Director Pamela Adlon and writer-star Ilana Glazer bring their comedic prowess to Babes, a crowd-pleasing pregnancy comedy that reworks the familiar “oops-I’m-pregnant” trope with a fresh, feminist twist. Despite its predictable plot, the film shines with Glazer’s brassy humor and a heartfelt celebration of female friendship, positioning itself as a millennial answer to Juno. The...
A maladjusted soon-to-be-middle-schooler and her codependent acupuncturist mother navigate summer break and a string of bad relationships in Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Annie Baker’s studious but tedious drama Janet Planet. Janet and Lacy’s intertwined existence rests at the intersection of intimacy and monotony, as the duo swing between piano lessons, summer camp, local theater, picnics,...
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to Drive My Car, the meditative nature drama Evil Does Not Exist, is anti-commercial in every conceivable way, its slow-moving narrative primed to test the patience of viewers used to films with more assertive pacing. Though it takes a while to get off the ground and reveal what it’s actually about, this...
A wowing blockbuster that balances character growth, world-building, and exciting spectacle, ‘The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ may not rise to the same heights as its incredibly predecessors…
'The Fall Guy', David Leitch’s ostensible love letter to stunt people, works best when it's focused on the heated chemistry between stars Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, less so as…
'Boy Kills World' is a full-throttle action spectacle that embraces the "graphic" and "novel" aspects of its graphic novel inspirations. While it serves as a potent showcase for Bill Skarsgård's…
Guy Ritchie’s 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare' revels in its stylistic excess but skimps on depth. Henry Cavill's charismatic lead performance enlivens the thinly sketched ensemble, yet the film’s lack…
In Luca Guadagnino’s 'Challengers,' the world of competitive tennis becomes a steamy love triangle, where obsession and passion clash in a song of ice and fire. Zendaya, Mike Faist, and…
A zen-like look at a family of four Sasquatches over the course of a calendar year, 'Sasquatch Sunset' is the Zellner Brothers' bold take on an environmentalist movie, one that…
Alex Garland has promised an intentionally provocative film that lacks discernible conviction with ‘Civil War’. Though the writing isn’t as sharp as it could have been, the film is nonetheless…