Film Reviews & Insights
Of an Age
Coming straight off his artful but uneven art-house horror debut, You Won't Be Alone, which was a period piece set in 19th century Macedonia, Goran Stolevski proves to be quite [...]
Emily
Far from being another musty costume period piece, Frances O'Connor's debut feature, Emily, is more akin to Jane Campion's arthouse dramas and Terence Davies' A Quiet Passion in just how uniquely [...]
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
It feels like ages ago that the original Ant-Man film had been all set and ready to go with filmmaker Edgar Wright ready at the helm. History would go to [...]
Godland
Austere and magnificently bold, Godland marks a continuation of Icelandic filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason's study of troubled masculinity within severely harsh environments. Heretofore his first feature Winter's Brother had a setting [...]
Return to Seoul
Cambodian French filmmaker Davy Chou (Diamond Island) manages to pull off a deeply spirited character study and existential journey with Return to Seoul, a moody and convulsively lyrical yarn about [...]
Baby Ruby
Postpartum depression, a severely important medical condition, is explored with mixed results in Baby Ruby. A film that sadly suffers from endless jump scares and writing issues, as it ends [...]
You People
Kenya Barris’ new film, You People, which he co-wrote with star Jonah Hill, has great performances and comedic potential, but ultimately falters on its objectives. Oscillating between blatant social commentary [...]
Magic Mike’s Last Dance
Now an unforeseen trilogy that was started by Oscar-winning auteur Steven Soderbergh with Magic Mike (2012) quickly became an unexpected sleeper hit during that summer movie season. It suddenly generated [...]
Consecration
Religion and horror have long been a potent combination. By playing upon and twisting the traditions and rituals that many people have at least some passing knowledge of, a religious [...]
Cairo Conspiracy
A generally engrossing espionage thriller that offers some slight emotional resonance marks Cairo Conspiracy into a favorable suspense drawer, recounting a young college student and son of a fisherman who [...]
The Blue Caftan
A somber but delicate portrait about everlasting love, repressed desires, artistry, compassion, illness, and finally tolerance, The Blue Caftan officially closes the last slate of international films released last year [...]