Review: ‘Assassination Nation’
In Sam Levinson’s new film Assassination Nation, Lilly, Em, Sarah, and Bex are four teenaged high school girls so in love with themselves and obsessed... Read More
Film Reviews
Review: Adam McKay’s ‘Vice’ (★) is the worst film of the year
Rarely have I seen a film that hates its audience as much as Vice does. Poised as a satire on the rise of former Vice... Read More
Review: ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ (★★★★)
Barry Jenkins follows up his Oscar-winning Moonlight with another masterpiece; a lush, visual love story and the first English-language film adaptation of James Baldwin’s work It... Read More
AFI Fest Review: Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie Rule in ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ (★★★½)
In her superb feature directorial debut, Josie Rourke casts Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie as rival queens who are sisters doin’ it for themselves Unapologetic... Read More
Review: ‘On the Basis of Sex’ never rises above its basic biopic nature (★★)
No cliché is left unturned in this paint by numbers biopic that means well but ultimately loses its case Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85, fell... Read More
Review: Joel Edgerton’s honest and empathetic ‘Boy Erased’ (★★★½)
Joel Edgerton has crafted a compassionate family drama with extraordinary performances from Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe In Boy Erased, based on Garrard Conley’s... Read More
Review: Luca Guadagnino’s uncompromising and masterful ‘Suspiria’ (★★★★)
Luca Guadagnino has concocted a witches’ brew of primal sisterhood that isn’t for the faint of heart or patience. Nor should it be. It’s a... Read More
Review: The thrilling trollmance ‘Border’ (★★★★)
Ali Abbasi creates the grimmest of faerie tales as two outcasts find love in a hopeless place in this wild, wonderful, surprisingly emotional drama. Tina... Read More
Toronto Review: ‘Boy Erased’ (★★★½)
Joel Edgerton has crafted a compassionate family drama with extraordinary performances from Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe In Boy Erased, based on Garrard... Read More
Toronto Review: ‘Green Book’ (★★)
Peter Farrelly’s race relations road movie may be safe and conventional but winning performances from Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali make it a crowdpleaser “Inspired... Read More
2024 Portland Critics Association (PCA) Winners: ‘The Brutalist’ Tops with 10 
2025 BAFTA Nomination Predictions: Expect ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Conclave,’ ‘Emilia Pérez’ to Lead 
Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) Nominations: ‘Kneecap’ Dominates with 10 Nods 
23rd Visual Effects Society Nominations: ‘Dune: Part Two,’ ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,’ ‘Better Man’ Lead