Despite boasting one of the cringier on-the-nose titles of the year, one that on its face would seem to promise overt sentimentality, painter and…
We have so many World War II-era films and biographical films of varying quality that for a new one to feel properly worthwhile it…
Gia Coppola’s (Palo Alto) The Last Showgirl announces its intentions and approach from its first frame. We open on a tight shot of the…
Mohit Ramchandani’s City Of Dreams is, in actuality, a cinema of nightmares. Or, more accurately, a cinematic nightmare. The film — which follows a…
2024 has so far proven to be a great year for action cinema: whatever its flaws, The Fall Guy is a paean to stuntmen…
In the opening moments of Firebrand, we meet Anne Askew (Erin Doherty), a fervent reformer preaching against the Church of England during King Henry…
Moritz Mohr’s new frenetic action-comedy Boy Kills World feels critic-proof inasmuch as anything one might single out as a negative could very well be…
At the height of the pandemic, one of the more uplifting trends on social media were videos of people living in cities, clanging pots…
With The Monk the Gun, director Pawo Choyning Dorji makes sure that viewers are fully aware of the film’s context by providing a barrage…
In a recent think piece for Salon, critic Sam Adams asks “Where did all the hacks go?” He’s mainly talking about Disney’s penchant for…
For centuries, humanity has found ways to outsource certain aspects of childbirth, but these advances were mostly limited to wet nurses, surrogate pregnancies, and,…
Released back in 2015, filmmaker Bill Pohlad’s Love & Mercy was a bisected biopic of the brilliant but tormented musician Brian Wilson, whose preternatural…
A scattershot commentary on the film industry from writer-director-star Charlie Day (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), the kindest thing one can say about Fool’s…
After Jerry Seinfeld and his “What’s the deal?” color commentary on the silliness of the quotidian struck gold in Seinfeld, comedians started to habitually…
2023 may still be in its infancy, yet here comes the second release of a high-concept comedy starring old pals and beloved Hollywood icons…
Call Jane can come across as tidy and overly satisfied, but Nagy’s facility with actors and visuals keeps things proceeding with assurance. Call Jane, the…
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…
The Forgiven doesn’t have any substance or style to elevate its tired tale of how rich people suck. “Rich people behaving badly” has become such…