Justin Chang

Although a touch stern at first, she comes to accept and even appreciate them in all their eccentricities. Whatever may ail Fish and Poinsettia, friendship and love appear to be the only medicine they need. Fish cooks Poinsettia Jamaican food, she takes him to the park, and in time their bond turns romantic.

Although a touch stern at first, she comes to accept and even appreciate them in all their eccentricities. Whatever may ail Fish and Poinsettia, friendship and love appear to be the only medicine they need. Fish cooks Poinsettia Jamaican food, she takes him to the park, and in time their bond turns romantic.

At one point Fish worries that the two of them have nothing in common, to which Poinsettia replies, "'Old is what we have in common.'" It's one of many lines I laughed at in The Annihilation of Fish, which doesn't shy away from the realities of aging or the fitful complications of an interracial romance. But it doesn't inflate those things into obstacles, either.

At one point Fish worries that the two of them have nothing in common, to which Poinsettia replies, "'Old is what we have in common.'" It's one of many lines I laughed at in The Annihilation of Fish, which doesn't shy away from the realities of aging or the fitful complications of an interracial romance. But it doesn't inflate those things into obstacles, either.

At one point Fish worries that the two of them have nothing in common, to which Poinsettia replies, "'Old is what we have in common.'" It's one of many lines I laughed at in The Annihilation of Fish, which doesn't shy away from the realities of aging or the fitful complications of an interracial romance. But it doesn't inflate those things into obstacles, either.

What finally makes Fish and Poinsettia seem like an ideal match is simply the chemistry between the actors themselves, the way Jones' gravitas tempers Redgrave's intensity, and the way her wild energy brings out his own.

What finally makes Fish and Poinsettia seem like an ideal match is simply the chemistry between the actors themselves, the way Jones' gravitas tempers Redgrave's intensity, and the way her wild energy brings out his own.

What finally makes Fish and Poinsettia seem like an ideal match is simply the chemistry between the actors themselves, the way Jones' gravitas tempers Redgrave's intensity, and the way her wild energy brings out his own.

Burnett has made a simple yet beguiling film about how two imperfect people can find a kind of perfection in each other's company, and how sometimes in life, and in the movies, good things do come to those who wait.

Burnett has made a simple yet beguiling film about how two imperfect people can find a kind of perfection in each other's company, and how sometimes in life, and in the movies, good things do come to those who wait.

Burnett has made a simple yet beguiling film about how two imperfect people can find a kind of perfection in each other's company, and how sometimes in life, and in the movies, good things do come to those who wait.

No Other Land isn't just the most powerful nonfiction film I saw in 2024. It also had one of the year's more remarkable off-screen narratives. the movie brings us into Masafir Yata, a community of Palestinian villages in the southern West Bank, which is being bulldozed by the Israeli military to make room for a tank training ground.

No Other Land isn't just the most powerful nonfiction film I saw in 2024. It also had one of the year's more remarkable off-screen narratives. the movie brings us into Masafir Yata, a community of Palestinian villages in the southern West Bank, which is being bulldozed by the Israeli military to make room for a tank training ground.

No Other Land isn't just the most powerful nonfiction film I saw in 2024. It also had one of the year's more remarkable off-screen narratives. the movie brings us into Masafir Yata, a community of Palestinian villages in the southern West Bank, which is being bulldozed by the Israeli military to make room for a tank training ground.

Since it premiered early last year, the film has won numerous prizes at international festivals and from American critics' groups. Recently, it received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature. For all its acclaim, though, no other land has yet to find an official U.S. distributor.

Since it premiered early last year, the film has won numerous prizes at international festivals and from American critics' groups. Recently, it received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature. For all its acclaim, though, no other land has yet to find an official U.S. distributor.

Since it premiered early last year, the film has won numerous prizes at international festivals and from American critics' groups. Recently, it received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature. For all its acclaim, though, no other land has yet to find an official U.S. distributor.

That's both surprising and not surprising, given the industry's anxiety when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the directness with which this movie confronts it. Even so, no other land will be playing select theaters across the country, over the next month at least, and it deserves to be widely seen.

That's both surprising and not surprising, given the industry's anxiety when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the directness with which this movie confronts it. Even so, no other land will be playing select theaters across the country, over the next month at least, and it deserves to be widely seen.

That's both surprising and not surprising, given the industry's anxiety when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the directness with which this movie confronts it. Even so, no other land will be playing select theaters across the country, over the next month at least, and it deserves to be widely seen.