Alistair Ryder

‘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… Read More

October 13, 2024

‘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… Read More

September 18, 2024

‘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,… Read More

September 16, 2024

‘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… Read More

September 9, 2024

‘Borderlands’ Review: Lock This Disaster in a Vault and Throw Away the Key

Was Madame Web just the warm-up for a bigger blockbuster disaster on the horizon? Lionsgate’s adaptation of the video game… Read More

August 8, 2024

‘Wicked Little Letters’ Review: Foxy Ass Fun That Doesn’t Go Quite Far Enough

Few people in the movies curse quite as effectively as Olivia Colman, and casting her as the demure rival to… Read More

March 22, 2024

‘La Traviata, My Brothers & I’ review: Yohan Manca’s winsome family drama is a winning debut feature [Cannes Review]

After a year off, Cannes has returned with a lineup that’s an embarrassment of riches, seemingly designed to make even… Read More

July 13, 2021

Amplify! Film Fest review: Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut ‘Falling’ is misguided and reductive

(Courtesy of Sundance Institute) It’s truly remarkable just how much Viggo Mortensen has mellowed out over time. After reinventing himself… Read More

November 13, 2020

LFF Review: ‘Soul’ is consistently charming even as it treads familiar ground

Courtesy of Walt Disney Company Despite manufacturing more thankless sequels than original films, Pixar’s name has only become increasingly synonymous… Read More

October 12, 2020

Film Review: Under familial weight, Brandon Cronenberg’s ‘Possessor’ doesn’t cast the spell it needs to

Possessor (Uncut) (courtesy of Neon) With his penchant for the same brand of body horror as his father’s early work,… Read More

October 1, 2020

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