Film Reviews & Insights
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Peter Jackson's Middle Earth saga has become a milestone for 21st century filmmaking. His adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic novels have proved to be timeless, continuing to usher in new [...]
The Order
We've seen many true crime stories be told in the past several decades. However, few feel as timely and urgent as the latest from Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel. Despite a [...]
Nightbitch
Amy Adams delivers a raw and nuanced performance in Marielle Heller's Nightbitch, but whatever made Rachel Yoder's debut novel such an acclaimed success doesn't quite work here; it's uneven with [...]
The Return
Adapting classical literature is never an easy task, because of both the expectations that come with it as well as the simple fact these stories are so known, so defining, [...]
Queer
Coming straight off the explosive ménage à trois sports drama Challengers, Luca Guadagnino impresses once again with Queer. The film's lead, Daniel Craig, is generating Oscar buzz. It helps that [...]
Flow
Flow, the new animated film from Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis, is a cell shaded treat of wonders both visual and aural. A fantastical tale told without dialogue, the film follows [...]
Oh, Canada
Oh, Canada is the newest film from the writer-director Paul Schrader, here reunited with his American Gigolo star, Richard Gere, and once again, as with Affliction, based on a novel by the late Russell [...]
Moana 2
Disney's Moana was a solid hit when it was released over the Thanksgiving holiday in 2016, but became an even larger hit thanks to endless streams on Disney+. The film, [...]
Memoir of a Snail
Memoir of a Snail is an unusual stop-motion animated feature, telling a rather devastating story about loss and guilt. What appears on the surface to be a whimsical tale soon [...]
Juror #2
Clint Eastwood's latest legal thriller Juror #2 has a very odd and unusual rollout; there is speculation that the release is in spite of current Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav, [...]
Maria
Chillian filmmaker Pablo Larrain delivers another intoxicating biopic about privileged women in peril. With Jackie (2016) and Spencer (2021), and now Maria, Larrain has now made a subgenre about wealthy, [...]