Descendant
As the winners write the history books, so much history is left whitewashed, and some communities and individuals only have stories left that are passed on from our descendants. Not [...]
Causeway
Two isolated soul's cross paths and form an undeniable bond in Causeway, a superbly acted and exquisitely crafted character study that has a story that is all too familiar in [...]
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
At first, this "biopic" on Weird Al Yankovic starts by hitting all the beats and formulas of the Hollywood biopic genre, before co-writer and director Eric Appel and co-writer/producer "Weird [...]
The Wonder
Spirituality collides with science in Sebastian Lelio's latest period film, titled The Wonder. While suffocated with implausible detours and anchored by its elegant craftsmanship, The Wonder casts an irresistible spell [...]
Armageddon Time
Absorbing and poignant, casually didactic and deeply personal, James Gray's Armageddon Time ends up being as engaging as it is uneven and glum. A fictionalized look at the filmmaker's childhood [...]
The Banshees of Inisherin
In a return to his roots, renowned British-Irish playwright and filmmaker Martin McDonagh does wonders in The Banshees of Inisherin. Marking his first film in the U.K. with an original [...]
Holy Spider
Modern Iran's worst serial killer, Saeed Hanaei, and the 16 female victims he lured into his home are chronicled in Iranian-born filmmaker Ali Abbasi's third feature, titled Holy Spider. The [...]
Tár
Todd Field's high-minded and sophisticated mastery carries on with his third feature film, Tár, a dense and deeply layered saga that has a lot to say about artistry, cancel culture, [...]
Ticket to Paradise
Ticket to Paradise is one of the broad romantic comedies we have all seen before. You know the kind like 50 First Dates, Couples Retreat, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall where [...]
Aftersun
Highly sensory filmmaking and a heartfelt performance by Paul Mescal pull off an unusual balance of wooziness and sincerity in Aftersun, a hypnotic and elliptical mood piece centered on a [...]