No Other Choice

Park Chan-wook's follow-up to his highly acclaimed Decision to Leave in 2022 and The Handmaiden in 2016 has now crafted the film of his career with No Other Choice. This [...]

Marty Supreme

We have seen quite a few uncompromising sports films this year; just a few months ago we had Benny Safdie's solo directorial offering with The Smashing Machine, which was a [...]

Hamnet

Emotionally stirring and powerfully moving, but a deeply fulfilling journey, Chloe Zhao's historical drama Hamnet holds a deep emotional resonance long after the credits roll. Based on the 2020 novel [...]

Train Dreams

Train Dreams, based on the novella by Denis Johnson, is a deeply moving, lyrical and intelligent film about pain, loss, time, beauty and connection. Blessed with a stand out cast, [...]

Sentimental Value

One of the most emotionally charged films of the year is also one of the most rewarding. Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value might appear to be another backstage drama about filmmaking [...]

Weapons

Zach Cregger's breakthrough horror film Barbarian was a surprise hit in the fall of 2022. A film marketed off of not knowing its many twists and turns, Cregger's foray into [...]

Sorry, Baby

GRADE A  This first half of the decade has been quite notable for female directors, especially for fresh voices. The debut feature written and directed by its lead, Eva Victor, [...]

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