‘What Does That Nature Say to You’ Review: Hong Sang-soo’s Latest Remains Disarmingly Observational Yet a Touch Out of Focus [B] – Berlinale
South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo is losing his sight as he ages into an old man. For many directors, this would cement their retirement, but... Read More
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‘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
‘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
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