‘A Useful Ghost’ Review: Vacuum Cleaner Love Story Doesn’t Suck [C+] Cannes
You won’t find a better elevator pitch at Cannes this year than the premise for the Thai Critics’ Week title A Useful Ghost, a supernatural... Read More
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‘Win or Lose’ TV Review: Pixar’s First Series Takes Some Bold Swings but Strikes Out with Trans Character Erasure [B]
You can’t discuss Pixar’s first original TV series, Win Or Lose, without bringing up what has been lost in the cutting room. Disney were hardly... Read More
‘Santosh’ Review: Sandhya Suri’s Crime Thriller is Too Dependent on Tropes to Be Arresting [B-]
Some narrative cliches are universal, and the rookie cop who slowly comes to realize their superiors aren’t the good guys is a staple of the... Read More
‘Julie Keeps Quiet’ Review: Tennis Drama Muffles its Lead Instead of Challenges Her | London Film Festival
We don’t need to meet the elusive Jeremy to conclude that he is the Lydia Tár of tennis. A youth coach preparing the next generation... Read More
‘Flow’ Review: Earnest Feline Spin on Climate Change Era Noah’s Ark Story Lacks Boldness | London Film Festival
I don’t play video games, as to quote the great modern philosopher Adrian Chiles, they’re not good for your mental health if “you play like... Read More
‘Joy’ Review: The Clash Between Religion and Science Over the Early Stages of IVF Feels All Too Prescient | London Film Festival
In Vitro Fertilization, IVF, is a modern miracle, with 12 million babies born out of this process since it was first pioneered in the 1970s.... Read More
‘Three Kilometers to the End of the World’ Review: Emanuel Pârvu’s LGBTQ Story is Missing a Queer Path to Authenticity | London Film Festival
It’s no secret that not all countries are keeping pace with the most populous Western nations when it comes to progress in LGBTQ rights, which... Read More
‘A Very Royal Scandal’ TV Review: Dutiful and Boring, There’s Simply No Scoop Here
Can a movie about an interview reveal more about its subject than the interview itself? With the recent, Emmy-nominated Netflix movie Scoop – adapted from... Read More
‘Never Let Go’ Review: Halle Berry Wigs Out in Spooky, Effective Supernatural Thriller
The recent success of A Quiet Place: Day One has proven that audiences haven’t yet tired of dystopian survival horror, and based on its marketing,... Read More
‘Speak No Evil’ Review: James McAvoy Stars as a Sexy Villain in Remake That’ll Make You Scream
If you thought the streaming era finally helped people get over their fear of the one-inch barrier of subtitles, Hollywood hasn’t received the same memo.... Read More
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