‘Rose’ Review: Sandra Hüller Commands the Screen in Gender-Bending Period Piece with a Towering, Career-High Performance [A-] Berlinale
Smoke hangs heavy over the scorched earth. In the distance, cannon fire rumbles like the aftershocks of a catastrophe that has long since occurred and... Read More
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‘Mouse’ Review: Sophie Okonedo and Katherine Mallen Kupferer Shine in Tender Portrait of Grief and Growing Up [B+] Berlinale
It is the summer of 2002 in a suburban corner of Arkansas. Dust dances in golden light, toilet paper flutters from treetops after a teenage... Read More
‘Kokuho’ Review: The Vibrant World of Kabuki is Spectacularly Recreated in Lee Sang-il’s Resilient Character Study [B+]
There are plenty of films about artists. It’s seemingly one of the go-to professions for screenwriters to explore. How many films have we seen –... Read More
‘Crime 101’ Review: Chris Hemsworth Brings the Heat in Michael Man-Influenced Actioner as Good as its Title is Bad [B+]
Chaos and order. Shown but not told specifics of crime and law enforcement. A stoic protagonist with an underfurnished, beach-adjacent apartment. These are ideas central... Read More
“Wuthering Heights” Review: Emerald Fennell’s Stylish Spin on the Classic Novel is More Bodice Ripper Than Brontë Gripper [C+]
When Emily Brontë published her only novel, “Wuthering Heights,” in 1847, it was incredibly transgressive and disruptive. The violence and frank portrayal of obsession and... Read More
‘Pillion’ Review: Alexander Skarsgård Puts the Dom in Domesticity [A-]
Hands grip, thighs clench, leather tightens. Colin (Harry Melling of The Queen’s Gambit and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs) is a parking cop by day and in a... Read More
‘zi’ Review: Kogonada’s Latest is a Return to Minimalism But Frustratingly Unfocused [C+] Sundance
Kogonada has expressed many times that one of the most important elements of any film for him is the sense of place. In every single... Read More
‘Josephine’ Review: A Remarkable Debut from Mason Reeves Helps Keep a Brutal Story Afloat [B-] | Sundance
Josephine opens with a POV inside a garage, eyes peering out at Channing Tatum. “Scared doesn’t live here!” he says. It’s a race to hit... Read More
‘Undertone’ Review: This Pod Means Death in Ian Tuason’s Paranormal Aural Creeper [B+] | Sundance
Probably the most exciting part of low-budget horror filmmaking is that the films tend to latch themselves onto one singular gimmick and take it to... Read More
‘The Weight’ Review: Ethan Hawke is Ever-Reliable in Tension-Free, Depression Era Actioner [B-] | Sundance
Over the past twenty years, Ethan Hawke has become nearly as much a part of the Sundance culture as Robert Redford himself. From the Before... Read More
‘Mint’ Review: Ambition Outpaces Impact in ‘Snapper’ Director Charlotte Regan’s Stylish BBC Crime Drama Series [C+] Berlinale 
‘17’ Review: Kosara Mitić’s Devastating Debut Exposes the Cost of Silence and Complicity [B] Berlinale 
Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) Winners: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ Take Top Awards 
Sundance Film Festival Announces 2027 Dates, Boulder Venues