Reviews

‘Blitz’ Review: A Solid Saoirse Ronan but Steve McQueen’s WWII Story Feels Too Tidy | London Film Festival

Anyone who has grown up in Britain will be intimately familiar with the narrative of the country’s enduring spirit in… Read More

October 9, 2024

‘My Eternal Summer’ Review: Sylvia Le Fanu’s Debut Feature is an Intimate and Contemplative Tearjerker | London Film Festival

The Danish poet and philosopher N.F.S. Grundtvig is quoted fleetingly in My Eternal Summer. A father recites Grundtvig to his… Read More

October 9, 2024

‘The Room Next Door’ Review: She’s Thinking of Ending Things | NYFF

Ten years ago, as I was wrapping up an afternoon shift at my college part-time job, I received a call… Read More

October 8, 2024

‘Maria’ Review: Angelina Jolie is Bewitching as La Callas in Pablo Larraín’s Delicate Depiction of the Diva | NYFF

Maria Callas was comfortable with death. As the greatest soprano alive, she died on stage night after night at La… Read More

October 1, 2024

‘The Brutalist’ Review: Everything Old is New Again in Brady Corbet’s Monumental, Novelistic Epic | NYFF

Early in The Godfather Part II, a young, solitary Vito Corleone looks out the window at Ellis Island and sees… Read More

September 27, 2024

‘The Shawshank Redemption’ at 30: The Enduring Classic Proves it Can Make it on the Outside

How does a film filled with characters going through existential crises overcome its own to become an enduring classic? When… Read More

September 27, 2024

We’re Not Dunne Yet: A ‘Gone Girl’ 10th Anniversary Retrospective and its Deserved Oscar Legacy

Our relationship to pop culture is deeply personal. Yes, there are numerous monoculture moments, starting with The Beatles and Elvis… Read More

September 27, 2024

‘Misericordia’ Review: Into the Woods the Path Isn’t So Straight | NYFF

Everyone has a secret they’d take to their grave— but at what cost? And is it really even a secret?… Read More

September 27, 2024

‘Megalopolis’ Review: Francis Ford Coppola Loses Himself in a Messy Matrix of Formless Ideas | NYFF

Throughout Megalopolis, we see Cesar Catalina (Adam Driver) control time, with the ability to stop and start it upon command.… Read More

September 25, 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

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