Film Reviews

‘Eephus’ Review: A Deceptively Simple, Nearly Pitch Perfect Non-Sports Sports Story | Chicago International Film Festival

Sports movies have a well-earned reputation for being inspiring. The thrill of victory, the exhilarating triumph of an underdog team,… Read More

October 17, 2024

‘Smile 2’ Review: Light Up Your Face with Gladness; Parker Finn’s Horror Franchise Sequel is Overly Familiar but Boasts an Impressive Sense of Style

Smile 2, the sequel to 2022’s horror franchise breakout, opens with one of the boldest sequences you'll find in mainstream… Read More

October 16, 2024

‘Three Kilometers to the End of the World’ Review: Emanuel Pârvu’s LGBTQ Story is Missing a Queer Path to Authenticity | London Film Festival

It’s no secret that not all countries are keeping pace with the most populous Western nations when it comes to… Read More

October 13, 2024

‘Queer’ Review: Luca Guadagnino Conjures a Psychedelic, Sympathetic Fever Dream of Gay Love and Longing | NYFF

“What else could I say? Everyone is gay.” Quite an ironic beginning to Queer, Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of William S.… Read More

October 10, 2024

‘Blitz’ Review: A Solid Saoirse Ronan but Steve McQueen’s WWII Story Feels Too Tidy | London Film Festival

Anyone who has grown up in Britain will be intimately familiar with the narrative of the country’s enduring spirit in… Read More

October 9, 2024

‘My Eternal Summer’ Review: Sylvia Le Fanu’s Debut Feature is an Intimate and Contemplative Tearjerker | London Film Festival

The Danish poet and philosopher N.F.S. Grundtvig is quoted fleetingly in My Eternal Summer. A father recites Grundtvig to his… Read More

October 9, 2024

‘The Room Next Door’ Review: She’s Thinking of Ending Things | NYFF

Ten years ago, as I was wrapping up an afternoon shift at my college part-time job, I received a call… Read More

October 8, 2024

‘Maria’ Review: Angelina Jolie is Bewitching as La Callas in Pablo Larraín’s Delicate Depiction of the Diva | NYFF

Maria Callas was comfortable with death. As the greatest soprano alive, she died on stage night after night at La… Read More

October 1, 2024

‘The Brutalist’ Review: Everything Old is New Again in Brady Corbet’s Monumental, Novelistic Epic | NYFF

Early in The Godfather Part II, a young, solitary Vito Corleone looks out the window at Ellis Island and sees… Read More

September 27, 2024

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