Small Things like These
Tim Midlands's Small Things Like These is a heavy, distressing watch—involving flashbacks about a troubled childhood—but it also offers levels of courage that resonate thanks to a devoted, soul-searching performance [...]
His Three Daughters
His Three Daughters, a drama starring Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen and Natasha Lyonne, from writer- director Azazel Jacobs, feels much like a play for most of its 101-minute run time. [...]
Heretic
Heretic is a late-year gem of a thriller that is as intellectually stimulating as it is tense.
Conclave
People of faith and non-believers alike may find Conclave enjoyable. With so many religious movies released anymore, Conclave offers a refreshing anecdote of the films that now has Ben Shapiro [...]
We Live in Time
What probably read out like a Lifetime or Hallmark movie during a table read, and what probably would still be one if in lesser hands, Joe Crowley's We Live in [...]
Smile 2
Featuring even more anxiety and paranoia, more gruesome deaths, and the most psychological dread the franchise has produced to date, Smile 2 is an impressive follow-up to one of the more original mainstream supernatural horror films of the 2020s.
The Apprentice
Just as with Oliver Stone's political films, Iranian filmmaker Ali Abbasi has delivered an undeniably engaging and deeply disturbing biopic on Donald Trump's rise to corporate power in the late [...]
Saturday Night
Jason Reitman is a skilled director, and he may have finally found his flair in Saturday Night. That might seem like a surprising statement about the director who has made [...]
Rebel Ridge
Police corruption, civil liberties, and martial arts collide in Jeremy Saulnier's newest effort for Netflix, Rebel Ridge.
Will & Harper
Will & Harper is a documentary about friendship. It is also about belonging, identity, understanding and acceptance. Often, this is as much about the person one might think least needs to [...]