‘Palm Royale’ TV Review: Soirees, Serial Killers and Soap Tropes Make Sophomore Season More Confident and Absurd Than the First [B+]
“If a woman falls in public and no one catches her, does anyone hear her cry?” Kristen Wiig’s Maxine Dellacorte muses in the new season... Read More
Reviews
‘Pluribus’ TV Review: Rhea Seehorn is the Worst Person in the World [A]
It’s been three years since Vince Gilligan’s acclaimed series Better Call Saul finished its six season run, expanding the story of Saul Goodman from his... Read More
‘Nuremberg’ Review: James Vanderbilt’s Historical Thriller Looks at When Perpetrators of Systematic Genocide Used to be Brought to Justice [A-]
It’s typical and expected from every year that a handsomely crafted historical drama would come along and remind audiences of a certain part of WWII... Read More
‘Sentimental Value’ Review: Joachim Trier Constructs a Searing, Tender Family Drama [A]
Growing up in an old house means getting used to its little idiosyncrasies, just as you would with any other family member. It’s the one... Read More
‘Die My Love’ Review: Jennifer Lawrence is Grace Under Fire in the Best Performance of her Career [A]
From the opening frame of Lynne Ramsay’s fifth feature film, Die My Love, we see a house in shambles. A once promising place full of laughter... Read More
‘Song Sung Blue’ Review: Kate Hudson Rises From the Ashes of Overcooked Trauma Biopic to Make Neil Diamond Cool Again [B-]
Growing up in a world before Kidz Bop and Ms. Rachel, we had no say in the radio stations that accompanied our daily commutes or... Read More
‘I Love LA’ TV Review: Rachel Sennott Finally Has Her Star Vehicle with Erewhon-infused Social Climbing Series [B+]
Rachel Sennott told me to get an eating disorder in 2019 – not directly, but in a hilarious video posted on her Instagram satirizing trailers... Read More
‘Palestine 36’ Review: Annemarie Jacir’s Drama is a Largely Untold Tale of Early Palestinian Struggle [C+] CIFF
A tricky part of experiencing and analyzing any piece of art is separating the worthiness of its intent from the success of its execution. With... Read More
2025 AFI FEST Reviews: ‘Nuremberg,’ ‘Dead Man’s Wire,’ ‘Christy’
As we enter the last phase of the Fall film festival season, this past week saw the AFI FEST take place over the course of... Read More
‘Whitetail’ Review: From Nanouk Leopold’s Frustratingly Imbalanced Irish Drama Emerges a Star-Making Performance from Natasha O’Keeffe [C+] CIFF
There’s nothing like seeing a star-making performance. Natasha O’Keeffe is a face that will be mostly familiar to those who watch British television, thanks to... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 136 – ‘Rules Don’t Apply’ (Warren Beatty, 2016) 
2026 Oscar Nomination Reactions from Timothée Chalamet, Rose Byrne, Wagner Moura and More 
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 329 – 98th Oscar Nominations Reactions: For Good 
Oscar Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Breaks All Time Record with 16, Sets Several Places in Academy Awards History