Black Adam entertains, but only if you view it on autopilot and disregard its lack of thematic subtlety. As Black Adam crash-lands into theaters this…
Superficial and hopelessly outdated, The School for Good and Evil will leave fantasy fans better off clinging to Harry Potter reruns. For the legions of Harry Potter…
Ticket to Paradise is an entirely charmless rom-com fronted by a poisonous couple and sleepwalking its way through bland genre tropes. How hard could it…
Aftersun evokes the rending nostalgia of Terence Davies, lensing a father-daughter story through quiet, melancholic remembrance. Memories are fragile; they weather with time, fray around…
Despite its slightness, Slash/Back still proves a diverting, charming girl power romp. Nyla Innuksuk’s Slash/Back opens to the singular vocal stylings of Inuk throat singer…
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…
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…
All That Breathes offers a cogent diagnosis of our climate change predicament, suggesting a tentative hope for the future while recognizing the untenability of…
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…
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…
The Banshees of Inisherin benefits from its lead characters’ unconventional dynamic, thoughtfully examining the ways in which individuals navigate the nuances of life within…
In the Court of the Crimson King thrives as an unbiased tribute film, keen in its documentation of the professional and personal spheres of…
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…
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…
The Eternal Daughter “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed,…
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…
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…
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…