2026 San Francisco International Film Festival Reviews: ‘Two Pianos,’ ‘If I Go Will They Miss Me,’ ‘Filipiñana,’ ‘Elder Son’ [SFFILM]
With the 69th San Francisco International Film Festival underway, what better way to get a taste of its program than with some capsule reviews of... Read More
Reviews
‘Idiots’ Review: Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr. Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore [B] Atlanta Film Festival
It doesn’t matter whether you call writer-director Macon Blair’s raucous new comedy by its festival-circuit title, The Shitheads, or its cleaner, more marketable new name,... Read More
‘Leviticus’ Review: Adrian Chiarella Conjures a Timely and Biblically Scary Gay Horror Story [A-]
The beauty of the horror genre is not only in creating thrilling visuals that test your body’s fight-or-flight response, but also in how it tackles... Read More
‘Michael’ Review: It’s Bad, It’s Bad (Really, Really Bad) [D]
It is often said that the sleek, disposable, experience-first superhero blockbusters that have flooded movie theaters for the last two decades are akin to amusement... Read More
‘Half Man’ Review: Richard Gadd’s Brutal Exploration of Malevolence is an Acting Masterclass from Himself and Jamie Bell [A]
“I know I cast a big shadow, even within these four walls.” Every victim in a prolonged cycle of abuse knows the ever-present dread, the... Read More
‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Review: Careful the Spell You Cast, Children Will Listen (and Sometimes Kill) [C]
Lee Cronin has literally made quite a name for himself. Just seven years since his debut feature The Hole in the Ground premiered at Sundance,... Read More
‘Beef’ Season 2 Review: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Cailee Spaeny and Charles Melton Sink Their Teeth Into Lee Sung Jin’s Meaty Morality Tale [A-]
“Couples fight, it’s normal. We’re normal.” “As you get old, friends go away. Parents die. The only person on your side is your spouse.” The... Read More
‘Mother Mary’ Review: Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel See Red in David Lowery’s Dramaturgy of Pop Divinity [A-]
David Lowery’s bewitching new film, Mother Mary, begins with flashes of grainy imagery that seem to simultaneously spring from the archives of a concert documentary... Read More
‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Review: What’s Left to Do for the Teens of East Highland High but to Rue the Day [C+]
It’s been several years since we’ve checked in with the characters of Euphoria, at the time a series about high school students embroiled in situations... Read More
‘Hacks’ Season 5 Review: Happy Days Are Here Again [A]
Deborah Vance has died! At least that’s what her fans think when TMZ runs a bunk story that after her late night show freak out... Read More
‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’ Album Review: Olivia Rodrigo Makes the Poison Sound Like the Cure [A-] 
‘The Death of Robin Hood’ Review: Gritty Take on the Folk Legend Takes Rich Text and Makes it Poor [C-] 
Daddy Issues, Aliens, Sharks, and Nazi Hunters: Ranking Our 15 Favorite Steven Spielberg Films 
Interview: Leslie Bibb Straps In to Talk About Her Hilarious Guest Spot on the Final Season of ‘Hacks’