Film Reviews

‘Jungle Cruise’ review: Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson can’t save this bloated sinking ship

Back in the early 2000s, it was announced Disney was creating a live action film version of one of their… Read More

July 27, 2021

Retrospective: 5 years later, ‘Shin Godzilla’ is still the beacon of hope we need

The Godzilla franchise is 67 years old. Six decades of a dedicated fan-base that has embraced some of the silliest,… Read More

July 26, 2021

‘The Green Knight’ review: With confident pacing and the marvelous Dev Patel, David Lowery creates a medieval masterpiece

Within the first act of The Green Knight, King Arthur (Sean Harris) asks his nephew Gawain (Dev Patel) to sit… Read More

July 26, 2021

‘Wet Hot American Summer’ at 20: the ‘Nashville’ of absurdist cinema [Retrospective]

Some folks have never seen a Star Wars movie. There are diehard film fans in this world who have still… Read More

July 26, 2021

‘Old’ review: M. Night Shyamalan leans into his good and bad tendencies to create his best film in years

An argument can be made that writer/director M. Night Shyamalan is the most polarizing filmmaker working today. Arguments are made… Read More

July 22, 2021

‘Ailey’ review: Well intended and researched, but ultimately reveals little of the most influential Black dancer/choreographer of the 20th century

Jamila Wignot’s Ailey celebrates its subject, the late modern dance iconoclast Alvin Ailey (1931-1989), in his own words and through… Read More

July 20, 2021

‘A Hero’ review – An effective albeit monotonous moral parable from Asghar Farhadi [Cannes Review]

Somewhere in Iran, there is a bus station; a social junction where everyday commuters meet for a moment of solace.… Read More

July 19, 2021

‘In Front of Your Face’ review: A competent but isolating drama about dread from Hong Sang-soo [Cannes Review]

It doesn’t become clear what In Front of Your Face is really about till pretty far in, though its sheer… Read More

July 17, 2021

‘Memoria’ review: Tilda Swinton investigates an eerie mystery in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s slow-burning epic [Cannes Review]

It starts with a bang. Not the metaphorical, head-first into action kind of bang — not that you would ever… Read More

July 16, 2021

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