‘The President’s Cake’ Review: Hasan Hadi’s Layered Drama is as Entertaining as it is Compelling [A-] TIFF
There exists a spectrum of sad movies that are about kids but not for kids. On the lowest end of the spectrum, something like Spike... Read More
Reuben Baron
‘Bunnylovr’ Review: Not Even the Songs of Charli XCX Can Save This Aimless Rabbit’s Tale [C] – Sundance Film Festival
When her most insistent client John (Austin Amelio, AMC’s The Walking Dead) asks what sort of things she likes to do, Bunnylovr’s cam girl protagonist... Read More
‘LUZ’ Review: Isabelle Huppert Immerses Herself in the Style Over Substance of Flora Lau’s Virtual Reality [B-] – Sundance Film Festival
Remember in the 2010s when serious auteurs were trying their hands at 3D filmmaking? There were Oscar winners like Ang Lee’s Life of Pi, Martin... Read More
‘Bubble & Squeak’ Review: A Wes Anderson Wannabe That Tastes Like Spoiled Cabbages [D] – Sundance Film Festival
Do you find cabbages inherently hilarious? Yes, everyone likes the cabbage merchant running gag in Avatar: The Last Airbender (say it with me: “MY CABBAGES!”),... Read More
‘Didn’t Die’ Review: Post-Apocalyptic Podcaster Horror Whiffs on Scares, but Nails Life Amidst Disaster [B-] – Sundance Film Festival
How scared do we allow ourselves to be in the face of disaster? I was not scared watching Didn’t Die, the new zombie movie from... Read More
‘By Design’ Review: Juliette Lewis Turns Into a Chair in a Comedy That Won’t Sit Well With Many [C-] – Sundance Film Festival
Every single screening of By Design at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival is sold out. The logline – “A woman swaps bodies with a chair,... Read More
‘All of You’ Review: Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots’ Chemistry Can’t Save an Underdeveloped, Badly Paced Sci-Fi Romance | TIFF
Every year, the Toronto International Film Festival has a handful of small scale science fiction relationship dramas, all hoping to be the next Eternal Sunshine... Read More
‘No Other Land’ Review: Basel Adra’s Palestinian Doc is a Story of Survival and Resilience and Demands Your Attention | TIFF
I have to imagine that one of the most difficult parts of making a documentary is that when real life writes the plot, you really... Read More
‘The Luckiest Man in America’ Review: A Game Show Scandal Fuels a Compelling Character Study with an Uncanny Performance by Paul Walter Hauser | TIFF
With the streaming bubble on the verge of collapse and cable in continual freefall, we’re seeing more and more filmmakers making movies about the television... Read More
‘Look Back’ Review: Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Manga Masterpiece Becomes a Beautiful Hour of Anime
Look Back’s protagonist, Fujino (voiced by Yuumi Kawai), is introduced drawing gag manga strips for her elementary school newspaper. Her classmates all love her work,... Read More
‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Task’ and More on AFI’s Top 10 Films and Television of 2025 Lists 
‘Frankenstein’ to Receive Visionary Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards 
Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award 
National Board of Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops in Film, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor; Netflix Lands Four in Top 10