‘Shelby Oaks’ Review: Chris Stuckmann’s Relentlessly Frightening Debut Will Scare Both His Subscribers and Lurkers Alike [B+]
Horror has passionate fans. True lovers of the genre will seek out any film that aims to scare its audience, regardless of setting, style, or... Read More
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‘Tron: Ares’ Review: What Kind of Legacy Is This? [C+]
As the world marches ever forward into an AI and virtual reality-driven era—one tech moguls and corporations desperately seek to define on their own terms... Read More
‘Mr. Scorsese’ Review: Rebecca Miller’s Conventional Yet Deeply Tender Docuseries Examines Cinema’s Finest Auteur [B+] NYFF
“There is only one Martin Scorsese,” an evergreen statement made by the famed director’s longtime friend and legendary filmmaker in his own rights, Steven Spielberg,... Read More
2025 New York Film Festival Reviews: ‘After the Hunt,’ ‘Resurrection,’ ‘Sentimental Value’
We are about halfway through the New York Film Festival, aka the longest film festival of the year if you combine the press screening week... Read More
2025 New York Film Festival Reviews: ‘Peter Hujar’s Day,’ ‘Late Fame,’ ‘Jay Kelly,’ Anemone,’ ‘It Was Just an Accident’ and More | NYFF
Peter Hujar’s Day (A-) On December 19, 1974, writer Linda Rosenkrantz set out to interview wispy gay photographer Peter Hujar in her New York apartment, an... Read More
‘Anemone’ Review: Daniel Day-Lewis is a Force of Nature in this Modern, Familial Folktale [B] NYFF
When Daniel Day-Lewis shared that he was taking a break from acting after completing Phantom Thread, many wondered what he would do next. Was he... Read More
‘Bad Apples’ Review: The Kids Are Not All Right as Saoirse Ronan Snaps in Audacious Satire of the Education System [B+] TIFF
The phrase “a rotten apple spoils the barrel” has been around for centuries, a warning to show how even one corrupt or troublesome individual can... Read More
‘Him’ Review: Justin Tipping’s Football Horror Suffers from Chronic Cinematic Encephalopathy [C-]
Football sure is scary. To those of us not bought into the sport, the idea of the world’s biggest bodies slamming into each other at... Read More
‘One Battle After Another’ Review: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Satirical Saga is the Defining American Film of the Decade [A]
When reviewing Thomas Pynchon’s postmodern tale of American transformation, “Vineland,” Frank McConnell of the LA Times described the book as, “Quite simply, one of those... Read More
‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ Review: Kogonada’s Grounded Perspective Is at Odds with Flighty and Sentimental Metaphysical Romance [C]
The only thing more ridiculous than the title A Big Bold Beautiful Journey may be the fact that the title is said out loud in... Read More
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‘DTF St. Louis’ Review: Jason Bateman and David Harbour Star in Sex and Death Mystery That’s Mostly Flaccid [D]