Wicked: For Good
Last year's Wicked was a sensational adaptation of one of modern pop culture's most influential and defining musicals. Splitting the 2003 Broadway musical into two parts, Part One was both [...]
Rental Family
Rental Family is an often-maudlin work with an awkward Brendan Fraser at the center, yet that awkwardness is what keeps this from falling apart. It is a film that may [...]
Jay Kelly
George Clooney is one of our finest modern actors, and he now has his most meta role in the latest Noah Baumbach film titled Jay Kelly. The script that is [...]
Train Dreams
Train Dreams, based on the novella by Denis Johnson, is a deeply moving, lyrical and intelligent film about pain, loss, time, beauty and connection. Blessed with a stand out cast, [...]
Keeper
Osgood Perkins has made a name for himself as one of the horror genre's most prolific filmmakers in recent times. In just his third film in two years, Perkins has [...]
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain is an unusual and deeply moving animated film based on an unlikely source. Amelie Nothomb is a Belgian novelist who wrote Metaphysiques des tubes, which [...]
Peter Hujar’s Day
Peter Hujar was a photographer in New York, most prominent in the 1970s and 1980s. Before dying, as far too many artists of that era did, of AIDS, he left [...]
Sentimental Value
One of the most emotionally charged films of the year is also one of the most rewarding. Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value might appear to be another backstage drama about filmmaking [...]
The Running Man (2025)
What a year it has been for Stephen King adaptations. This summer's The Life of Chuck was a moving and life-affirming story of a man's life told in reverse. The [...]
Nuremberg
Theatrically-released historical dramas are becoming fewer and fewer with each passing year. In large part due to streaming, which prioritizes the mini-series treatment, big-budget dramas for adults have greatly diminished [...]