Adrian Chiarella's 'Leviticus' transforms the horrors of conversion therapy into a chilling supernatural nightmare with genuine emotional weight. While its 'It Follows' influences are impossible to miss, this queer coming-of-age…
Steven Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' only occasionally recaptures the sense of awe that made him one of science fiction's defining filmmakers, but those moments are buried beneath a baffling screenplay that…
There are movies that unfold according to a plan, each scene carefully advancing a story toward a predetermined destination. Then there are movies like Summer War, where every scene feels as though it might wander off in an entirely unexpected direction. Writer-director Alicia Scherson’s adaptation of Roberto Bolaño’s novel The Third Reich is messy, strange,...
A bundle of sage burns inconspicuously in an apartment window. A plate is shattered. A woman weeps in the shower. Jane has just been dumped. These are the opening moments of Matt Eames’ Deepfake, a satire about influencer culture, loneliness, and the increasingly transactional nature of modern relationships that never manages to dig much deeper...
Daniel Roher's 'Tuner' is the rare crowd-pleasing crime thriller that works just as well as a thoughtful character study. Propelled by Leo Woodall's breakout performance and a deeply immersive sonic…
Kane Parsons' 'Backrooms' is a disorienting nightmare that derives its horror as much from its kaleidoscopic, alien architecture as its unsettling meditation on loneliness and self-imposed isolation. Atmospherically haunting and…
The magic has been force-drained from the Star Wars universe with 'The Mandalorian and Grogu', a dreadful non-starter that fails in almost every capacity to actually pass as a "movie".…
When orphaned Māori woman Mary (Ariāna Osborne) travels to Victorian England in the 1800s to uncover the identities of the parents she never knew, she instead unearths heinous secrets with far-reaching implications for her family tree. Mārama, the New Zealand gothic horror film from director Taratoa Stappard, folds cultural appropriation and colonial violence into a...
‘Obsession’ feels like a dark-magic witch’s brew of Together, Fede Álvarez’s 2013 Evil Dead, and Big: a horrifying black comedy that takes big swings and somehow pulls them off, masterfully…
'Is God Is' is a flawed but compelling debut, anchored by two magnetic lead performances and Harris's sharp ear for dialogue. The translation from stage to screen doesn't always land,…