Film Reviews

‘Cloud’ Review: Japan’s Oscar Entry Finds Kiyoshi Kurosawa Matching Madness and Madcap in Online Reselling Satirical Thriller | Venice

Japan’s official Oscar entry and Venice Film Festival selection, Cloud finds J-horror master Kiyoshi Kurosawa comfortably in his wheelhouse. It’s… Read More

August 31, 2024

‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight’ Review: A Ghostly, Ghastly Tale of Growing Up During an African Civil War | Telluride

Alexandra Fuller’s award-winning memoir Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight gets cinematic treatment, courtesy of first-time writer/director Embeth Davidtz,… Read More

August 31, 2024

‘The Friend’ Review: Naomi Watts and a Very Good Boy Named Bing Make for a Deeply Dignified Dog Story | Telluride

You don’t ever own your dog, not really. When you bring one into your life, you simply become their human,… Read More

August 30, 2024

‘Kill the Jockey’ Review: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Daniel Gimenez Cacho Stun in Gender Fluid Mob Dramedy | Venice

The search for identity has always been a staple subject for cinema. Who are we? What is our place in… Read More

August 30, 2024

‘Babygirl’ Review: Nicole Kidman is Feral and Fearless as a Woman Taking Charge of Her Sexual Freedom | Venice

This is a film about sex! From the first moments, as the logos of production companies flash on the screen,… Read More

August 30, 2024

‘Maria’ Review: Angelina Jolie is a Woman Under the Influence in Pablo Larraín’s Minor Lietmotif | Venice

Even though he has been working in the biopic genre for a while now (NO, Neruda, Jackie, Spencer), Chilean director… Read More

August 29, 2024

‘September 5’ Review: Tim Fehlbaum’s Take on the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre Fails in its Presentation of Palestinian People | Venice

In 1972, Munich hosted the Summer Olympic Games. At the time, Germany was separated into two factions; East Germany, under… Read More

August 29, 2024

‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Review: The Juice is Back But Will This Legacy Sequel Quench Anybody’s Thirst? | Venice

Thirty six years have passed since audiences were introduced to the weird and wonderful mind of filmmaker Tim Burton. His… Read More

August 28, 2024

‘Black Dog’ Review: Poetic Rehabilitation Drama Has Compassion For Man and Man’s Best Friend  Led By an Extraordinary Eddie Peng

Major controversies surrounded the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games while they occurred, but it was only after they came to a… Read More

August 16, 2024

‘Blink Twice’ Review: Zoë Kravitz’s Feminist ‘Get Out’ is Righteously Angry and Frustratingly Derivative

To call Blink Twice an updated, feminist version of Get Out carries a lot of implications all at once—it’s a… Read More

August 14, 2024

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