The Order
We've seen many true crime stories be told in the past several decades. However, few feel as timely and urgent as the latest from Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel. Despite a [...]
The Return
Adapting classical literature is never an easy task, because of both the expectations that come with it as well as the simple fact these stories are so known, so defining, [...]
Queer
Coming straight off the explosive ménage à trois sports drama Challengers, Luca Guadagnino impresses once again with Queer. The film's lead, Daniel Craig, is generating Oscar buzz. It helps that [...]
Flow
Flow, the new animated film from Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis, is a cell shaded treat of wonders both visual and aural. A fantastical tale told without dialogue, the film follows [...]
Maria
Chillian filmmaker Pablo Larrain delivers another intoxicating biopic about privileged women in peril. With Jackie (2016) and Spencer (2021), and now Maria, Larrain has now made a subgenre about wealthy, [...]
All We Imagine As Light
A visually sublime and richly intimate exploration of womanhood and friendship in India, and an impressive sophomore feature by Payal Kapadia. All We Imagine as Light is both elliptical and [...]
Wicked
The 2003 Broadway musical, Wicked, became an instant pop culture phenomenon when it first opened. The musical, starring Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, [...]
Blitz
Just because Steve McQueen made a WWII movie doesn't mean it's this contrived Oscar "Bait" movie, as some other reviewers have labeled it. For starters, McQueen has always delivered emotionally [...]
Emilia Perez
Emilia Perez is a gritty musical in the vein of Sergio Leone, a fearless fever dream in the spirit of Nicholas Refn's Too Old To Die Young meets the work [...]
The Outrun
The Outrun is a new drama based on the memoir by Amy Liptrot. Here, director Nora Fingscheidt, who co-wrote the screenplay with Liptrot, casts Saoirse Ronan as Rona, in a [...]