In the last three months, we have seen jaw-dropping space travel, blood, sweat, and tears on the dance floor, and an insurmountable thriller grace the big screen and, subsequently, blow our minds. With the first quarter of 2019 at a close, Ryan and Morgan talk about the movies that are the best of the year so far in our new series: Quarterly Review.

 

 

Apollo 11 (Todd Douglas Miller, 90 min)

“An insurmountably captivating viewing experience.” Watching this restoration in IMAX 70mm is the closest thing to landing on the moon as we’ll likely get in our lifetime. –Ryan Rojas, Executive Editor

 

 

 

Ash is Purest White (Jia Zhangke, 141 min)

“A poetic romance that transcends time.” Ash is Purest White tells a love story that doesn’t play by the rules. –Morgan Rojas, Editor-in-Chief

 

 

 

Climax (Gaspar Noé, 96 min)

Climax is not for the faint of heart. And it’s certainly for more than just music or dance fans; “this is for outright risk-takers who want to be utterly disturbed and shocked.” –R.R.

 

 

 

High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 90 min)

Sharp, clever and crafty, you’ll forget this Netflix-produced film was all captured on an iPhone. –R.R.

 

 

Us (Jordan Peele, 116 min)

Look deeper; Us is an “allegory about American history and who we are as Americans, to an uncomfortable yet unflinching degree.” –R.R.

 

 

Woman at War (Benedikt Erlingsson, 101 min)

“A pseudo-folklore that combines the beauty of Iceland with the strength of a woman.” –M.R.