Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
The tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons has been around since the mid-1970s. It was initially a sensation, though the fortunes of the game and the various companies that have [...]
John Wick: Chapter 4
It's hard to imagine a franchise that finds new and inventive ways to consistently deliver like the John Wick franchise. What began as a quest for revenge over a puppy [...]
Tori and Lokita
It is remarkable just how the Dardenne Brothers are still turning out emotionally charged and emotionally bleak films that hold deeply felt compassion nearly 30 years after making a splash [...]
The Quiet Girl
Colm Bairéad's debut feature marks Ireland's first film to be nominated for Best International Film at the Academy Awards. Bairéad has some family film elements that cross over into a [...]
Of an Age
Coming straight off his artful but uneven art-house horror debut, You Won't Be Alone, which was a period piece set in 19th century Macedonia, Goran Stolevski proves to be quite [...]
Emily
Far from being another musty costume period piece, Frances O'Connor's debut feature, Emily, is more akin to Jane Campion's arthouse dramas and Terence Davies' A Quiet Passion in just how uniquely [...]
The Blue Caftan
A somber but delicate portrait about everlasting love, repressed desires, artistry, compassion, illness, and finally tolerance, The Blue Caftan officially closes the last slate of international films released last year [...]
One Fine Morning
Watching Mia Hansen-Løve's One Fine Morning is a fresh reminder of just how skillful of a storyteller she is, who often writes engaging characters who find themselves with sudden vulnerabilities [...]
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
When writer/director Rian Johnson’s witty Knives Out was released over Thanksgiving 2019, it was seen as a massive breath of fresh air. An original whodunnit with an all-star cast and [...]
Bones and All
An impulsive misfit finds true love with a mysterious drifter in the bizarrely romantic horror-road movie Bones and All. The film echoes Claire Denis' cannibal love story Trouble Every Day [...]