Firestarter
You might recall the poster or DVD artwork of Drew Barrymore as a child standing with a look of anxiety with flames behind her in the 1984 horror-thriller titled Firestarter [...]
On the Count of Three
The despairing, bittersweet, and adequately directed film by stand-up comedian and actor Jerrod Carmichael serves him well in his directorial feature film debut in On the Count of Three, an [...]
Pleasure
Based on the 2013 award-winning short film of the same title, Pleasure, the feature film debut by Swedish filmmaker Ninja Thyberg is an impressive debut feature in this harrowing, deeply [...]
Happening
The top-prize winner of the Golden Lion at the 2021 Venice Film Festival, newcomer writer-director Audrey Diwan has delivered a timely call to action with Happening, a visceral, character-driven, and [...]
Vortex
Gaspar Noe's most compassionate film of his career, Vortex, recalls Michael Haneke's 2012 masterpiece Amour as both films explore the final months of an elderly married couple who have been [...]
Petite Maman
Petite Maman, the stunning fifth film by French auteur Celine Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Tomboy, Girlhood) finds her exploring childhood innocence once again as she combines fantasy [...]
Hatching
Hatching is a stylish Finnish body horror film that echoes elements of creature feature films of the 80s merged with a Japanese horror sensation that eventually finds a personality of [...]
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Tom Gormican's The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent might be self-aware, but the film certainly delivers some very hard belly laughs. A two-hander buddy movie is powered by the chemistry [...]
Cow
Some were surprised last year when Andrea Arnold's latest feature ended up being a documentary that followed a cow around; it was certainly a departure from her bleak but visually [...]
Paris, 13th District
An elegantly made, playful, intimate, and ultimately sincere take on love in the modern era that consists of dating apps, social media, hook-ups, friends with benefits, and other newfound desires, [...]