david ehrlich

@davidehrlich

chief film critic @IndieWire. acquired taste. writing a book about A24 (Norton/Liveright). he/him.

  1. #1

    Look Back: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s hyper-faithful manga/anime adaptation inevitably loses something in the switch to live-action, but it gains so much from it as well. gorgeously shot…

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    Look Back: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s hyper-faithful manga/anime adaptation inevitably…
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    Possible Love: Lee Chang-dong's first movie since Burning in 2018 is one of the best movies i've seen since Burning in 2018. Jeon Do-yeon absolutely IMMENSE in a sprawling drama a…

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    Possible Love: Lee Chang-dong's first movie since Burning in 2018 is one of the…
  3. #3

    Making Marie Antoinette: like watching Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel, but Rip Torn is there. more than just a great making-of movie, Eleanor Coppola's doc is also a wonder…

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    Making Marie Antoinette: like watching Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel, b…
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    A Long Winter: Andrew Haigh goes cold with an immaculately crafted 1950s drama about a young gay man whose mom goes missing in a storm. much too restrained for its own good, almos…

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    A Long Winter: Andrew Haigh goes cold with an immaculately crafted 1950s drama…
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    Tender Loving Care: supposedly Mike Leigh's final film, it unfolds with the directness of a closing statement. a very simple but infinitely humane drama about the limits of what l…

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    Tender Loving Care: supposedly Mike Leigh's final film, it unfolds with the dir…
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    Wild Horse Nine: Martin McDonagh goes to Easter Island for another sad & spiky tale of killers in purgatory, this one satirizing CIA interventionism. Malkovich is locked in an…

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    Wild Horse Nine: Martin McDonagh goes to Easter Island for another sad & sp…
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    ever since we got to Italy my son has been asking me what Moana’s real name is and I’ve been like “it’s Moana” but he kept asking and asking and I was losing my mind but then he s…

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    ever since we got to Italy my son has been asking me what Moana’s real name is…
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    the best and most important new movie of the weekend is unquestionably Poh Si Teng's AMERICAN DOCTOR, a sobering but somehow hopeful documentary about three American Doctors who t…

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    the best and most important new movie of the weekend is unquestionably Poh Si T…
  9. #9

    can't believe Marie Antoinette Fall is finally happening i've been waiting for times like these since 2006

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    can't believe Marie Antoinette Fall is finally happening i've been waiting for…
  10. #10

    The End of Oak Street: easily the best dinosaur movie since 1993 (The Tree of Life doesn't count), and probably the most fun you'll have at the multiplex this summer. my review:

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    The End of Oak Street: easily the best dinosaur movie since 1993 (The Tree of L…
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    kicking off IndieWire's Sequels Week with a list of the 100 best movie sequels ever made. (how did Alien: Covenant not make the cut?!? we're all trying to find the guys who did th…

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    kicking off IndieWire's Sequels Week with a list of the 100 best movie sequels…
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    wednesday 8/12 @ The Metrograph i'll be talking with the great James Gray about Valerio Zurlini's "Girl With a Suitcase," one of the films that inspired his new "Paper Tiger." sol…

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    wednesday 8/12 @ The Metrograph i'll be talking with the great James Gray about…
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    took a couple months of chipping at the wall behind my Gillian Anderson poster but I Shawshanked my way out of horny jail just in time to do some Q&As with Jane tomorrow at th…

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    took a couple months of chipping at the wall behind my Gillian Anderson poster…
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    Tony: Matt Johnson plays it straight with this briny & bittersweet coming-of-age story about a punchable kid who has no idea he'll grow up to be Anthony Bourdain. fun, summery…

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    Tony: Matt Johnson plays it straight with this briny & bittersweet coming-o…
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    Spider-Man: Brand New Day: a movie about people who don’t remember or care about all that multiverse nonsense, this was Marvel’s best chance to get back on track. alas, this dull…

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    Spider-Man: Brand New Day: a movie about people who don’t remember or care abou…
  16. #16

    until somebody writes a blanker check

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    until somebody writes a blanker check
  17. #17

    THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2025 A Video Countdown

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    THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2025 A Video Countdown