Chase Hutchinson is a film and TV critic for TheWrap and has written for the publication since 2024. He is a member of the Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS).
Experience:
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‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’ Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Adaptation Is Both a Murder Mystery and Mesmerizing Epic
Cannes 2026: The prolific director continues to show there’s no one out there making movies like he is
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‘Iron Boy’ Review: This Former Pixar Animator Has Made His Own Magical Hand-Drawn Movie
Cannes 2026: Heads up animation lovers, you’re going to want to get to know the name Louis Clichy
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‘Her Private Hell’ Review: Sophie Thatcher Is Transcendent in Nicolas Winding Refn’s Slippery Sci-Fi Horror
Cannes 2026: It’s no “Citizen Kane,” but Refn’s long-awaited return to feature filmmaking is still worth taking a trip with
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‘Hope’ Review: Na Hong-jin’s Masterful Monster Movie Leaps Between Action, Horror and Sci-Fi
Cannes 2026: Outside of Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, this film cements “Squid Game” actress Hoyeon as an action star
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‘Full Phil’ Review: Kristen Stewart Eats Woody Harrelson Up in Quentin Dupieux’s Slight, Silly Farce
Cannes 2026: Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim also star as a duo investigating a monster in a movie within the movie
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‘The Beloved’ Review: Javier Bardem Gets His Own Chaotic Evil Version of ‘Sentimental Value’
Cannes 2026: A father and daughter with a strained relationship making a movie together — what could possibly go wrong?
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‘Clarissa’ Review: Sophie Okonedo Is Outstanding In Riveting Reimagining of Virginia Woolf’s ‘Mrs Dalloway’
Cannes 2026: The film, which also stars Ayo Edebiri, David Oyelowo, and many more, breathes new life into an old story
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‘Propeller One-Way Night Coach’ Review: John Travolta’s Directorial Debut Is a Disaster
Cannes 2026: The actor has been a part of many classic movies, but his latest film is memorable only for its misfires
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‘We Are Aliens’ Review: Agonizing, Astounding Animated Gem Heralds Kohei Kadowaki as an Exciting New Voice
Cannes 2026: This remarkably crafted, deeply painful, coming-of-age portrait is the animation discovery of the festival thus far
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‘Nagi Notes’ Review: Kôji Fukada Sculpts a Fragmented, Fascinating Portrait
Cannes 2026: The director of “Love Life” returns with a drama that mirrors the meticulously-crafted sculptures at its center
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Peter Jackson Says He Was Shocked by His Cannes Honor: ‘I Just Don’t Make Palme d’Or-Type Films’
Cannes 2026: The director received an Honorary Palme, an award he thought was about as likely as winning a prize for bellydancing
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‘Hokum’ Review: Adam Scott Is Scary Good in Low-Key, Stephen King–Esque Horror Stunner
SXSW 2026: Damian McCarthy, director of the already strong “Caveat” and “Oddity,” delivers his best film yet
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‘I Love Boosters’ Review: Keke Palmer Steals Hearts in Boots Riley’s Galaxy-Brained, Anti-Capitalist Romp
SXSW 2026: Riley still enjoys horsing around amid the horrors of capitalism, but also reveals himself to be a romantic at his core
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‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ Review: Cillian Murphy Captivates in Hit-and-Miss Netflix Film
The Oscar winner elevates what could very well be his last chapter in this decades-long family crime saga
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The Best Movies We Saw at Sundance 2026
From heartbreaking romances to laugh-out-loud comedies to thrilling Westerns
