Reviews
-
‘Case 137’ Review: A Perfectly Fine Yet Inessential Examination of Police Brutality
Cannes 2025: Dominik Moll’s French drama “Dossier 137” wouldn’t feel out of place as a Very Austere Episode of “Loi & Ordre”
-
‘Left-Handed Girl’ Review: Shih-Ching Tsou and Sean Baker Make a Bittersweet Family Dramedy
Cannes 2025: This winning feature proves Shih-Ching Tsou is a talented filmmaker in her own right
-
‘Death Does Not Exist’ Review: Stunning but Slippery Animated Feature Confronts Love in the Shadow of Death
Cannes 2025: Félix Dufour-Laperrière’s film is an intentionally murky meditation on mortality and survivor’s guilt
-
‘Two Prosecutors’ Review: Film About Russian Corruption Is Set in 1937, But You Know It’s Timely
Cannes 2025: Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa’s drama is a quietly horrifying descent into a Kafkaesque nightmare where doing the right thing might be the riskiest choice of all
-
‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Review: A Tribute to Tom Cruise by Tom Cruise
Epic stunts balance out the convoluted script and shameless adulation of its producer and star
-
‘Sound of Falling’ Review: Cannes Competition Kicks Off With a Time-Hopping Mood Board
Cannes 2025: Mascha Schilinski’s dense and maddening film jumps between four adolescent girls over the course of a century on a German farm
-
‘Leave One Day’ Review: Slight Musical Is the Most Forgettable Thing About Cannes Film Festival’s Opening Night
Cannes 2025: The food-themed film is a little appetizer, not a main course
-
‘Duster’ Review: Josh Holloway Is Effortlessly Cool in Max’s Savvy Crime Drama
J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan craft a series that blends fun twists and guest stars with a strong emotional core
-
‘Summer of 69’ Review: Ecstatically Funny Teen Sex Comedy Deserves Better Than Hulu Streaming
Jillian Bell’s directorial debut is a drop-dead funny “Risky Business” riff that would have killed in theaters
-
‘Fight or Flight’ Review: Josh Hartnett Is So Committed It Hurts in Bonkers (and Awesome) ‘John Wick’ Send-Up
Hartnett re-solidifies his kooky star power in this madcap action-comedy, where he fights dozens of killers on an airplane
-
‘Absolute Dominion’ Review: You Gotta Fight! For the Right! Theoooo-logy!
Lexi Alexander’s latest is an ambitious sci-fi martial arts tournament movie where the winner picks which religion rules the world
-
‘Juliet & Romeo’ Review: Tryhard Attempt to Make Shakespeare ‘Cool’ Achieves the Opposite
The umpteenth adaptation of the bard’s most famous play exchanges the original, classic dialogue for forgettable pop songs
-
‘Forever’ Review: Netflix’s Reimagining of Judy Blume Classic Makes for a Cozy Streaming Favorite
“Girlfriends” creator Mara Brock Akil transforms the novel into a modern tale of young Black love
-
‘Friendship’ Review: Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd Are a Riot in the Year’s Best Comedy
The “I Think You Should Leave” star cements his status as a modern comedy genius with writer/director Andrew DeYoung
-
‘Lavender Men’ Review: This Quasi-Historical, Fabulously Theatrical Film Smashes Expectations
Lovell Holder and Roger Q. Mason’s stage play adaptation wrestles with history, examines modern love and imagines a queer, powerful Abraham Lincoln
