Argylle
Producer-turned-director Matthew Vaughn has been behind some of the more influential Hollywood projects over the past couple of decades. Starting out as a producer on Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and [...]
Orion and the Dark
What do Werner Herzog, Tame Impala, and Dreamworks have in common? Netflix's newest animated feature film, Orion and the Dark, adapted from the book of the same name by Emma [...]
How to Have Sex
An emotionally raw, energetic, fractured and finally poignant coming-of-age drama about a trio of young women who go on a summer trip together to a beach resort on the Greek [...]
The Peasants
Continuing the much-valued painted animation technique that was used previously with Loving Vincent (2017), married directors DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman deliver a despairing, sometimes grueling, and tiring adaptation of [...]
Pictures of Ghosts
Bacurau writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho's personal and in-depth Pictures of Ghosts explores the history of his home town of Recife, while examining the deep cultural impact of Brazilian movie palaces. [...]
Sometimes I Think About Dying
A superb sophomore feature by director Rachel Lambert that happens to be co-produced by its leading co-star Daisy Ridley, Sometimes I Think About Dying brings a fresh perspective on loneliness. [...]
Tótem
Sentimental and manipulative would be the inevitable criticism of Tótem if writer-director Lila Avilés second dramatic feature were a Hollywood studio-driven movie. Luckily, it isn't, though the set-up has all the [...]
American Star
The hitman may be the most overused figure in cinema, particularly in contrast to what hired killers turn out to be in the news stories we really hear about, who [...]
Top 10 Films of 2023 – Editors’ Choice
2023 has been an interesting year for film. Several of the old masters (Scorsese, Mann, Miyazaki, Schrader, Yimou) released new films, most to great acclaim. There were also quite a [...]
2004 Retrospective: The Best Films of 2004
Being a cinephile at the time, 2004 felt like a minor year after coming off early 2000's that had such releases of the time as Mulholland Drive, Lost in Translation, [...]