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February 9, 2026 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: 'The Strangers: Chapter 3' Fittingly Caps Off an Awful Trilogy

This review contains spoilers for the ‘The Strangers’ film series. The nightmare is over. Not just the horrifying turmoil in which mas...

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February 9, 2026 · by Sara Ciplickas

Review: ‘The Moment’ Proves Charli XCX Is More Than Just a Bratty Moment

Brat summer may be over according to a calendar, but it isn’t actually over. In fact, it might just live on forever. The summer sensation of ...

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February 9, 2026 · by Sara Ciplickas

Review: ‘LADY’ Asks What We Are Willing to Sacrifice in Order to Find Freedom

What does a woman give up in order to achieve independence? This is the heart of Olive Nwosu’s LADY, her feature debut at the Sundance Film F...

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February 9, 2026 · by Red Broadwell

‘Cosmic Princess Kaguya!’ Review: Combining Tradition with Art in the Digital Age

Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (2026) is the directorial debut of Shingo Yamashita, an animator and storyboard artist responsible for some of the mo...

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February 7, 2026 · by Sara Ciplickas

Emerging Filmmakers Shine in the Sundance NEXT Section

Most major festivals program a section of their lineup dedicated to new voices in storytelling who are experimenting with the form of filmmak...

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February 5, 2026 · by Sara Ciplickas

Review: ‘Night Nurse’ Is Neither Erotic Nor Thrilling Enough to Find Its Footing Within the Genre

Erotic thrillers are generally, well, erotic and thrilling. They blend the grey areas between pleasure and pain to construct something distur...

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February 3, 2026 · by Adam Patla

Review: Rinko Kikuchi Dances Through the Pain in ‘Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty!’

The art of dance conveys so much. An effective routine drips with passion or moves you to tears. Gyrating on the dance floor with friends unl...

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February 3, 2026 · by Adam Patla

Review: ‘The Musical’ is a Cynical and Irreverent Comedy That Almost Hits All the Right Notes

The male loneliness epidemic has emerged as a hot topic of conversation in a post-COVID age where the world is collectively lonelier than eve...

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February 2, 2026 · by Nadia Arain

Review: Sam Raimi Decides to ‘Send Help’ to January with a Bloody, Wild Return to Horror

There’s no question that Sam Raimi is one of the greatest and most influential names in modern genre cinema. From his iconic Evil Dead films ...

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February 2, 2026 · by Adam Patla

Review: Tones ‘Run Amok’ in NB Mager’s Feature Adaptation of Oscar-Qualifying Short

Film has never shied away from covering contentious and difficult subject matter. Art is a vessel for confronting our most pressing issues, w...

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January 31, 2026 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘Chasing Summer’ Review: Iliza Shlesinger Chases Clichés in Sundance Coming-of-Age

There’s nothing worse than that dreaded feeling of returning to a hometown full of haunted high school stories, hatred, and the decaying scen...

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January 30, 2026 · by Sara Ciplickas

The Most Addictive Show on TV: ‘Industry’ Season 4 Review

We’re almost halfway through the latest season of Industry. Let’s take a beat to recap all that has transpired so far in this beautifully ble...

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