Saturday Night
Jason Reitman is a skilled director, and he may have finally found his flair in Saturday Night. That might seem like a surprising statement about the director who has made [...]
Rebel Ridge
Police corruption, civil liberties, and martial arts collide in Jeremy Saulnier's newest effort for Netflix, Rebel Ridge.
Joker: Folie à Deux
2019's Joker was a lighting-in-a-bottle film that came with much buzz and discourse, with overwhelming box office returns to boot. Todd Phillips' distinct vision of the classic DC villain was [...]
The WIld Robot
DreamWorks Animation has typically been seen as the B-side to the greater works of Pixar. When there was Toy Story 1 & 2, there was DreamWorks’ Shrek, which was less [...]
Megalopolis
It was inevitable that both film critics and modern film buffs wouldn't be fully united on Francis Ford Coppola's latest magnum opus, Megalopolis, a highly sophisticated, dense, and visionary film [...]
Strange Darling
After a large array of horror and serial killer thrillers full of style and atmosphere, 2024 continues its horror streak with JT Mollner's gripping, brutally intense, and wildly unpredictable Strange [...]
Speak No Evil (2024)
The 2022 Danish film Speak No Evil left a toll on any audience member willing to sit through its punishing display of brutality. Directed and co-written by Christian Tafdrup, the [...]
The Substance
The Substance is a riptide of desire, chaos, the vain reality of Hollywood, and outwardly grotesque body horror. It's also one of the most shocking and impactful genre films of 2024.
The 4:30 Movie
In the wake of films such as Roma, The Fabelmans and Belfast, films that saw major filmmakers looking past nostalgia to their respective upbringings, writer/director/editor Kevin Smith has now made [...]
Close Your Eyes
If there is one filmmaker that works at an even slower pace than Jonathan Glazer and Terrence Malick did, it's Spanish auteur Victor Erice. He has only released four features [...]