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May 6, 2025 · by Matthew Allan

‘Parthenope’ Review:  A Character Journey that Goes Nowhere

Paolo Sorrentino is a director who has always been interested in the idea of beauty, specifically female beauty, and how it transfixes indivi...

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May 5, 2025 · by Joshua Mbonu

‘The Surfer’ Review: Nic Cage Strives to Ride Waves in this Anxiety-Inducing Thriller

Nicolas Cage has an extensive pantheon of films of all kinds of shapes and sizes, and yet, The Surfer (2025) manages to stand out as one of h...

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May 5, 2025 · by Adam Patla

CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FEST: The Dizzying and Delirious ‘Mr. K’

It may be because it was my third screening of the day and it started at midnight, but Tallulah Hazekemp Schwab’s Mr. K made me feel utterly ...

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May 4, 2025 · by Adam Patla

CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FEST: Alex Russell’s Haunting & Nuanced Debut ‘Lurker’

If you’ve spent more than ten seconds on social media, chances are you’ve encountered the feverish fan culture that’s seeped its way into our...

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May 2, 2025 · by Danny Jarabek

*PFS SpringFest* ‘The Threesome’ Review: Fantasy to Friction and Rewriting the Rules of the Modern Rom-Com

If 2024 told us anything, it's that three-way relationship dynamics are back, baby! After Zendaya took care of her little white boys, and Lil...

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May 1, 2025 · by Nandita Joshi

'Black Mirror S7' Review: Brooker Attempts to Salvage the Sadistic yet Satirical Stamp on the Show

Black Mirror (2011-) continues to have the most unique television show run of its time. Spanning almost 15 years, the 33-episode anthology (a...

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May 1, 2025 · by Cameron Ritter

‘The Accountant 2’ Review: The IRS’s Attempt at Franchise Filmmaking

At long last, the sequel we’ve all been waiting for has arrived. Gavin O’Connor, Ben Affleck, and Jon Bernthal return for The Accountant 2 ne...

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May 1, 2025 · by Matthew Allan

‘Freaky Tales’ Review: A Fun Love Letter to Exploitation Cinema

When watching Freaky Tales from Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, both of whom also have writing credits, there is an unapologetic punk energy wrapp...

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April 29, 2025 · by Matthew Allan

Review: 'Until Dawn' has a Love-Hate Relationship with its Source Material

Another entry from PlayStation Studios as Sony aims to adapt their library. Until Dawn was released in 2015 by Supermassive on PlayStation 4,...

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April 28, 2025 · by Nadia Arain

'Havoc' Review: Gareth Evans’ Latest Action Thriller Pulls No Punches

Netflix hasn’t exactly had the greatest track record with their original titles, with The Electric State (2025), one of the most expensive fi...

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April 25, 2025 · by Danny Jarabek

*PFS Springfest* ‘40 Acres’ Review: An Adrenaline-Soaked Near-Future Dystopia

If you were to Google “dystopian movies,” you’d find a list of hundreds of examples going back to the earliest years of film history. It’s th...

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April 22, 2025 · by Kam Ryan

'Sinners' Review: Music is the Beating Heart of Ryan Coogler’s Ambitious New Film

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners (2025) is an ambitious film that navigates race, history, power, desire, love, and survival. Oh, and it’s also a vampi...

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