‘Dust Bunny’ Review: Bryan Fuller’s Hybrid Fantasy-Action-Horror Fable Has an Endearingly Childlike Sense of Enchantment [B] TIFF
There’s not much talking at the beginning of Dust Bunny. The opening 15 minutes of the long-awaited feature-length film from cult favorite TV writer Bryan... Read More
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‘Adulthood’ Review: Alex Winter’s Suburban Neo-Noir Dark Comedy is Dead on Arrival [C-] TIFF
Alex Winter hasn’t directed a narrative feature film since 2015’s Smosh: The Movie. In some sense, you could say we haven’t gotten a real Alex... Read More
‘The Christophers’ Review: Ian McKellen is an Irritable, Aging Painter in Steven Soderbergh’s Warm and Funny Chamber Drama About Artistic Integrity [B+] TIFF
You can, of course, leave it to Steven Soderbergh of all people to make a biting and salient drama about the ways we value and... Read More
‘Roofman’ Review: Channing Tatum Charms but Derek Cianfrance’s Eccentric True Crime Dramedy Puts Too Much Stock in the Fables of Its Subject [C+] TIFF
During the end credits of Roofman, a series of news clips and interviews of people who came into contact with the notorious “Roofman” robber are... Read More
‘Caught Stealing’ Review: Darren Aronofsky Goes Full Guy Ritchie Mode and Makes His Best Movie in 15 Years [B]
There’s an age-old moviemaking proverb that the new Austin Butler-starring crime thriller Caught Stealing abides by strictly, a sort of promise of destiny that this... Read More
‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Review: Marvel’s First Family Finally Finds an Enjoyable Stride in their Fourth Portrayal [B]
There’s a fitting irony in 2025’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Marvel’s latest cinematic take on its so-called “First Family.” It marks the fourth attempt... Read More
‘Superman’ Review: James Gunn Reinvigorates the DC Hero with a Splashy Comic-Book Verve [B]
In 1978, Richard Donner helped Warner Bros. convince audiences that a man could fly with the Christopher Reeve–starring, groundbreakingly successful Superman. Over the 45-plus years... Read More
‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’ Review: Gareth Edwards Takes the Dino Franchise Back to B-Movie Basics, For Better or Worse [C]
When the last three movies in a franchise each earned over $1 billion at the box office, it’s no shock to see a regularly scheduled... Read More
‘28 Years Later’ Review: Danny Boyle’s iPhone-Shot Zombie Sequel is Audacious, Disjointed, and Bewildering [B]
There was a solid 30- to 45-minute period during the first half of 28 Years Later when I was convinced I was watching one of... Read More
‘F1 The Movie’ Review: Joseph Kosinski’s Racing Drama Hits the Apex of Expertly Designed Summer Crowd-Pleasers [A-]
Of all the types of directorial projects to get pigeonholed into based on the achievement of previous work, action movies centered around the highly technical,... Read More
BAFTA Predictions: Will the Brits Ride Ocean Waves or Be in Love with Shakespeare? 
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‘At the Sea’ Review: Amy Adams Gasps for Air in Film Desperate to Drown Her Under the Weight of Water [C] Berlinale 
‘Take Me Home’ Review: Liz Sargent’s Intimate Caregiving Drama Confronts a System Built to Fail [B-] Berlinale