‘Kontinental ’25’ Review: Radu Jude’s Homage to Rossellini Finds the Director at his Most Humanistic if a Bit Expected [B-] – Berlinale
To call Romanian director Radu Jude a diagnostician of our times would not be an overestimation. Moreso, his rich body of work resonates with audiences... Read More
Reviews
‘Blue Moon’ Review: Ethan Hawke and Andrew Scott Sizzle in Richard Linklater’s Tragicomic Valentine to Love and Broadway [A-] – Berlinale
On a cold, rainy November night in 1943, a disheveled man with a long overcoat and a bottle of booze fell to the ground unconscious,... Read More
‘Win or Lose’ TV Review: Pixar’s First Series Takes Some Bold Swings but Strikes Out with Trans Character Erasure [B]
You can’t discuss Pixar’s first original TV series, Win Or Lose, without bringing up what has been lost in the cutting room. Disney were hardly... Read More
‘Late Shift’ Review: Tense, Hospital-set Thriller Highlights a Hidden Crisis and a Powerful Performance from Leonie Benesch [B+] – Berlinale
Almost every healthcare system worldwide is in crisis, overwhelmed with record demand, underfunding and a lack of staff on shifts. Swiss writer-director Petra Volpe highlights... Read More
‘Girls On Wire’ Review: Vivian Qu’s Third Film Paints an Unforgiving Portrait of Two Cousins Trying to Outrun Their Fate [C] – Berlinale
More than ten years after the film she produced —Diao Yinan’s Black Coal, Thin Ice — won the top prize at the 64th Berlinale, Vivian... Read More
‘Mickey 17’ Review: Bong Joon-ho is Back with One of the Best and Goofiest Robert Pattinson(s) Performances Ever [B] – Berlinale
“What’s it like, dying?”, is a question that marks the one thing humans will always find it impossible to communicate. The limits of our own... Read More
Make it a Double Feature: ‘The Brood’ and ‘Possession’
Valentine’s Day. A prime time for flowers, chocolates, raising single awareness, and, above all, rom-coms. Putting on a film like When Harry Met Sally.. or... Read More
‘The Monkey’ Review: Osgood Perkins’ Midnight Movie Bloodbath is Caught Between Gruesome Irony and Flat Melodrama [C]
Death looms like a specter in nearly all of Osgood Perkins’ films. Consider the chilly threat of the beyond in The Blackcoat’s Daughter, the dark... Read More
‘Yellowjackets’ Season 3 Review: Showtime’s Buzziest Series Still Stings [B]
It has been two years since the shocking season finale that left one of our favorite Yellowjackets dead and another being hauled away on a... Read More
‘Paddington in Peru’ Review: Third Time’s a Bit Less Charming for Cinema’s Most Lovable Bear [B-]
In terms of its status amongst critics and film lovers, Paddington has got to be one of the most unlikely film franchises ever to gain... Read More
‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Task’ and More on AFI’s Top 10 Films and Television of 2025 Lists 
‘Frankenstein’ to Receive Visionary Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards 
Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award 
National Board of Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops in Film, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor; Netflix Lands Four in Top 10