Challengers
By Jeffery Berg April 25, 2024
The trinity of the cool Hollywood star, the theater kid, and the versatile indie actor lends itself to a powerful collaboration of differing styles and tensions in this love triangle.
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The Old Oak
By Kevin Filipski April 3, 2024
Another potent Ken Loach-Paul Laverty collaboration.
Much Ado About Dying
By Andrew Plimpton March 21, 2024
An accidental film that is moving, maddening, multifaceted in the questions it poses, and of significant depth.
20 Days in Mariupol
By Andrew Plimpton March 9, 2024
Praising director Mstyslav Chernov’s bravery is so obvious it feels impertinent, as does describing his documentary with the trite phrase “necessary viewing.”
Hundreds of Beavers
By Ben Wasserman March 8, 2024
If you really want to punish David Zaslav for shelving Coyote vs. Acme, you’ll seek out Hundreds of Beavers wherever it’s playing.
Love Lies Bleeding
By Guillermo Lopez Meza
A sapphic Bonnie and Clyde doesn’t come around every day.
Dune: Part Two
By Ben Wasserman March 1, 2024
Grandiose and distinct, the world of Dune: Part Two feels alive and big.
Perfect Days
By Andrew Plimpton February 6, 2024
The work of an artist with nothing to prove, with a hand at the wheel so sure you don’t even notice it.
Pictures of Ghosts
By Guillermo Lopez Meza January 25, 2024
A documentary exploration and celebration of those personal and collective specters that define our relationship with movies (and any audiovisual record).