cold comfort.” – New York Times Nov 21, 2024 Full Review Youth (Hard Times) (2024) 93% “Shot in a present-tense vérité style, it stitches together micro-stories into a larger narrative in which negotiation can’t undo exploitation. Some tales are mundane but maddening...” – New York Times Nov 5, 2024 Full Review My Name is Alfred Hitchcock (2022) 93% “The impressionist Alistair McGowan reproduces Hitchcock’s plummy drawl. But the insights belong to Cousins, a world-class close reader known for his mellifluous journeys through film history and cinephilia. ” – New York Times Oct 29, 2024 Full Review Nocturnes (2024) 93% “Dutta and Srinivasan’s understated approach shows research and nature in action without pretending to make a forest give up its secrets.” – New York Times Oct 17, 2024 Full Review
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