Sense and Sensibility
By Wilda Williams October 16, 2026
Director Georgia Oakley’s sober, naturalistic take comes at the expense of the novel and its author’s intentions.
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.
A peculiar and unclassifiable ghost story, delightfully subversive in the way it unfolds under bright summer sunlight, in wide-open and illuminated spaces.
Four women directors deliver singular films—these works are eye-openers, and each brings a strong point of view.