Film Reviews

‘Argentina, 1985’: A great lead performance saves a flawed historical courtroom drama [B-] | Venice Film Festival

We may try to grasp history with our hands, but it always finds a way out of our control. How… Read More

September 4, 2022

‘Bardo’ review: Inside a grand, spectacular vision, director Alejandro G. Iñárritu makes his most personal film to date [B+] | Telluride Film Festival

Daniel Gimènez Cacho as Silverio in 'Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths' (S. De R.L. de C.V. Courtesy… Read More

September 3, 2022

‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ review: Laura Poitras’ profound portrait of artist and activist Nan Goldin is one of year’s best films [A+] | Venice Film Festival

Who is Nan Goldin? For people who are not photography enthusiasts, this name probably doesn’t sound familiar. I had personally… Read More

September 3, 2022

‘Un Couple’ review: Frederick Wiseman’s first ever ‘fictional’ film imbues Tolstoy in his strange, artful ode to a woman [B] | Venice Film Festival

Un Couple has been described as legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman’s first fictional, feature-length film. In truth it is neither. The… Read More

September 2, 2022

‘Love in the Villa’ review: Charming leads Kat Graham and Tom Hopper can’t save unfunny and cliché-ridden rom-com [D+]

(L to R) Kat Graham as Julie, Tom Hopper as Charlie in 'Love In The Villa' Amidst the hundred million-dollar… Read More

September 1, 2022

‘White Noise’ review: Noah Baumbach’s 1980s family drama builds up steam and lets off a whimper [B] | Venice Film Festival

Edgier and more expressionistic than anything we’ve seen from a director whose commercial sensibility can sometimes border on cautious, White… Read More

August 31, 2022

’13: The Musical’ review: Low stakes drama makes way for a Bar Mitzvah extravaganza filled with fun and frivolity [B+]

There’s a disappointing tendency for movies about being Jewish to be surface-level and not really dig into actual substantive practices… Read More

August 12, 2022

‘Prey’ review: A star-making turn from Amber Midthunder and a stealthy Predator make for a promising future of the horror-action franchise [B]

Few major franchises have gone through the tumultuous trajectory of the Predator series. After the success of a first installment… Read More

August 3, 2022

‘Luck’ review: Black cats, leprechauns and a lovelorn dragon can’t rescue Apple’s animated magical mess [C]

AppleTV+ is about to release its first animated film since 2020’s Wolfwalkers. Unfortunately, Skydance Animation’s Luck isn’t quite the masterpiece… Read More

August 3, 2022

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