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Jordan Mintzer

Jordan Mintzer is a contributing Paris-based Film Critic for The Hollywood Reporter. Prior to that, he wrote for Variety. His writings have also appeared in the French publications Les Cahiers du cinéma, Le Monde, So Film and Libération, and he is a regular guest on the French radio show On Aura Tout Vu. He is the author of three interview books — "Conversations with James Gray," "Conversations with Darius Khondji" and "Conversations with Dean Tavoularis" — and the producer of the feature films "Hamilton," "Putty Hill" and "Sollers Point." Mintzer grew up in Queens, N.Y., and has a BBA in Economics from Baruch College.

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‘Meet the Barbarians’ Review: Julie Delpy’s Middling Refugee Comedy Has Its Heart in the Right Place

The latest feature from the director of '2 Days in Paris' reveals what happens when a tiny French town welcomes a Syrian family into its midst.

‘Bring Them Down’ Review: Christopher Abbott and Barry Keoghan Are Compelling as Feuding Shepherds in an Otherwise Dour Irish Drama

The first feature from writer-director Christopher Andrews, about a violent turf war between two families of sheep herders, premiered in Toronto.

‘Of Dogs and Men’ Review: A Thoughtful and Quietly Powerful Israeli Docudrama Explores the Aftermath of Oct. 7

Director Dani Rosenberg ('The Vanishing Soldier') shot his latest feature at the Nir Oz kibbutz just weeks after the attacks that ignited the current Israel-Hamas war.

TIFF 2024: Read THR’s Reviews of the Movies Screening at the Toronto Film Festival (Updating)

The Hollywood Reporter critics weigh in on this year’s crop of titles, from biopics to documentaries, sweeping epics to intimate character studies, tear-jerking dramas to laugh-out-loud comedies.

‘The Quiet Son’ Review: Far-Right Radicalism Pulls a Family Apart in an Intensely Performed French Drama

In the fourth feature by directors Delphine and Muriel Coulin ('17 Girls'), Vincent Lindon plays a father whose older son gets drawn into a group of extremist thugs.

‘Pavements’ Review: Alex Ross Perry’s Multifaceted Portrait of the Influential ’90s Band Is All-Encompassing and a Bit Exhausting

Premiering in Venice, the latest from the director of 'Her Smell' uses different formats and genres to explore the highs and lows of a group that was more respected than it was ever mainstream.

‘King Ivory’ Review: Drugs, Guns, Cops and Cartels Dominate an Effectively Gritty Fentanyl-Era Thriller Starring Ben Foster

James Badge Dale and Melissa Leo co-lead the ensemble in John Swab's Oklahoma-set story, which follows several characters facing off in a brutal drug war.

‘Battleground’ Review: A Sober but Overly Academic Italian Drama About the Moral Conflicts of World War I Military Doctors

The latest by director Gianni Amelio stars Alessandro Borghi and Gabriel Montesi as physicians with opposing views on their duties to injured soldiers and the battle they're fighting.

‘Wolfs’ Review: Brad Pitt and George Clooney Reunite for a Cunning Caper That Never Takes Itself Too Seriously — Sometimes to a Fault

Jon Watts ('Spider-Man: Homecoming') wrote and directed this New York-set action comedy, which will roll out on Apple TV+ after premiering in Venice.

‘Baby Invasion’ Review: Harmony Korine’s Immersive First-Person Shooter Film Is Both Mind-Bending and Mind-Numbing

The 'Spring Breakers' director and his EDGLRD production studio continue to strip away the boundaries between movies and video games in this Venice world premiere.

‘The Order’ Review: Jude Law Faces Down a Gang of Neo-Nazi Bandits in Justin Kurzel’s Riveting Real-Life Thriller

Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan and Jurnee Smollett co-star in a film that tracks the rise and fall of a violent far-right group in 1980s rural Washington.

‘Cloud’ Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Action Satire Takes the Concept of Online Reselling to Dangerous New Places

The Japanese genre maestro’s latest feature follows an ambitious merchant who gets in way over his head while trying to make a fortune on the internet.