Happyend
By Andrew Plimpton September 12, 2025
This film overwhelms with its unexpected poignance, its truthfulness, and the imagination it uses to examine its teenage characters.
This film overwhelms with its unexpected poignance, its truthfulness, and the imagination it uses to examine its teenage characters.
Director Dag Johan Haugerud beautifully captures the anxiety and obsession that come with being in love for the first time.
It’s slightly ironic that a sequel to a movie about its band playing past their expiration date would lean into legacy nostalgia.
The first novel by Stephen King finally reaches the big screen. The premise remains intact, as does its ambiguous setting.
A contained, modest film that rewards you with one of the most memorable love stories of the year. It conquers by accumulation and patience.
You are never too old to undergo a rite of passage.
Director Park Chan-wook takes as his blueprint Donald E Westlake’s lean and mean bloodbath The Ax (1997) and makes the macabre and cynical tale his own.
The script is consistently funny and astutely written, where sorrow often collides with humor.