Swan Song
As technology and conceptual designs begin to flourish in this day and age, ideas that were once seemingly outlandish have become theoretically possible. Benjamin Cleary plays with these ideas in [...]
Red Rocket
Sean Baker has done it once again by remarkably delivering another raw and authentic character study related to American subculture and exploration of socio economics, Red Rocket shakes up the [...]
Licorice Pizza
Deeply moving, highly engaging, and technically brilliant, Paul Thomas Anderson’s ninth feature, Licorice Pizza, is the most enthralling and thrilling film to be released this year. A chronicle of first [...]
The Matrix Resurrections
2021 marks a resurgence for many franchises, but like many, they aren't quite as brilliant as before. The same can be said for The Matrix Resurrections, the welcome sequel to [...]
The Hand of God
Considerably scaled down in scope and visual energy from his previous Oscar nominated existential films, The Great Beauty and Youth, Paulo Sorrentino's The Hand of God is an artfully crafted [...]
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Not since The Force Awakens and Avengers: Endgame has Hollywood gone into such spoiler lockdown mode, and for good reason. Revealing anything beyond what's featured in the marketing would not [...]
Nightmare Alley
In a far darker return to more macabre terrain after his Oscar win for The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro still finds his footing in genre filmmaking in the [...]
Being the Ricardos
Though Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's stardom has faded in the 30 years since their deaths, Aaron Sorkin's biopic casts the late, iconic duo with some marital dynamics under the [...]
Don’t Look Up
Messy, overlong but also deeply satirical, Don't Look Up plays like an extended SNL skit. Adam McKay's follow-up to Vice, and his most satirical political film yet, amounts to a [...]
France
Brimming with confident craftsmanship, cynicism, satire, and dramatic weight, Bruno Dumont's ferocious France views France's political climate and mass media through its anti-hero, a French reporter named France (Lea Seydoux), [...]