Reviews

‘The Miracle Club’ Review: Time Heals All Wounds in a Charming, Clunky Tale of Grief and Forgiveness

• Film Reviews

‘The Miracle Club’ Review: Time Heals All Wounds in a Charming, Clunky Tale of Grief and Forgiveness

Sophia Ciminello July 10, 2023

A certain sense of joy comes from watching veteran actresses play characters who embark on a journey to a bucket list destination in hopes of... Read More

‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Season 5 Review: Writing Remains Bloody Sharp with Talking Dolls, Pride, and Guillermo’s Fate

• TV Reviews

‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Season 5 Review: Writing Remains Bloody Sharp with Talking Dolls, Pride, and Guillermo’s Fate

Zofia Wijaszka July 6, 2023

Have you ever had a talking doll that accompanied you at all times, or is Nadja – in FX’s What We Do in the Shadows... Read More

‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ Review: Tom Cruise is Back to Save Summer Once Again and Rage Against the (AI) Machine

• Film Reviews

‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ Review: Tom Cruise is Back to Save Summer Once Again and Rage Against the (AI) Machine

Ryan McQuade July 5, 2023

For close to thirty years, audiences have watched as IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has accepted the most dangerous, complicated missions in order to... Read More

No Snakes Allowed: Ranking the Indiana Jones Films from ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ to ‘The Dial of Destiny’

• Retrospective

No Snakes Allowed: Ranking the Indiana Jones Films from ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ to ‘The Dial of Destiny’

Zachary Laws June 30, 2023

Few film franchises have had as much cultural staying power as Indiana Jones. The adventures of Harrison Ford’s whip-wielding, snake-phobic archeologist have found new generations... Read More

‘40 Carats’ Retrospective: 50 Years Ago Liv Ullman Shined Bright Like a Diamond

• Retrospective

‘40 Carats’ Retrospective: 50 Years Ago Liv Ullman Shined Bright Like a Diamond

Brian Lindsay June 29, 2023

It was the casting decision that baffled Hollywood. In the film adaptation of the frothy Broadway comedy 40 Carats, 33-year-old Liv Ullmann, star of numerous... Read More

Everything in its right place: Ranking the films of Wes Anderson from ‘Bottle Rocket’ to ‘Asteroid City’

• Film
• News
• Retrospective

Everything in its right place: Ranking the films of Wes Anderson from ‘Bottle Rocket’ to ‘Asteroid City’

Zachary Laws June 23, 2023

Few modern filmmakers have established an aesthetic as distinctive as Wes Anderson. Scroll through social media on any given day and you’ll see fan-created artwork... Read More

‘Extraction 2’ review: Chris Chris Bang Bang

• Film Reviews

‘Extraction 2’ review: Chris Chris Bang Bang

Jay Ledbetter June 15, 2023

Somewhere in between the balletic symphony of violence that is the John Wick franchise and the grounded brute force of Paul Greengrass’ work on the... Read More

‘Playland’ review: A transfixing genre-bender about Boston’s oldest gay bar where the style is the substance | Tribeca

• Film Reviews
• Tribeca Film Festival

‘Playland’ review: A transfixing genre-bender about Boston’s oldest gay bar where the style is the substance | Tribeca

Matt St. Clair June 14, 2023

It might just be the time of day that I’ve gone to my local gay bar, but it feels almost like a ghost town when... Read More

‘Secret Invasion’ review: Despite a delicious turn by Olivia Colman, the latest MCU series frustrates instead of flourishes

• TV Reviews

‘Secret Invasion’ review: Despite a delicious turn by Olivia Colman, the latest MCU series frustrates instead of flourishes

Tyler Doster June 14, 2023

Marvel joined the television game in January 2021 with WandaVision, bringing the MCU into a new era that exists across the big and small screen.... Read More

‘The Line’ review: Interesting ideas are quickly hazed in Ethan Berger’s run-of-the-mill cautionary tale about fraternity life | Tribeca

• Film Reviews
• Tribeca Film Festival

‘The Line’ review: Interesting ideas are quickly hazed in Ethan Berger’s run-of-the-mill cautionary tale about fraternity life | Tribeca

Abe Friedtanzer June 13, 2023

Fraternities exist to offer people a sense of community, but they can also take much more than they give. Well-documented cases of hazing and truly... Read More