Young Washington
Like every story in history, that of America’s first president George Washington has long since become a mixture of truth, legend, and myth. Schoolchildren hear fables about cherry trees and [...]
Mid-Year Review: The Best Films so far of 2026
So far, 2026 has been a breakthrough year for cinematic underdogs, championed by indie filmmakers and surprise hits like Obsession and Backrooms. Exhausted by repetitive IP franchises, an oversaturated streaming [...]
Minions & Monsters
The Despicable Me franchise is still going strong after sixteen years. Serving as a launching pad for animation studio Illumination, the franchise has grown into four films and three spin-offs, [...]
Couture
Couture is a fascinating and often touching drama that examines the lives and professional endeavors of three women during a vital period in their lives. One is a director, played [...]
Supergirl
Supergirl marks the second film in James Gunn’s DC universe, following last year’s superlative Superman (which made my top 10 last year). Produced by Gunn and directed by Craig Gillespie, [...]
Leviticus
Leviticus 18:22: "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination". Leviticus 20:13 decrees that any homosexual acts are deserving of capital punishment. These [...]
The Death of Robin Hood
Taking a page or two from recent historical epics like David Lowery's The Green Knight and Robert Eggers' The Northman, filmmaker Michael Sarnoski's third feature offers a fresh exploration of [...]
Toy Story 5
The Toy Story films have been the crown jewel for Pixar, with the original 1995 film not only being the studio's first feature length film, but the first fully computer [...]
Underland
Director Rob Petit proved with his short films, Blackbird and Upstream, that he could create interesting images and hold the attention of an audience. In his debut feature, a documentary [...]
Girls Like Girls
2026 will certainly be remembered as a year of fresh and exciting new voices, with many of its strongest films being directorial debuts (like Obsession and Backrooms). Among them, American [...]