Julian Higgins takes this very intimate and specific story that could have been a lurid B-movie and makes it art.

| Sep 19, 2022

Newton braids every thread of generational trauma into a lived-in symbol of defiance and anger.

| Sep 16, 2022

Profound and haunting.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 16, 2022

Higgins has a feel for the poetry of the landscape, and he and his cinematographer, Andrew Wheeler, make effective use of the region’s majestic, sometimes eerie beauty.

| Sep 15, 2022

Higgins and Newton leave us with a bad taste in our mouths, and that’s a good thing.

| Original Score: A- | Sep 13, 2022

It becomes as a whole an intoxicating watch.

| Feb 22, 2022

It’s easy to dislike the bullies. Too easy. They’re cliché.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 8, 2022

It’s a thriller, a twisty one, and Newton is terrific in it.

| Feb 3, 2022

It's not perfect -- the symbolism cup overfloweth here, and don't get us started on the main character's backstory -- but Newton's performance and a palpable f----you-patriarchy righteousness pack a serious punch.

| Jan 28, 2022

A film that understands both form and content, merging the two in a story that feels less like a piece of suspenseful entertainment and more like a warning.

| Jan 27, 2022

It's a movie that keeps one eye on this local dustup and the other on a long, sorry sweep of American conquest and neglect.

| Jan 27, 2022

Julian Higgins' auspicious feature debut employs genre violence to make social revolution explosively real.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 27, 2022

This is a spoiled land, presented confidently and with a contemporary focus that offers a nuanced take on white and male supremacy.

| Jan 26, 2022

Provocative, raising critical questions about boundaries, environmental stewardship, community, inclusion, grief and more. It is, however, a slow burn, requiring patience and attention.

| Jan 24, 2022

God's Country is a film from new voices, bristling with ambition.

| Jan 24, 2022

A disturbing, unusually class-and-race-conscious modern Western that paints a pretty despairing view of human relations in red state America.

| Jan 24, 2022

Higgins' excellent film constantly dangles redemption in front of our faces, begging us to imagine a better world, but ultimately delivers a stark reminder of how bitterly divided the country is.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 24, 2022

Race, class and cultural divides are probed with intriguing understatement in "God's Country."

| Jan 24, 2022

[An] often exhilarating, if occasionally overcooked, film.

| Jan 24, 2022