The Scout

A patient masterpiece on the transience of interpersonal relationships that come at the expense of a job that never lets you stop and truly get to know somebody. Also just an immediate all-time great film on filmmaking. A stunning debut and makes a gorgeous, sensitive…

Brandon Streussnig

Honored to play drunk girl #1 in this along with my friend Hannah who plays drunk girl #2 (not as drunk). Anyway, Paula is the Chantal Akerman of our time. Five stars.

Kelsea Bauman-Murphy

Paula’s ability to get to the heart of how, at times, the entertainment industry can isolate someone and diminish their own hard-earned contributions to the creative process is both beautiful and heartbreaking. Her approach is sensitive without being saccharine, and the…

RogerMancusi

"I'm a believer you can tell a lot about someone from where they live—in empty apartments that spin a hardcover novel, or in houses decked to hell in clutter that say nothing at all. We're made of dust, detritus, damage, dreams, and we embroider them on our private spaces.…

Michel

Wide shots of exteriors, beautiful naturalistic lighting, and closeups in cars, as we hear a flurry of repetitive voicemails, both personal and centered around business, make The Scout not only a realistic, lively, and claustrophobic look at New York City, but help to add…

Movie Good or Movie Bad?

new york i love you but you’re bringing me down

Eszter Herendi

i want to read the book about the cancer whale :(

Chris Falk

• Retroactively finding out that Gonzalez-Nasser had herself previously worked as a location scout is completely unsurprising, as this thing's greatest strength is in the specificity of its observations about this line of work. This is one of the most excruciatingly…

Devan Scott

A 10/10 movie stuck in a 7/10 first draft.

Sam