What Josiah Saw exhibits Grashaw’s considerable formal chops, but there’s an inherent silliness pestering its core and its ending undermines some of its power. The…
Thirteen Lives delivers an immersive, impressively reconstructed telling the famous Thai cave rescue, but the film sags a bit when it comes to interrogating the…
With Not Okay, Shephard succeeds at crafting an unlikable female protagonist that feels true to our world and a film unafraid to reflect that…
We Met in Virtual Reality is a formally fascinating and emotionally rich documentary that proves far more humanist than its tech-centric tagline might suggest.…
Though its thematic threads begin to fray, Moloch remains a tantalizing evocation in primal fear that explores the allure behind myth and symbol. Idolatry has remained…
The Wheel isn’t always a smooth ride, but it ultimately clicks into place in its affecting final stretch. When contemplating filmmakers who would attempt…
Anything’s Possible is a well-intentioned film that is unfortunately undone by its shallow lip service and artless execution. Amazon’s new teen romance Anything’s Possible…
Good Madam is elevated, theme-heavy horror done right, delicately refracting its discursive concerns through the lens of a haunted house tale. The lingering consequences…
Persuasion tries and fails to hide its thoughtless adaptation instincts and baffling decision-making behind a deluge of modern stylistic flourishes and homages to superior…
Even within the teen romance subgenre, Hello, Goodbye stands out as particularly bland, delivering signifiers and signposts in place of genuine substance. Marketing materials…
Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe offers the type of low-stakes low humor that demands little but gives generously to those willing to engage. Beavis…
We’s length is felt perhaps a bit too much, but it’s ultimately a visually rich and vigorous film that locates a warm humanity with…
The Man from Toronto is as familiar as assassin-centric action-comedies come, but nevertheless proves a refreshing blast of mid-summer fun on the strength of its…
CIVIL wades into necessary discourse, but stops short of probing any of the thornier facets of Crump or the culture that has led to his…
Spiderhead is pure algorithm “art,” an empty bad-tech tale that delivers nothing new or exciting. You’d be forgiven for getting excited for a mid-budget, talent-driven,…
Jerry and Marge Go Large presents its larger-than-life tale with restraint and sincerity, imbuing its caper framework with the tenderness of a Christmas comedy. If…
Clytaemnestra is compelling matched to its adapted text and its defining power dynamics, but is also a remarkably dry, frequently enervating work of stifled rhythms.…
Cha Cha Real Smooth aims to hit viewers squarely in the feels, and even if will be too nicecore for some, Raiff’s brand of earnestness…