Rania Richardson

Rania Richardson Film-Forward.com Mar 6, 2026 3.5/4 In CASE 137 (DOSSIER 137), a thoughtful fictional procedural from director Dominik Moll, a dogged cop (Léa Drucker) working for French internal affairs, pursues justice for a young man severely harmed during Yellow Vests protests in late 2018. Go to Full Review Case 137 (2025) 95% - -

Rania Richardson Film-Forward.com Dec 22, 2025 4/4 Wry and evocative, writer/director Jim Jarmusch’s FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER is a deceptively simple triptych of stories that explores uneasy family dynamics, with fine work from Adam Driver, Charlotte Rampling, and Cate Blanchett. Go to Full Review Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) 81% - -

Rania Richardson Film-Forward.com Nov 27, 2025 4/4 A soulful Wagner Moura stars as a fugitive from the corrupt dictatorship of 1970s Brazil in writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s THE SECRET AGENT, a gripping political thriller. Go to Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% - -

Rania Richardson Film-Forward.com Nov 16, 2025 3/4 A woman’s plunge off a pedestrian bridge into the currents of the Rhône sets off a phobia of water in THE CURRENTS, an elegant portrait from Argentine writer/director Milagros Mumenthaler. Go to Full Review The Currents (2025) 94% - -

Rania Richardson Film-Forward.com Apr 3, 2025 4/4 With an all-around excellent cast, prolific French director François Ozon has crafted an intriguing puzzler in WHEN FALL IS COMING. Go to Full Review When Fall Is Coming (2024) 97% - -

Rania Richardson Film-Forward.com Mar 8, 2025 3/4 Emmanuel Mouret's THREE FRIENDS (Trois Amies) is a sharply written, breezy, and engaging chamber piece set in Lyon. Go to Full Review Three Friends (2024) 90% - -

Rania Richardson Film-Forward.com Dec 24, 2024 4/4 Clear. Concise. Devastating. Written and directed by Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami, TERRESTRIAL VERSES presents a litany of restrictions and cruelties that ordinary citizens face in today's Iran. Go to Full Review Terrestrial Verses (2023) 96% - -

Rania Richardson Film-Forward.com Nov 13, 2024 4/4 ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT is an entrancing depiction of life in contemporary Mumbai, through director Payal Kapadia's female gaze. Go to Full Review All We Imagine as Light (2024) 100% - -

Rania Richardson Film-Forward.com Jun 22, 2024 4/4 A psychological horror leavened with sly comedy, KINDS OF KINDNESS from Yorgos Lanthimos stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, and Willem Dafoe playing different characters in three audacious, self-contained stories with recurring themes. Go to Full Review Kinds of Kindness (2024) 71% - -

Rania Richardson ARTnews May 17, 2024 4/4 Swirling coils, dancing legs, twitching starfish, and thrown dice are a few of the beguiling visuals in MAN RAY: RETURN TO REASON, a recently released collection of four experimental shorts in the oeuvre of the seminal Dada and Surrealist artist. Go to Full Review Return to Reason (2023) - - - -

Rania Richardson AV Club Feb 14, 2024 3.5/4 The culture has shifted in the two decades since Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson bonded in a Tokyo hotel for LOST IN TRANSLATION, one of Sophia Coppola's best. Go to Full Review Lost in Translation (2003) 96% 85%

Rania Richardson AV Club Feb 14, 2024 3.5/4 Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s quirky rom-com AMÉLIE felt like a breath of fresh air when it was released two decades ago. It's just as relevant today, but for different reasons. Go to Full Review Amélie (2001) 90% 95%

Rania Richardson Film-Forward.com Dec 8, 2023 4/4 A deliriously twisted tale directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, POOR THINGS is a sci-fi comedy starring Emma Stone, whose gutsy performance puts her through the wringer. It's another entry in the Greek Weird Wave. Go to Full Review Poor Things (2023) 92% - -

Rania Richardson Film-Forward.com Nov 30, 2023 4/4 From veteran documentarian Frederick Wiseman, MENUS-PLAISIRS: LES TROISGROS is a panorama for the mind as well as the senses. Go to Full Review Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros (2023) 100% 83%

Rania Richardson Film-Forward.com Oct 27, 2023 4/4 Aki Kaurismäki’s latest film, FALLEN LEAVES, exemplifies a slim version of the director’s perfected brand of tragicomedy. Go to Full Review Fallen Leaves (2023) 97% 51%

Rania Richardson Film-Forward.com Aug 26, 2023 3/4 Nicole Holofcener’s YOU HURT MY FEELINGS, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, is a low-key take on the minor struggles of creative New Yorkers, and the impact of white lies. Go to Full Review You Hurt My Feelings (2023) 94% 64%

Rania Richardson Film-Forward.com May 12, 2023 3/4 BLACKBERRY is a humorous tale of the men behind the world’s first smartphone-- and its trajectory from breathtaking to cataclysmic. Go to Full Review BlackBerry (2023) 97% 94%

Rania Richardson Film-Forward.com Dec 9, 2022 4/4 Understated and deceptively breezy, Mia Hansen-Løve’s ONE FINE MORNING, starring Léa Seydoux, accumulates nuanced moments that add up to a subtly powerful, satisfying work. Go to Full Review One Fine Morning (2022) 93% 61%

Rania Richardson Film-Forward.com Nov 18, 2022 3/4 Jerzy Skolimowski's EO depicts the turbulent life of a spirited equine. Go to Full Review EO (2022) 96% 66%

Rania Richardson Film-Forward.com Oct 21, 2022 3/4 ALL THAT BREATHES is a nature documentary that finds beauty within the debris of New Delhi, India, as two brothers rescue injured black kites and ponder the interconnectedness of existence. Go to Full Review All That Breathes (2022) 99% 83%