Film Reviews & Insights
Love Lies Bleeding
Director Rose Glass’ feature directorial debut Saint Maud became a casualty of the pandemic, seeing its release delayed and delayed, ultimately dumped in early 2021 with little fanfare. The religious [...]
One Life
“You have a lot of faith in ordinary people.” “I do, because I’m an ordinary person.” This exchange, between Nicholas Winton (Johnny Flynn) and Doreen Warriner (Romola Garai) as they [...]
Club Zero
Club Zero, the latest film from director Jessica Hausner, is a dark comedy thriller satire, except it has no laughs, is utterly boring and does not make you care about [...]
Spaceman
Since Adam Sandler's role in the hit Safdie brothers thriller Uncut Gems, which helped redefine a new chapter in his career, the Sandman has been experimenting more with the kinds [...]
Dune: Part Two
After impressing audiences and critics with the deserts of Arrakis in 2021 with Dune: Part One, the grandiose space opera continues on in Dune: Part Two. The middle section of [...]
Drive-Away Dolls
With Drive-Away Dolls, his second solo feature without brother Joel, iconic filmmaker Ethan Coen proves that, along with his lifetime editor and wife Tricia Cooke, they too can produce a [...]
Driving Madaleine
With Driving Madaleine, director and co-writer Christian Caron, has wrought a minor miracle, in terms of striking a balance between comedy and drama, and between philosophy and action, all of [...]
Stopmotion
Horror films focused on artists dealing with madness are certainly nothing new. From the great Vincent Price in House of Wax, to Jack Nicholson in The Shining, to Yahya Abdul-Mateen [...]
About Dry Grasses
Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan continues his grandiose creative momentum with his latest art-house dramatic epic, About Dry Grasses. With his 2014 Palme d'Or winner Winter Sleep (which made my [...]
Io Capitano
Io Capitano marks a significant comeback for a well-known Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah, Tale of Tales, Dogman). The harrowing feature takes viewers into a visceral world of migrant struggles [...]
They Shot the Piano Player
Audiences looking for historical perspective and something unique, not to mention a tribute to music, will find it in They Shot the Piano Player, a refreshing new animated film by [...]