Publications

Joshua Mbonu

September 5, 2025

‘The Long Walk’ Review: A Stephen King Adaptation that's a Harrowing Reflection of Our Modern Reality

While the realm of Stephen King book adaptations mostly consists of famed horror stories like It (2017) and Pet Sematary (1989), King’s drama...

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Essays

September 4, 2025

Gerwig, Baumbach, and ‘Mistress America’s' Revision of Coming-of-Age

If you were to ask a cinephile to name a modern filmmaker who has shaped the coming-of-age genre, you would hear many say, Greta Gerwig. Whil...

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Danny Jarabek

September 3, 2025

‘Caught Stealing’ Review: A High-Octane Chain Reaction of Crime

At first glance, the optics of Caught Stealing, Darren Aronofsky’s screwball crime thriller, seem far removed from the darkly provocative and...

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Nadia Arain

September 2, 2025

‘The Toxic Avenger’ Review: A Welcome Update To A Cult Classic Splatter Film

In September of 2023, Fantastic Fest opened with a rather fitting film: Macon Blair’s remake of the 1984 Troma Pictures cult classic film The...

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Lists

September 1, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

TIFF 2025 Curtain Raiser

Fall festival season is underway, with premieres of some of the biggest titles of 2025. This year marks the 50th Toronto International Film F...

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Kamryn Ryan

August 31, 2025

Analysis: The Current State of Film Criticism

In the past few weeks, many of us in the film criticism space have been watching with a growing sense of dread as well-respected critics and ...

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Cameron Ritter

August 27, 2025

Review: 'Honey, Don’t!' is a Major Disappointment We Should Have Seen Coming

We’re approaching seven long years since the Coen Brothers’ last film collaboration, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), dropped unceremonio...

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Essays

August 26, 2025

KPop Demon Hunters Tops Box Office Amidst Ted Sarandos's War Against Theaters

If a Netflix film tops the domestic box office two months after it premiered on streaming, will Netflix care? That’s the most prescien...

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Matthew Allan

August 25, 2025

Review: ‘Weekend in Taipei’ is a Solid Action Film that Knows What It Is

Weekend in Taipei sees Agent John Lawlor (Luke Evans) return to the city for the weekend, where he hopes to collect a ledger from his informa...

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Evan Miller

August 25, 2025

Review: The DCU Finds Its Footing in ‘Peacemaker’ Season 2, EP 1

Before diving into the season two premiere of Peacemaker (2022-), I decided to revisit the DCU movie that started it all: The Suicide Squad (...

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Lists

August 22, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

12 Movies & Shows to Watch for Virgo Season

Virgos are methodical, coordinated (often by color), and ambitious. Most importantly, nothing brings them more joy than a neatly ordered list...

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Adam Patla

August 21, 2025

Review: ‘Ne Zha II’ is The Record-Breaking Epic that Pushes Animation and Audiences

Earlier this year, one film shattered box office records, becoming the first animated and non-American film to gross two billion dollars, pas...

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