Sinners
By Ben Wasserman April 17, 2025
A vampire flick set in the Jim Crow–era South that is as twisted as it is thrilling.
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Warfare
By Ben Wasserman April 10, 2025
A film that forces its audience to confront the sounds of conflict—both the loudness and the mundane silence—and does so with brutal efficiency.
A Nice Indian Boy
By Paul Weissman April 3, 2025
The romantic, sweet-natured film has the feel of cringe comedy, but only on the surface.
When Fall Is Coming
By Rania Richardson
With an all-around excellent cast, prolific French director François Ozon has crafted an intriguing puzzler.
Grand Tour
By Guillermo Lopez Meza March 27, 2025
The film brings to life a dream state via astounding images and intoxicating camerawork.
Viet and Nam
By Jeffery Berg
Audacious, expressionistic, and evocative, Viet and Nam blends a secret romance between two young male coal miners with reverberations of the historic past.
Art for Everybody
By Paul Weissman
The documentary chronicles the life of the complicated painter Thomas Kinkade in a respectful, though brutally honest, manner.
Misericordia
By Caroline Ely March 20, 2025
French filmmaker Alain Guiraudie’s latest: a sinister, bizarre, funny, and sexually charged farce.
The Actor
By Guillermo Lopez Meza March 13, 2025
Duke Johnson’s film stands out primarily for its striking visual identity, the kind of that screams “director’s vision” in every frame with all the indulgence and fascination that entails.