Wickedly funny, emotionally honest, and frankly quite beautiful, ‘Club Kid’ is a ravishing triple threat debut from Jordan Firstman, whose turn as a party boy reborn as a father is one of the year’s best…
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Mike Flanagan’s movies and shows ranked, from The Haunting of Hill House on down, with review excerpts and where to stream each one.
Handsomely shot and admirably acted, Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland’ is a black-and-white museum piece about as thrilling as a Wikipedia page. Sandra Hüller is blameless, but even at a…
Every LAIKA movie ranked, from Coraline to Wildwood, including Kubo and the Two Strings, The Boxtrolls, Missing Link, and ParaNorman.
Anchored by a soulful John Turturro, ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York’ is a small, charming crime caper that wears its…
Dot-Marie Jones turns ‘Breeder’ into a strange, funny little eugenics nightmare, dominating a horror-comedy whose direction and payoff never quite match the…
The art of cinema is being systematically devalued and reduced to its lowest common denominator. Anyways, here’s what’s streaming now!
A Day-Glo piñata stuffed with folklore, friendship and feelings, ‘Forgotten Island’ is DreamWorks firing on every creative cylinder at once. It’s exhausting…
Predominantly a beautifully photographed post-apocalyptic character study, 'The Dog Stars' is at its best when focused on grief, companionship, and what makes…
'The Invite’ from Olivia Wilde is a wildly funny swinger comedy that explores how relationships open, close, and end in hilarious and…
Powered by Will Brill’s fearless performance and the audacious pairing of director Giselle Bonilla and writer Alexander Heller, 'The Musical' emerges as…
'The Weight' is an effective survival Dad movie, buoyed by intoxicating production design and a killer Ethan Hawke man-on-a-mission performance.
Michael Sarnoski’s 'The Death of Robin Hood' strips the folk hero of his mythic nobility, transforming the outlaw legend into a bruising…
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Before we’d exchanged more than a few words, Gregg Araki was already laughing. He spotted the blue “HO LIFE OR NO LIFE” hat I’d chosen for the interview and asked whether I had worn it specifically for him. “Of course,” I told him. Given the nature of I Want Your Sex, it felt appropriate. I...
Now streaming: The Invite is streaming on HBO Max as of October 23, 2026. When The Invite premiered at Sundance earlier this year, it landed as one of the festival’s sharpest surprises: a sex comedy with a soul, powered by four actors all operating at full voltage. (I called it an A-grade “zesty swinger comedy...
When I told John Magaro I’d watched Omaha twice and was still recovering, he laughed and apologized. It’s a tough movie, but one that’s nevertheless rewarding and Magaro’s powerful, largely wordless turn powers the film confidently. Cole Webley’s debut feature, written by Robert Machoian, is a road trip movie with a dark destination, a slow-burn...
