Reviews

‘Cow’ review: Andrea Arnold’s wordless documentary movingly focalizes the humanity of animals [Cannes Review]

“Okay, so we’re really gonna watch a cow for two hours,” a fellow attendee said, amused and skeptical, just before… Read More

July 8, 2021

‘The White Lotus’ review: Incisive and heartfelt as ever, Mike White astonishes all over again with his latest HBO outing

Filmed in a quarantine bubble at a Hawaiian resort last year The White Lotus -- which is Mike White's first new show… Read More

July 8, 2021

‘Till Death’ review: Megan Fox has to survive the dead weight of marriage in this killer comeback

"I'm gonna cut myself free of you. If it's the last thing I do." A horror movie with as many… Read More

July 8, 2021

10 years ago, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2’ taught us how to say goodbye [Retrospective]

It was July 19th, 2011. It was finally Monday, my day off from camp counselor duties, and my fellow Monday… Read More

July 8, 2021

‘The Souvenir Part II’ review: Joanna Hogg’s masterful B-Side is both a compassionate exercise on grief and a celebration of feminine rebirth [Cannes Review]

It was only two years ago that writer-director Joanna Hogg carved out a gorgeous memory piece with The Souvenir, telling… Read More

July 8, 2021

‘Annette’ Review: Leos Carax’s occasionally unwieldy rock opera gleefully leans into camp [Cannes Review]

“Fame is like a flame,” Adam Driver’s Henry McHenry says wistfully in his stand-up routine, before a rapt audience. “Glorious,… Read More

July 6, 2021

‘Gossip Girl’ review: HBO’s glossy reboot clout chases the original but misses the cutthroat escapism that made it so fun

Greetings upper east siders. Nearly fifteen years since after the CW first enthralled audiences with the exploits of Blair, Serena,… Read More

July 5, 2021

‘The Tomorrow War’ review: Bland sci-fi retreads, repeats yesterday’s tired tropes

There’s no denying the increase in the number of movies that look and feel like video games. Hollywood sees the… Read More

July 1, 2021

‘Fear Street Part 1: 1994’ review: Adaptation of R.L Stine series is the summer’s scariest surprise

Fear Street Part 1: 1994 is one of the biggest surprises of the summer. As someone who often has a… Read More

June 30, 2021

‘Zola’ review: Taylour Paige gives a star-making performance in Janicza Bravo’s cinematic treatment of the viral Twitter thread

I remember when Zola's tweets dropped and spent two hours reading the whole story. Zolar Moon tells an extremely noir-ish… Read More

June 29, 2021

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