Evermore embedded in the annals of New York genteel cinema, Perry’s dramatis personae are a grating group, but they’re a hell of a lot of fun, too.

| Mar 25, 2024

An intimate character study of a shifting, indefinable character, Queen of Earth pushes the already exceptionally talented Elisabeth Moss to new levels of intense frenzy and naked emotion.

| Aug 2, 2023

Even if you prefer his previous film there is no doubt that the filmmaker is one to continue to watch, and perhaps an even more interesting one that first thought.

| Jan 14, 2021

An intelligent and emotionally driven dramatic thriller.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 20, 2020

Unlikable drama about so-called best friends has cursing.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 14, 2020

If only Perry's direction had been as brave as the performances, Queen of Earth would be unmissable.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 18, 2019

Puts mumblecore millennials in a different context, and it suddenly all makes sense: these movies are about the despair of self-absorption and the emotional violence inflicted by spoiled brats.

| Aug 29, 2018

he tale of a fractured female friendship and an unravelling mind, this psychological thriller is a very different kettle of sardines from Listen Up Philip, but it still boasts Perry's razor sharp dialogue skills.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 23, 2018

[Director Alex Ross Perry] explores the downside of privilege with a rare precision.

| Feb 15, 2018

Friendships, love, psychological breakdowns, depression, pettiness; it's all here

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 3, 2017

The mood is akin to Ingmar Bergman's Persona or Roman Polanski's Repulsion. So don't watch expecting a barrel of laughs. You might, though, detect hints of dark comedy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 30, 2017

Both actresses are fantastic, yet the film suffocates, over-egging the pudding in the final act.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 2, 2017

The film succeeds as a character study, but it could have had more of a story.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 18, 2016

It makes for a slightly muddled palette, but one that, like one of those lenticular pictures that changes depending on the angle it's viewed from, can seem either darkly cynical or harrowing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 5, 2016

A darkly funny and increasingly disturbing portrait of a young woman's descent into madness after the traumatic loss of her artist father.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 4, 2016

It displays some of the navel-gazing impulses of the mumblecore movement; it's no surprise to see that mumble-originator Joe Swanberg serves as a producer.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 4, 2016

At times, the style is very mannered but Moss and Waterston give rich and subtle performances as the two feuding friends who provide a twisted reflection of one another.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 1, 2016

A superb chamber piece constructed in pallid pastel shades.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 1, 2016

Moss and Waterston are highly impressive, but be warned: this is a challenging watch.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 1, 2016

Alex Ross Perry has been hailed as one of American independent cinema's most exciting auteurs, and hot on the heels of his brilliantly bleak comedy, Listen Up Philip, comes this searing homage to the psychological horrors of Roman Polanski.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 30, 2016