Reviews

‘The Outrun’ Review: Saoirse Ronan is Towering in Sensitive Yet Uneven Recovery Drama | Telluride

At the 51st Telluride Film Festival, Saoirse Ronan became one of the youngest actors to be recognized with the prestigious… Read More

September 5, 2024

‘The Quiet Son (Jouer avec le feu)’ Review: We’ve Seen This Vincent Lindon-led French Family Drama Before | Venice

Pierre (Vincent Lindon) is a fifty-something single father who works night shifts for the SNCF (the French railway) as a… Read More

September 4, 2024

‘Queer’ Review: Daniel Craig is Perfect and Drew Starkey is Revelatory in Luca Guadagnino’s Gay Chiaroscuro of Dreams and Desperation | Venice

Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, adapted from William S. Burroughs' novel, opens with a nostalgic nod to Call Me By Your Name,… Read More

September 4, 2024

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Review: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga Sing and Dance a Deranged Duet of Musical Mischief | Venice

Five years after Joker (2019) premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where it was awarded the top prize, director Todd… Read More

September 4, 2024

‘The End’ Review: It’s An End of the World Musical As We Know It (and It’s Not Fine) | Telluride

Stories observing the lives of the wealthy elite are ubiquitous in modern cinema. Whether the film is as daring and… Read More

September 3, 2024

‘The Piano Lesson’ Review: Malcolm Washington’s Promising Debut Feature Makes Him One to Watch Out For | Telluride

Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut, The Piano Lesson, doesn’t start out like the original source material from stage by the legendary… Read More

September 3, 2024

‘2073’ Review: Asif Kapadia Conjures a Taut Sci-Fi Thriller in a Post-Apocalyptic World | Venice

We often associate the term dystopia with films or novels, fictional stories detached to some degree from our reality, but… Read More

September 3, 2024

‘Emilia Pérez’ Review: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdance | Telluride

French auteur Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez took the Cannes Film Festival by storm, winning the Jury Prize as well as… Read More

September 3, 2024

‘Saturday Night’ Review: Cocaine, Mom Jokes and a Race Against the Clock Punctuate Jason Reitman’s Tribute to the First Night of ‘SNL’ | Telluride

From the moment Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night begins, the clock is ticking as it leads up to the first ever… Read More

September 3, 2024

‘I’m Still Here’ Review: Walter Salles Avoids Manipulation to Tell a Moving Story of Family Trauma in the Face of Political Strife | Venice

When we’re asked what scares us the most, one of the answers we’re probably going to give is “I don’t… Read More

September 2, 2024

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