Film Reviews & Insights
The Mastermind
The Mastermind, written and directed by Kelly Reichardt, is a seeming change of pace for the gifted film maker. An art heist crime caper is not her usual domain, yet [...]
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Actress and filmmaker Mary Bronstein who is the wife of frequent Safdie Bros collaborator Ronald Bronstein directs her first film since her 2008 film Yeast, that co-stars Greta Gerwig. Based [...]
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss of the Spider Woman is the new adaptation of the 1992/93 musical based on Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel, which had in 1986 been turned into an Oscar winning film [...]
Tron: Ares
The original 1982 Tron film was released amidst arguably the greatest summer movie season ever for the sci-fi genre, wedged in between E.T., John Carpenter's The Thing, Blade Runner and [...]
John Candy: I Like Me
John Candy: I Like Me, from director Colin Hanks, produced by his father, Tom, is a sprawling and at times, near hagiographic look at the actor and comedian, John Candy. [...]
Roofman
Derek Cianfrance’s latest film, Roofman, is based on the true story of Jeffrey Manchester, who robbed over 40 businesses in the early 2000s before being sentenced to prison time. When he [...]
The Lost Bus
The Lost Bus is the latest film from director and co-writer Paul Greengrass. Based on Lizzie Johnson’s non-fiction 2021 book Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire, this is the [...]
A House of Dynamite
Kathryn Bigelow's taut, engrossing docudrama A House of Dynamite uses a hypothetical narrative approach as it dives deep in its real time duration of three points of views that involves [...]
Bone Lake
To say that 2025 has been a standout year for the horror genre would be putting it lightly. From breakout studio hits such as Sinners and Weapons, to ambitious indie [...]
The Smashing Machine
Dwayne Johnson has been in the public eye for more than 25 years now, first debuting in the WWF as Rocky Maivia before emerging as The Rock. He quickly became [...]
Anemone
Anemone is the directorial debut of Ronan Day-Lewis. His father, Daniel, makes a return to the screen after nearly a decade, starring opposite Sean Bean. They play Irish brothers, with pasts [...]