Film Reviews

‘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

‘Nickel Boys’ Review: RaMell Ross’ Audacious Colson Whitehead Adaptation is a New American Masterpiece | Telluride

Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Nickel Boys,” begins with an arresting line: “Even in death, the boys were trouble.”… Read More

September 2, 2024

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