Film Reviews

‘Sinners’ Review: Ryan Coogler’s Survive-the-Night Vampire Epic Carries the Pulpy Ambition of an Assured Filmmaker [B+]‘Sinners’ Review: Ryan Coogler’s Survive-the-Night Vampire Epic Carries the Pulpy Ambition of an Assured Filmmaker [B+]

‘Sinners’ Review: Ryan Coogler’s Survive-the-Night Vampire Epic Carries the Pulpy Ambition of an Assured Filmmaker [B+]

It’s often remarked how the rise of the superhero industrial complex over the past 15 years has robbed audiences of… Read More

April 15, 2025
‘The Amateur’ Review: Rami Malek Joins the Dead Wives Club in Stodgy, Data-Driven Thriller [C]‘The Amateur’ Review: Rami Malek Joins the Dead Wives Club in Stodgy, Data-Driven Thriller [C]

‘The Amateur’ Review: Rami Malek Joins the Dead Wives Club in Stodgy, Data-Driven Thriller [C]

Hollywood has long been obsessed with stories about ordinary men finding inner strength to do extraordinary things. Most often that… Read More

April 8, 2025
‘The Encampments’ Review: A Powerful Picture of Resistance and the Repression of Fundamental Rights at Columbia University [A]‘The Encampments’ Review: A Powerful Picture of Resistance and the Repression of Fundamental Rights at Columbia University [A]

‘The Encampments’ Review: A Powerful Picture of Resistance and the Repression of Fundamental Rights at Columbia University [A]

Some time from now — longer than it should be, but sooner than you think — people will look back… Read More

April 8, 2025
‘A Minecraft Movie’ Review: The Best-Selling Video Game of All Time Becomes Generic Building Blocks in Uninspired Adaptation [C]‘A Minecraft Movie’ Review: The Best-Selling Video Game of All Time Becomes Generic Building Blocks in Uninspired Adaptation [C]

‘A Minecraft Movie’ Review: The Best-Selling Video Game of All Time Becomes Generic Building Blocks in Uninspired Adaptation [C]

The troubled relationship between cinema and video games—namely, the former’s filmic interpretations of the latter—can often be distilled down to… Read More

April 2, 2025
‘Warfare’ Review: Alex Garland’s Band of Brothers is a Brutal Tale of Innocence Lost [B+]‘Warfare’ Review: Alex Garland’s Band of Brothers is a Brutal Tale of Innocence Lost [B+]

‘Warfare’ Review: Alex Garland’s Band of Brothers is a Brutal Tale of Innocence Lost [B+]

It’s been said that war does not determine who is right, only who is left. Those with the moral high… Read More

March 28, 2025
‘Hot Milk’ Review: Emma Mackey Blazes Through Choppy Mother-Daughter Portrait [C] | BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival‘Hot Milk’ Review: Emma Mackey Blazes Through Choppy Mother-Daughter Portrait [C] | BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival

‘Hot Milk’ Review: Emma Mackey Blazes Through Choppy Mother-Daughter Portrait [C] | BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival

There’s a moment in Hot Milk that looks like a dream: a young woman is floating in the cyan-blue sea… Read More

March 26, 2025
‘Snow White’ Review: Rachel Zegler IS the Fairest of Them All in Marc Webb’s Fairytale Remake [C+]‘Snow White’ Review: Rachel Zegler IS the Fairest of Them All in Marc Webb’s Fairytale Remake [C+]

‘Snow White’ Review: Rachel Zegler IS the Fairest of Them All in Marc Webb’s Fairytale Remake [C+]

For the past decade, the Walt Disney Company has been pillaging its back catalog of animated films, turning them into… Read More

March 19, 2025
‘The Alto Knights’ Review: But They’re Gangsters, Identical Gangsters All the Way [C]‘The Alto Knights’ Review: But They’re Gangsters, Identical Gangsters All the Way [C]

‘The Alto Knights’ Review: But They’re Gangsters, Identical Gangsters All the Way [C]

Gangster films have been a staple of cinema since the earliest days and over the last fifty years, few actors are… Read More

March 19, 2025
‘The Astronaut’ Review: In This Space, No One Cares If You Scream | SXSW‘The Astronaut’ Review: In This Space, No One Cares If You Scream | SXSW

‘The Astronaut’ Review: In This Space, No One Cares If You Scream | SXSW

A familiar premise isn’t always a bad thing when it comes to horror and science fiction, so long as it’s… Read More

March 18, 2025
SXSW 2025 Reviews: ‘Fantasy Life,’ ‘Slanted,’ ‘Uvalde Mom’SXSW 2025 Reviews: ‘Fantasy Life,’ ‘Slanted,’ ‘Uvalde Mom’

SXSW 2025 Reviews: ‘Fantasy Life,’ ‘Slanted,’ ‘Uvalde Mom’

For the third dispatch from the 2025 SXSW Film Festival, we take a look at three films centered around female-led… Read More

March 15, 2025