Publications

December 5, 2025

Four Underrated Performances You Should See ASAP!

As an actor myself, the first thing that truly resonates with me in a film is a great performance. I love watching performances that are mult...

December 4, 2025

2026 Golden Globes Nominations Predictions

The 83rd Golden Globe Nominations are just around the corner (December 8th), and the awards race has never felt more in flux. Over the next f...

December 4, 2025

‘The Chronology of Water’ Review: Kristen Stewart’s Visceral and Haunting Directorial Debut Finally Arrives

Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut, an adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s 2011 memoir, has been in the works for almost eight years. The Chron...

December 3, 2025

‘Left-Handed Girl’ Review: A Tender Portrait of Generations of Taiwanese Women

Shih-Ching Tsou’s Left-Handed Girl is one of those films that feels like it has been living inside someone for years, collecting memories, se...

December 1, 2025

Review: After a Year of Heavy-Hitting Dramas, ‘Eternity’ is a Breath of Fresh Air

2025 has been a year of intensity. With heavy-hitters like One Battle After Another, Hamnet, Sentimental Value, House of Dynamite, and The Lo...

December 1, 2025

Anatomy of an Adaptation: The Changes in GDT’s ‘Frankenstein’

Guillermo del Toro’s long-prophesied adaptation of Frankenstein has finally been released. It serves as the latest in a nearly century-old li...

December 1, 2025

Review: ‘Sentimental Value’ Deals Emotional Truths in Gentle Waves

Sentimental Value is a film you walk with—a slow, meditative stroll along the shore, turning over past mistakes and old ghosts. That’s precis...

November 29, 2025

Review: ‘Zootopia 2’ Cuts Through Disney’s Recycled IP as a Sequel Worthy of Your Time

In an age when Disney only wants to retread existing IP with its notorious live-action remakes and onslaught of sequels, it was only a matter...

November 28, 2025

‘Tangled’ Turns 15: Disney’s Rapunzel Outing Deserves to Glow With Their Other Princess Films

In this time of live-action remakes after live-action remakes that add nothing to the source material, I find it important to look back at th...

November 22, 2025

Review: Satirical Drama and Messy Romance Bring Holiday Cheer in ‘A Very Jonas Christmas Movie’

Let it bro, let it bro, let it bro. If the title A Very Jonas Christmas Movie hadn’t sold me, the previous sentence punctuating the te...

November 21, 2025

10 Spunky & Soulful Movies for Sagittarius Season

As the Sun slides down the end of the scorpion’s tail, leaving behind a season of scares, it slips into something a bit more light and comfor...

November 21, 2025

Review: ‘Train Dreams’ Proves The Ordinary Can Be Beautiful In One Of The Year’s Best Films

Life has a funny way of slipping through our fingers. The mundanities of our everyday responsibilities pile upon us, inadvertently suffocatin...

November 18, 2025

Review: Ducournau's ‘Alpha’ is a Body Horror that Shows the Importance of Empathy When It's Far Easier to Shut Shop

Alpha, directed by Julia Ducournau, follows a thirteen-year-old Alpha (Mélissa Boros) who, after her mum, Maman (Golshifteh Farahani), discov...

November 18, 2025

‘Die My Love’ Review: Lynne Ramsay’s Blistering Collision of Motherhood and Rural Isolation

Ever since the Cannes Film Festival premiered Lynne Ramsay’s directorial debut, Ratcatcher (1999), it was self-evident that the Scottish aute...

November 18, 2025

‘Keeper’ Review: A Solid Lead Can't Save Osgood Perkins' Half-Baked Lovers’ Quarrel

Osgood “Oz” Perkins has released some of the most divisive and thought-provoking films of the 2020s. I talked about how I was intrigued by wh...

November 18, 2025

Review: ‘Wicked: For Good’ Comes Back to Earth With a Darker Exploration of Oz

If Wicked (2024) is about learning to fly, then Wicked: For Good is about coming back to earth to reckon with reality. Jon M. Ch...

November 17, 2025

Review: 'Nuremberg' is a Competent Historical Procedural Elevated by Russell Crowe’s Performance

The first image of James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg (2025), a handsomely made historical procedural about the prosecutions of the remaining offic...

November 11, 2025

‘The Running Man’ Review: Edgar Wright's Latest Feature Feels More Like a Light Walk Than a Run

One could say it's ironic that Edgar Wright’s The Running Man (2025) is not only the fourth Stephen King film adaptation released in theaters...

November 11, 2025

Review: ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ Proves Movies Really Are Full Of Magic

It’s been quite famously said that we come to this place (the cinema) for magic. Well, Nicole Kidman has never been more right with the relea...

November 10, 2025

When the Crowd Moves On: Shah Rukh Khan and the Anatomy of Fading Stardom

The night outside Mannat felt like a familiar film close: a patchwork of phone lights bobbing in the dark, hand-painted placards trembling wi...

November 10, 2025

My Top 10 of the 34th Philadelphia Film Festival

With 100+ titles spanning 11 days and three venues, the 34th edition of the Philadelphia Film Festival was undoubtedly its biggest yet. Featu...

November 7, 2025

5 Criterion Collection Blind Buys to Grab During the Barnes & Noble Sale

It's the beginning of November, which means every physical media collector’s favorite bi-annual event is here: the Barnes & Noble 50% off...

November 7, 2025

‘Pluribus’ Review: Vince Gilligan is Breaking Back into Sci-Fi with Zest

This is a review of the first two episodes of Apple TV’s ‘Pluribus’ with spoiler-free references to primary plot points. Back in the d...

November 6, 2025

PFF 2025 Review: 'Primate' is a Fun, Pulpy, Intense Creature Feature

Creature features often live and die not just on the execution of their main attraction, but also on the cast of actors they can assemble. An...

November 6, 2025

PFF 2025 Review: 'Cover-Up' is a Sharp Portrait of a Man Fighting for Humanity

When it comes to documenting America’s crimes against humanity, it seems there’s no one more at the forefront of breaking the news to the Ame...

November 5, 2025

Review: ‘All You Need is Kill’ Takes the Time-loop Approach with Depth Without Feeling Repetitive

All You Need is Kill, directed by Ken’ichirô Akimoto and Yukinori Nakamura, explores an alien plant that invades Earth. Rita (Ai Mikami) is p...

November 5, 2025

Review: ‘Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc’ Surprises Audiences with its Beauty of Two People Meeting at Just the Right Time

Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc, directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara, sees Denji (Kikunosuke Tonya) bump into Reze (Reina Ueda) by chance; this ...

Cookie	Duration	Description
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional	11 months	The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
viewed_cookie_policy	11 months	The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

Four Underrated Performances You Should See ASAP!

2026 Golden Globes Nominations Predictions

‘The Chronology of Water’ Review: Kristen Stewart’s Visceral and Haunting Directorial Debut Finally Arrives

‘Left-Handed Girl’ Review: A Tender Portrait of Generations of Taiwanese Women

Review: After a Year of Heavy-Hitting Dramas, ‘Eternity’ is a Breath of Fresh Air

Anatomy of an Adaptation: The Changes in GDT’s ‘Frankenstein’

Review: ‘Sentimental Value’ Deals Emotional Truths in Gentle Waves

Review: ‘Zootopia 2’ Cuts Through Disney’s Recycled IP as a Sequel Worthy of Your Time

‘Tangled’ Turns 15: Disney’s Rapunzel Outing Deserves to Glow With Their Other Princess Films

Review: Satirical Drama and Messy Romance Bring Holiday Cheer in ‘A Very Jonas Christmas Movie’

10 Spunky & Soulful Movies for Sagittarius Season

Review: ‘Train Dreams’ Proves The Ordinary Can Be Beautiful In One Of The Year’s Best Films

Review: Ducournau's ‘Alpha’ is a Body Horror that Shows the Importance of Empathy When It's Far Easier to Shut Shop

‘Die My Love’ Review: Lynne Ramsay’s Blistering Collision of Motherhood and Rural Isolation

‘Keeper’ Review: A Solid Lead Can't Save Osgood Perkins' Half-Baked Lovers’ Quarrel

Review: ‘Wicked: For Good’ Comes Back to Earth With a Darker Exploration of Oz

Review: 'Nuremberg' is a Competent Historical Procedural Elevated by Russell Crowe’s Performance

‘The Running Man’ Review: Edgar Wright's Latest Feature Feels More Like a Light Walk Than a Run

Review: ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ Proves Movies Really Are Full Of Magic

When the Crowd Moves On: Shah Rukh Khan and the Anatomy of Fading Stardom

My Top 10 of the 34th Philadelphia Film Festival

5 Criterion Collection Blind Buys to Grab During the Barnes & Noble Sale

‘Pluribus’ Review: Vince Gilligan is Breaking Back into Sci-Fi with Zest

PFF 2025 Review: 'Primate' is a Fun, Pulpy, Intense Creature Feature

PFF 2025 Review: 'Cover-Up' is a Sharp Portrait of a Man Fighting for Humanity

Review: ‘All You Need is Kill’ Takes the Time-loop Approach with Depth Without Feeling Repetitive

Review: ‘Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc’ Surprises Audiences with its Beauty of Two People Meeting at Just the Right Time

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Categories

Publications

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Categories

Tags