V/H/S/99 is probably the biggest film in the series, mostly eschewing scares in favor of stylistic intensity. Almost a year to the day after 2021’s V/H/S/94,…
The Stranger’s palpable atmosphere can prove meandering, even if it crafts fascinating and nuanced characters out of its leads’ performances. Set in the bleak Australian outskirts,…
The Lobby’s punishing perspective and comical presentation make for a wryly self-deprecating inquiry into death and all things philosophical. “There is no here here” —…
All That Breathes offers a cogent diagnosis of our climate change predicament, suggesting a tentative hope for the future while recognizing the untenability of the…
Rimini possesses a frigid sociological potency whose disparate elements capture a stratified generation’s cultural and libidinal imaginary. The curtain doesn’t quite fall in wintry Rimini,…
Accident Man: Hitman’s Holiday delivers the violence, direct-to-video. Remember Accident Man? It’s OK if you don’t, but DTV actionheads tend to think of it fondly…
The Banshees of Inisherin benefits from its lead characters’ unconventional dynamic, thoughtfully examining the ways in which individuals navigate the nuances of life within their…
In the Court of the Crimson King thrives as an unbiased tribute film, keen in its documentation of the professional and personal spheres of various…
Halloween Ends is a superior to film to Halloween Kills, and that’s essentially where the praise ends. Let’s be clear about one thing right off…
Peter Hedges brings his typical schtick to The Same Storm, getting off to a rocky start but ultimately getting somewhere heartwarming enough. Is there any filmmaker…
The Eternal Daughter “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by…
At this point, there have been so many movies about Covid, either directly or by inference, that it’s barely necessary to make a note of…
What is the opposite of a Golden Age? That term, usually attributed to a civilization’s growth and stability in market and cultural forces, may not…
Michael Snow’s Wavelength still stands as the prototypical “experimental film” — perhaps the one experimental work that film studies professors will continue selecting as a stand-in for the miscellany…
Lebanese filmmaker Ali Cherri has been a bit of a fixture on the festival circuit with his wry, melancholy short works addressing the state of the Arab world.…
Dark Glasses ends Argento’s decade-long hiatus and even longer stretch of mediocre works with a return to form for the Italian master. It’s been a…
Decision to Leave piles on the plot twists, but never loses its essential noir romance vibe. Tang Wei remains one of the great actresses of our…
McKee’s latest might be enough for his diehard fans, but its stretched runtime makes any interesting happenings too little, too late. Lucky McKee’s best films…
Summit Fever could have climbed to better heights, but it’s base-level take leaves it just a cheesy, overlong mess. With rock-climbing films steadily entering the…
As the one-dimensional cartoon Colonel Quaritch (Stephen Lang) tells his new recruits, “You’re not in Kansas anymore. You are on Pandora,” James Cameron is writing…