Benediction
Terrence Davies' skillful direction and the engaging storytelling of Siegfried Sassoon's life are just some of the highlights in this luminous biographical drama. From an original screenplay by Davies based [...]
Men
What could certainly be labeled as a "thinking person's" horror film—audiences walking into Men expecting a conventional horror film to deliver the thrills, chills, or other mysterious forces that hunt [...]
Happening
The top-prize winner of the Golden Lion at the 2021 Venice Film Festival, newcomer writer-director Audrey Diwan has delivered a timely call to action with Happening, a visceral, character-driven, and [...]
Petite Maman
Petite Maman, the stunning fifth film by French auteur Celine Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Tomboy, Girlhood) finds her exploring childhood innocence once again as she combines fantasy [...]
The Northman
At just his third feature film under his belt after the richly atmospheric, The Witch, and the darkly absurdist, The Lighthouse, filmmaker Robert Eggers takes his deconstructionist approach to the [...]
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Following up with critically acclaimed hits like Dazed and Confused, Boyhood, and Everybody Wants Some, Richard Linklater demonstrated how fondly he remembers his youth and how much he draws from [...]
The Batman
What was once a solo project for Ben Affleck has now morphed into an entirely new adaptation of the Caped Crusader, one that stands apart from the current DC extended [...]
Sundown
A very austere and deeply mysterious character study drama whose subtext is to expose the world's haves and have-nots, Sundown is Mexican filmmaker Michel Franco's most gripping and visually pleasing [...]
The Worst Person in the World
There's a reason for the film's title, but to think the main character is some one-dimensional woman who hurts, betrays, and eventually finds redemption in the full circle of things [...]
Flee
A deeply moving subject on the impacts of war atrocities and seeking refuge, Jonhas Poher Rasmussen's animated documentary titled Flee is one of the most essential and powerful films of [...]