Dead for a Dollar is another failed Western outing from Walter Hill, a well-intentioned but visually shoddy film that sags whenever its action disappears. After…
Vesper is undeniably indebted to a long lineage of sci-fi antecedents, but its peculiar character and keen visual style keeps this a cut above your…
A jumbled mess of clichés and empty symbols in search of deeper meaning, Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon does little more than usher viewers down…
Pearl doesn’t indulge the same genre thrills as X, but it does deliver an idiosyncratic, bloody little chamber piece that succeeds in a different but undeniable…
See How They Run is an amiable, nerdy romp that draws upon theater history, Agatha Christie, and even Wes Anderson to create a jaunty exercise…
God’s Country is an arrogant and painfully writerly project that is only occasionally uplifted on the strength of its visual flourish. A classic sort…
Speak No Evil is a grueling experience in the best possible sense, punctuating by a giddily mean-spirited and pitch-perfect ending. Like an unholy amalgamation of…
House of Darkness absolutely butchers its attempt at a female empowerment tale, landing somewhere between overtly offensive and appallingly stupid. It’s feast or famine when…
Saloum is an absolute blast, packed with pleasant genre surprises and announcing a major new filmmaker in Jean Luc Herbulot. Part of the joy…
The Invitation perhaps could have actually been surprising if marketing hadn’t spoiled its game, but there’s unfortunately not much else for viewers to have…
Out of the Blue feels like a bizarre cross between Murder, She Wrote and Cassandra’s Dream, punched up with a healthy dose of LaBute’s patented woman-hating toxicity.…
Squeal is an occasionally striking study of the fairy tales men tell themselves, but it too often feels floundering and under-cooked to be regarded…
When I Consume You starts strong and boasts a strong visual character, but it frustratingly trades too heavily in tired horror tropes to land with…
The Legend of Molly Johnson can skew a bit too on-the-nose at times, but it remains a bold, uncompromising work and the best kind of…
Fall is an utterly dull would-be thriller that squanders the visual possibility of its premise and trades only in inane melodrama. 2018’s Academy Award-winning documentary…
Aubrey Plaza remains one of our most intriguing stars, but Emily the Criminal imprisons its leading lady within anonymous old-school thriller retread. Anyone not already…
Like The Outlaws before it, The Roundup is a pretty basic cop movie, but director Ma Dong-seok spins it all into irresistible entertainment. In 2017, Ma Dong-seok, fresh…
This latest iteration of The Most Dangerous Game is nothing more than a shallow vehicle for bloodshed, and dull to boot. 1932’s The Most Dangerous…