Primate
Johannes Roberts has been a reliable source of genre filmmaking for some time now. Largely delivering singularly-focused schlocky entertainment that delivers on their high-concepts, Roberts may not be above good [...]
Dead Man’s Wire
Dead Man's Wire is a type of film that any director-for-hire could have easily gotten the job done for this crime thriller. However, household legend Gus Van Sant has turned [...]
Arco
Arco is an at times delirious science fiction animated film from France. There are echoes of Valerian, and of the works of Studio Ghibli. Concerning the misadventure of a ten [...]
The Plague
Very much in the vein of William Golding's Lord of the Flies novel, Charlie Polinger's debut feature that premiered at the Un Certain Regard at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival [...]
Song Sung Blue
Director Craig Brewer has been a relatively overlooked filmmaker in the time since his debut film Hustle and Flow emerged to commercial and critical acclaim back in 2005. Despite somewhat [...]
Orwell: 2+2=5
George Orwell is one of the most complex figures of the modern world. Philosopher and author, his influence is such that his name has become an invocation of a certain [...]
The Housemaid
Due to its content and source material, Paul Feig's domestic psychological thriller film The Housemaid asks a lot from the viewer in terms of plausibility, perception, and plot turns in [...]
Avatar: Fire and Ash
James Cameron has been of cinema’s greatest adventurers. Allowing audiences to escape into the realm of new worlds and immersive stories, Cameron has been a filmmaking pioneer for a majority [...]
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)
Silent Night, Deadly Night was a controversial 1984 slasher film that was met with mixed responses. Opening the same day as Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street, the film [...]
Zootopia 2
Disney animation's Zootopia was a mega-hit back in 2016 that grossed over $1 billion and has become one of the studio's crowning achievements from the past decade. Its unique premise [...]