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 [...]
The WIld Robot
DreamWorks Animation has typically been seen as the B-side to the greater works of Pixar. When there was Toy Story 1 & 2, there was DreamWorks’ Shrek, which was less [...]
Strange Darling
After a large array of horror and serial killer thrillers full of style and atmosphere, 2024 continues its horror streak with JT Mollner's gripping, brutally intense, and wildly unpredictable Strange [...]
The Substance
The Substance is a riptide of desire, chaos, the vain reality of Hollywood, and outwardly grotesque body horror. It's also one of the most shocking and impactful genre films of 2024.
Sing Sing
Despite getting off to a very slow release rollout by A24 films, Greg Kweder's Sing Sing should find its audience due being a genuine crowd-pleaser that avoids being manipulative or [...]
Crossing
Crossing follows Lia, a retired history teacher from the country of Georgia, who is searching for her recently deceased sister’s trans daughter...
Green Border
Agnieszka Holland, the famed Polish director who is perhaps her nation’s best currently active filmmaker, has created both a film and a polemic, with her newest effort, Green Border. This brutally [...]
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
The Western is a genre almost as old as film itself. From the Golden Age of Ford, Mann, Daves, Boetticher, and others to the darker 1960s and 70s under Leone, [...]