2026 San Francisco International Film Festival Reviews: ‘Two Pianos,’ ‘If I Go Will They Miss Me,’ ‘Filipiñana,’ ‘Elder Son’ [SFFILM]
With the 69th San Francisco International Film Festival underway, what better way to get a taste of its program than with some capsule reviews of... Read More
Film Reviews
‘Idiots’ Review: Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr. Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore [B] Atlanta Film Festival
It doesn’t matter whether you call writer-director Macon Blair’s raucous new comedy by its festival-circuit title, The Shitheads, or its cleaner, more marketable new name,... Read More
‘Leviticus’ Review: Adrian Chiarella Conjures a Timely and Biblically Scary Gay Horror Story [A-]
The beauty of the horror genre is not only in creating thrilling visuals that test your body’s fight-or-flight response, but also in how it tackles... Read More
‘Michael’ Review: It’s Bad, It’s Bad (Really, Really Bad) [D]
It is often said that the sleek, disposable, experience-first superhero blockbusters that have flooded movie theaters for the last two decades are akin to amusement... Read More
‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Review: Careful the Spell You Cast, Children Will Listen (and Sometimes Kill) [C]
Lee Cronin has literally made quite a name for himself. Just seven years since his debut feature The Hole in the Ground premiered at Sundance,... Read More
‘Mother Mary’ Review: Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel See Red in David Lowery’s Dramaturgy of Pop Divinity [A-]
David Lowery’s bewitching new film, Mother Mary, begins with flashes of grainy imagery that seem to simultaneously spring from the archives of a concert documentary... Read More
‘The Serpent’s Skin’ Review: Alice Maio Mackay’s Heart-Wrenching Supernatural Horror Romance Sparks with Visual Flair [A-]
Coming out of the closet can be a relieving experience. When you finally reveal your true self to the world, it means taking a huge... Read More
‘Our Hero, Balthazar’ Review: Jaeden Martell and Asa Butterfield Astonish in Oscar Boyson’s Look at Teenage Dirtbags, Baby [B+]
Internet attention can be fickle, to put it lightly. The almighty algorithm (all hail!) favors human behavior that would normally be considered anti-social or extreme.... Read More
‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Review: The Iconic Platforming Plumber is Asphyxiated in an Intergalactic IP Spree [C-]
There’s a sense of resignation that comes with watching The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. To see the sequel to Illumination’s 2023 mega-hit adaptation of Nintendo’s... Read More
‘The Drama’ Review: Zendaya Gets a Case of the Mondays in Kristoffer Borgli’s Twisted Marriage Story [C+]
In the promotional materials leading up to Kristoffer Borgli’s pitch-black romantic comedy, The Drama, the film’s stars, Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, smartly leaned into the... Read More
On the Shelf: ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ ‘John Singleton’s Hood Trilogy,’ a Nancy Meyers Double Feature and Action-Packed Spectacles Highlight the Physical Media releases for the Week of April 27 
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2026 San Francisco International Film Festival Reviews: ‘Two Pianos,’ ‘If I Go Will They Miss Me,’ ‘Filipiñana,’ ‘Elder Son’ [SFFILM] 
‘Idiots’ Review: Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr. Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore [B] Atlanta Film Festival