Film Reviews & Insights
Society of the Snow
The true story of the survivors of the 1972 Uruguayan plane crash over the Andes mountains has been translated into film before, most notably in the 1993 Ethan Hawke starring [...]
Night Swim
Expectations for the first release under any big media merger are always high, and all eyes are currently on Bryce McGuire's theatrical feature debut, Night Swim. The high-concept suburban chiller [...]
The Boys in the Boat
With handsome production values and good intentions, The Boys in the Boat is George Clooney's earnest but bland historical sports drama about the University of Washington rolling team that competed [...]
The Teachers’ Lounge
With some sharp writing, timely social commentary, and a wrenching performance by German actress Leonie Benesch, there are many reasons to embrace The Teachers' Lounge, a debut feature by İlker [...]
The Color Purple (2023)
It was only a matter of time before the Broadway musical that is a dual adaptation of Alice Walker's novel and Steven Spielberg's 1985 American epic of the same title, [...]
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
No one would ever want to be in the position that director James Wan has been put in with the sequel to his billion-dollar grossing superhero epic Aquaman. [...]
Ferrari
Ferrari is a very flawed but stylish film that eventually becomes more satisfying as it carries on. It's one of those uneven films that ends up scaping by with many [...]
Memory
A biting but finally tender love story about animosity, reconciliation, trauma, and mental health between two estranged classmates from high school offers a deeply engaging and liberating film experience. Memory [...]
The Iron Claw
It would be a cliche to point out that the best films about wrestling use the sport as a metaphor for the internal struggles going on outside the ring. In [...]
All of Us Strangers
There is often a certain melancholy to ghost movies—even when they are at their most terrifying, they often rely on themes of past trauma, grief, and other forms of reconciliation. [...]
American Fiction
The tastes of the public at large when it comes to art are a constant enigma. Often works of great depth and intelligence are passed over while something perceived as [...]