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Best Movies of 2021 So Far: The Participants

July 4, 2021 Jordan Ruimy

75 critics have spoken.

Thelma Adams

Crime on the Bayou
Rebel Hearts
Rita Moreno
New Order
The Dissident
Undine
MlK-FBI

Siddhant Adlakha

The Father
In the Heights
Holler
Judas and the Black Messiah
The Disciple

Carlos Aguilar (Roger Ebert)

Identifying Features
About Endlessness
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Limbo
This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection
There Is No Evil
Sun Children
Luca
In The Heights
The Mitchell’s vs The Machines

Jeffrey M. Anderson (SF Examiner)

About Endlessness
The Amusement Park
In the Heights
Test Pattern
The Truffle Hunters
The Vigil
The Night
There Is No Evil
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Summer of Soul
Shadow in the Cloud

David Ansen (Newsweek)

Summer of Soul
Quo Vadis Aida
El Planeta
Judas and the Black Messiah
Flee
Charlatan
Hope
The Killing of Two Lovers
Identifying Features
The Dig
Sun Children
Dear Comrades!

Michael Atkinson (Village Voice)

Quo Vadis, Aida?
Beginning
This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection
Slow Machine
Malmkrog
Brighton 4th
The Father
New Order
Saint Maud
In the Earth

Nicolas Bell (Ion Cinema)

Zola
Wrath of Man
Saint Maud
New Order
Undine
Stowaway
Jakob’s Wife

Chuck Bowen (Slant Magazine)

All Light, Everywhere
Pebbles
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Come True
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Liz Braun (Toronto Sun)

Riders of Justice
Sun Children
The Killing of Two Lovers
Operation Varsity Blues- The College Admissions Scandal
The Truffle Hunters
Judas And The Black Messiah

Sean Burns (WBUR)

Siberia
Hopper/Welles
This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection
Wojnarowicz
Summer of Soul
Riders of Justice
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Erik Childress (WGN Radio)

Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Psycho Goreman
Rose Plays Julie
Saint Maud

Daryl Chin

Paris Calligrames
About Endlessness
Red Moon Tide
Summer of ‘85
Summer of Soul
In the Heights

Donald Clarke (The Irish Times)

Gunda
Dear Comrades
Sound of Metal
Nomadland
State Funeral

Nick Clement

Army of the Dead
I Care A Lot
The Little Things
Mitchells vs. The Machines
Nobody
Our Friend
Riders of Justice

Laura Clifford

Quo Vadis, Aida?
The Killing of Two Lovers
New Order
Atlantis
Limbo
Moffie
Saint Maud
All Light, Everywhere
In the Heights
The Sparks Brothers

Jake Cole

Days
Siberia
Labyrinth of Cinema
Swimming Out til the Sea Turns Blue
The Woman Who Ran

Jordan Cronk (Art Forum)

Beginning
The Inheritance
Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream
The Killing of Two Lovers
Malmkrog
The Real Thing
The Salt of Tears
Siberia
State Funeral
Undine

Mike D’Angelo (Freelance)

The Killing of Two Lovers
Short Vacation
About Endlessness
White Lie
Operation Varsity
Beginning

Peter DeBruge (Variety)

Concrete Cowboy
The Killing of Two Lovers
Land
Malcolm and Marie
The Mitchells vs The Machines
Riders of Justice

A.A. Dowd (The A.V. Club)

The Disciple
There is No Evil
Judas and the Black Messiah
The Killing of Two Lovers
Some Kind of Heaven
Summer of Soul

David Ehrlich (IndieWire)

About Endlessness
In the Heights
Saint Maud
The World to Come

Steven Erickson

THE EMPTY MAN
THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT'S A RESURRECTION
TEST PATTERN
WE'RE ALL GOING THE WORLD'S FAIR
WOJNAROWICZ

Matt Fagerholm (Roger Ebert)

"In & Of Itself"
"Judas and the Black Messiah”
"Quo Vadis, Aida?"
”Shiva Baby"
"Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street"

David Fear (Rolling Stone)

Beginning
The Disciple
Gunda
I Carry You With Me
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
MLK/FBI
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Saint Maud
Shiva Baby
Slalom
Summer of Soul

Jon Frosch

BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
I CARRY YOU WITH ME
MOFFIE
QUO VADIS, AIDA?
SAINT MAUD
SUBLET
SUMMER OF 85
TEST PATTERN
TWO OF US
ZOLA

Owen Gleiberman (Variety)

Cruella
In the Heights
Summer of Soul
Tiny Tim: King For a Day
Zack Snyder’s Justice League

Adam Graham (The Detroit News)

The Sparks Brothers
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
I Carry You With Me
CODA
In the Heights
Cruella
The Water Man
The Mitchells vs. The Machine
17 Blocks
Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry

Leah Greenblatt (Entertainment Weekly)

In the Heights
Judas and the Black Messiah
Zola
Riders of Justice
Moffie
Summer of Soul
A Quiet Place Part II

Bill Goodykoontz (AZ Central)

The Father
Summer of Soul
I Care A Lot
Together Together
The Vigil
The Sparks Brothers
Riders of Justice

Angie Han (Mashable)

In the Heights
MLK/FBI
Saint Maud
The Mitchells vs The Machines
Sir
Judas and the Black Messiah
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Patrick Heidmann

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
The Dig
The Father
Luca
Minari
Moffie
Riders of Justice
Shiva Baby
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Truffle Hunters

Barry Hertz (The Globe and Mail)

Psycho Goreman
Summer of Soul
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
New Order
Zola

Pete Howell (Toronto Star)

Summer of Soul
Quo Vadis, Aida
Nobody
Riders of Justice
Shiva Baby

Dave Karger

CODA
Luca
In the Heights
A Quiet Place Part II
The Sparks Brothers
Rita Moreno

Robert Koehler (Film Comment)

All Light, Everywhere
Beginning
Judas and the Black Messiah
The Killing of Two Lovers
There is No Evil
This is Not A Burial, It’s A Ressurection
Undine
The Woman Who Ran

Eric Kohn (IndieWire)

Bo Burnham: Inside
The Disciple
The Killing of Two Lovers
Sweat
There is No Evil

Christian H. Klosz (Film Plus Kritik)

What do we see when we look at the sky?
Malcolm & Marie
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
I'm your man
Motorcity
Run Hide Fight
Ted K

Kevin Laforest (Extra Beurre)

Army of the Dead
Godzilla vs. Kong
In the Heights
Psycho Goreman
Riders of Justice
Wrath of Man
Zack Snyder’s Justice League

Richard Lawson (Vanity Fair)

About Endlessness
Acasa, My Home
Army of the Dead
I Care A Lot
In the Heights
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Moffie
The Truffle Hunters
Quo Vadis, Aida?
The White Tiger

Craig D. Lindsey (Nashville Scene)

Shiva Baby
Bad Trip
Spring Blossom
Rita Moreno
Summer of Soul

Carson Lund

About Endlessness
All Light, Everywhere
Two Lottery Tickets
Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream
Slow Machine
Undine

David Lynch (CBS 5)

About Endlessness
Bo Burnham: Inside
The Disciple
Holler
In the Heights
Shiva Baby
Slalom
Test Pattern
Undine

Steve Mears

The Amusement Park
The Father
In the Heights
Judas and the Black Messiah
Night of the Kings
Quo Vadis, AIda?
Slow Machine
The Sparks Brothers

Scott Menzel (We Live Entertainment)

The Mitchell’s Vs. The Machines
Coda
The Snyder Cut: Justice League
A Quiet Place 2
Nobody
Profile
Plan B
Street Gang

Jared Mobarak

Little Fish
Rose Plays Julie
The Reason I Jump
Shiva Baby
Les Nôtres [Our Own]

Hans Morgenstern

Quo vadis, Aida?
My Octopus Teacher
Shadow in the Cloud
Derek DelGaudio’s In & of Itself
Stowaway
The Dig

James Owen (Columbia Daily News)

Summer of Soul
Undine
Gunda
Judas and the Black Messiah
Censor
Sabaya
The Sparks Brothers

Van Papadopoulos (Cannes Classics)

Judas and the Black Messiah
The Father
Sound of Metal
ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE
I Care A Lot

Claudia Puig

Minari
The Father
In the Heights
I Carry You with Me
Quo Vadis Aida
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl who Decided to go for it
The Truffle Hunters

Jordan Raup (The Film Stage)

Undine
All Light, Everywhere
Her Socialist Smile
About Endlessness
Wrath of Man
Siberia

Nathaniel Rogers

In the Heights
Never Gonna Snow Again
Luca
WOJNAROWICZ
Unpregnant
A Quiet Place Part II

David Rooney (The Hollywood Reporter)

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
I Carry You With Me
Moffie
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Saint Maud
Zola
Raya and the Last Dragon

Ruben Rosario

I Carry You with Me
Quo vadis, Aida?
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Riders of Justice
In the Heights
Sublet

Jordan Ruimy (World of Reel)

Quo Vadis, Aida?
The Killing of Two Lovers
The Father
Truffle Hunters
Beginning

Ian Sandwell (Digital Spy)

The Father
Shiva Baby
A Quiet Place Part II
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Nick Schager (Esquire)

About Endlessness
Identifying Features
Quo Vadis, Aida?
State Funeral
A Glitch in the Matrix
In the Earth
Saint Maud

Christopher Schobert

The Disciple
Flee
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Saint Maud
Shiva Baby
The Sparks Brothers
Undine

Diego Semerene

My Mexican Bretzel (Spain)
Mr. Bachmann ans His Class (Germany)
Agate Mousse (Lebanon)
Preparations to Be Together (Hungary)
Drive My Car (Japan)
Feast (Netherlands)
Red Moon Tide (Spain)
Paris Caligrammes (Germany)
Acasa, My Home (Romania)

Yael Shuv

Minari
The Father
Quo Vadis Aida
The Mitchells VS the Machines
The Killing of Two Lovers
Promising Young Woman

Jeff Sneider (Collider)

Coda
Dear Mr. Brody
Pleasure
Run Hide Fight
Derek Del Gaudios: In and of Itself
After the Murder of Albert Lima
Tiger

Peter Sobcsybski

The Amusement Park
In the Heights
Judas and the Black Messiah
Petite Maman
The Scary of Sixty-First
Shiva Baby
Summer of Soul

Tony Joe Stemme (Freelance)

Man Who Sold His Skin
Riders of Justice
Undine
In the Heights
Kubrick By Kubrick
The Father
Man Who Sold His Skin

Marlow Stern (The Daily Beast)

Quo Vadis, Aida?
Summer of Soul
Sabaya
Saint Maud
The Mitchells vs. the Machines

David Sterrit

The Father
Supernova
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Stray
The Disciple
Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)
Tina

Bob Strauss

There Is No Evil
Dear Comrades
Man Who Sold His Skin
New Order
The Killing of Two Lovers
Sun Children

Brian Tallerico

In the Earth
Judas and the Black Messiah
Oxygen
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Saint Maud

Luke Y. Thompson

In the Shadows.
This Is Not a War Story
West Michigan
Monkey Beach
Army of the Dead
Zack Snyder’s Justice League

Brian Truitt (USA Today)

The Father
I Care a Lot
Summer of Soul
Together Together
The Vigil
The Sparks Brothers
Riders of Justice

Boyd van Hoeij (The Hollywood Reporter)

The Mauritianan
The Killing of Two Lovers
Jumbo
Night of the Kings
Moffie
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Riders of Justice
Sweat

Jeffrey Wells (Hollywood Elsewhere)

Riders of Justice
Quo Vadis, Aida?
The Dig
Above Suspicion
New Order

Chuck Wilson (L.A. Weekly)

Luca
Moffie
Riders of Justice
Test Pattern
Undine
Zola

Stephanie Zacharek (Time)

Gunda
The Human Voice
About Endlessness
The Disciple
The Truffle Hunters
The Dig

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