‘The Adults’ review: Dustin Guy Defa misses the mark in this quirky family drama | Berlinale
American indie favorite Dustin Guy Defa returns to Berlinale with a feature almost a decade after his short film Person to Person screened fresh out... Read More
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‘BlackBerry’ review: 90s nostalgia yields little cinematic juice in what feels like mid-TV at best | Berlinale
BlackBerry, the follow-up to his 2016 docu-fiction Operation Avalanche, sees actor-director Matt Johnson put inventors, investors, and the internet to the test in a nostalgia-fueled... Read More
‘She Came to Me’ review: Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei and Anne Hathaway stun in ace rom-com dramedy | Berlinale
The latest film from writer-director Rebecca Miller (Maggie’s Plan, Personal Velocity) starring Oscar winners Anne Hathaway and Marisa Tomei and Emmy winner Peter Dinklage, is... Read More
‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ review: Jonathan Majors conquers in ugly, lackluster entry of the MCU
Despite maintaining a firm position as the most financially successful film franchise of all time, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been chugging towards an undeniable... Read More
‘Titanic’ at 25: My heart still goes on for a masterpiece as magnificent and tragic as the ship itself
Titanic is the first film that I can remember watching. I was too young to see it during its first time in theaters, but first... Read More
‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ review: We come to this place for Magic (Mike) and one final strip across the pond
Nicole Kidman’s AMC ad is a new kind of national anthem for moviegoers and people who are generally savvy when it comes to pop culture.... Read More
‘Knock at the Cabin’ review: M. Night Shyamalan’s claustrophobic thriller struggles to ground its deeper narrative
Perhaps no career of any filmmaker has been so fascinating to track than that of M. Night Shyamalan. While not his official debut, the breakout... Read More
‘The 1619 Project’ review: A thought-provoking presentation of Nikole Hannah Jones’s important work in a new format
As a graduate student in a Public History program, it would be impossible for me to escape knowledge of “The 1619 Project.” The journalism project... Read More
‘80 for Brady’ review: Four living legends take the ultimate girls trip to the gridiron in this heartfelt retirement comedy
Drinking tea, standing on a ladder, and purposefully knocking a bowl of chips over may seem like unnecessary tasks to complete at the start of... Read More
Queer love at the end of the world: ‘The Last of Us’ just gave us the best episode of television in a long, long time
AwardsWatch TV Editor Tyler Doster talked to ‘The Last of Us’ director Peter Hoar and cinematographer Eben Bolter about episode three of the series and... Read More
2025 BAFTA Longlist Predictions: Expect Big Numbers for ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘Kneecap’ and More 
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