In-depth film reviews, rated A through F, from someone who definitely thinks he knows more about movies than you.
A living, breathing tapestry of handcrafted wonder, ‘Wildwood’ is Laika’s most staggering technical achievement yet, even if Travis Knight’s overstuffed dark fable can’t match its visual majesty with emotional might.
Anchored by a soulful John Turturro, ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York’ is a small, charming crime caper that wears its indie New York pedigree like a well-tailored overcoat.…
Dot-Marie Jones turns ‘Breeder’ into a strange, funny little eugenics nightmare, dominating a horror-comedy whose direction and payoff never quite match the singular force of her performance.
Smutty, silly, and wholly delightful, ‘Wicker’ is a delightful little village romp that weaves a hard-bodied romantasy out of a dark fable about devotion and love. Alexander Skarsgård’s astonishing practical-suit…
Director Brian Duffield has filmed the unfilmable, making sperm whale interiors into a genuine feat of claustrophobic craft. ‘Whalefall’ moves well, pains and crunches impressively, and gives Austin Abrams a…
A handsomely mounted survival picture about a man and his combat canine companion beating the odds in the Alaskan wilderness, ‘Heart of the Beast’ doesn't reinvent the survival thriller so…
‘Primetime’ transports us back to the early aughts, when Chris Hansen and the ‘To Catch a Predator’ crew dominated the airwaves. Lance Oppenheim's film digs into the nasty business behind…
How To with John Wilson devotees will appreciate that The History of Concrete is little more than a supersized episode of his distinctive documentary style. The unconverted, however, will likely…
An absolutely ripping sci-fi actioner that outclasses Hollywood by nearly every measure, ‘Hope’ is 156 minutes of sustained escalation that just keeps getting wilder and wilder and then…ends abruptly. It…
A pulpy, bloody grindhouse throwback to when movies existed to make you feel something for 90 minutes and then let you get on with your life, Onslaught is a nasty…