Bitter Christmas
By Jeffery Berg November 12, 2026
Pedro Almodóvar returns with a layered and twisty meditation on loss, relationships, and the art of writing.
Pedro Almodóvar returns with a layered and twisty meditation on loss, relationships, and the art of writing.
Uncompromising and unashamed of explicit nudity and gay sex, On the Road fully steps into a quasi-forbidden world—or at least it feels that way.
Director Georgia Oakley’s sober, naturalistic take comes at the expense of the novel and its author’s intentions.
In a year when the fall festivals are overloaded with bloated and aimless running times of 150 minutes or more, Possible Love’s 165 minutes are well justified.
More horrifying than any horror movie released this year and more visionary than many sci-fi movies yet to come, Heil, Jupiter! is a time-traveling testimony from the end of times.
It features a winning and touching comic performance by Academy Award nominee Rinko Kikuchi (Babel).
A day in which nothing happens transitions to one in which a great deal happens, wrapped up in a quietly terrifying manner.
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest offering could hardly feel less Hollywood in either spirit or execution.
Shot in Alberta at the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, writer-director Avalon Fast creates a dreamy atmosphere of witchcraft afoot within a tranquil summer camp.