Film-Forward

Knowing or not knowing its supernatural twist should not ultimately affect the viewer’s enjoyment of this ghostly drama.

Director Adrian Chiarella’s feature debut stands out for the way it translates its ideas both visually and narratively, further confirming 2026 as an exceptional year for new voices in horror.

Inspired by a mishmash array of movies, John Early’s picture mixes tones successfully—both lighthearted and dark, a bit snide, but mostly earnest and heartfelt.

Words can’t begin to describe how epic, powerful, and absolutely bone-crushing the fights are.

This newly restored, San Francisco–set trans and butch buddy movie is a fresh, invigorating jolt and an intimate glimpse of marginalized, yet commanding, characters from a bygone era.

This summer, a movie spoof arrives, riffing on the disaster-film genre, but with a variation never attempted before, or at least not on this scale: Make it gay, make it drag, make it unabashedly queer.

There is more than meets the eye in this deeply personal documentary that grapples with family history.

At what point, the film asks, can the bereaved let go of grief and reclaim the pleasure of being alive?

Another reminder that no one can make emotionally stimulating popcorn flicks like Steven Spielberg.