‘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 achieving that rare blend of…
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The Friend’s House is Here, written, directed, and produced by Hossein Keshavarz and Maryam Ataei, is a slice-of-life Iranian drama following two close friends navigating Tehran’s underground art world, where they risk staging performances featuring women without hijabs or dancing ever-so-slightly provocatively on social media, in defiance of state censorship. The film is an intimate,...
Even the presence of James Cameron behind the camera and Billie Eilish belting her heart out cannot turn this filmed arena tour experience into anything more than blatant…
'Freaky Friday' by way of 'Strange World', Nathan Greno’s 'Swapped' is at its best when none of its characters are talking. Visually imaginative but emotionally underpowered, it’s a…
David Frankel returns to high fashion glitterati with Streep, Hathaway, Blunt, and Tucci in tow for 'The Devil Wears Prada 2', a…
Damian McCarthy returns to Irish folk horror for Hokum, recruiting Adam Scott for his first proper venture into the genre to tell…
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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...
Bob Odenkirk does not read as an action star. He knows this. You know this. And yet, here he is, three films deep into an unlikely second act as a guy who takes and delivers beatings on screen with the kind of bruised conviction that most traditional action leads can’t touch. With Normal, directed by...
In 2026, Amanda Peet isn’t interested in holding anything back. In her most recent role in Fantasy Life, she plays Diane, a mother of three and working actor navigating a life that, on paper, is fully intact and quite successful, but internally feels much less stable. It’s a performance that resists easy categorization: there’s no...
The art of cinema is being systematically devalued and reduced to its lowest common denominator. Anyways, here’s what’s streaming now!
Julia Ducournau’s third French body horror 'Alpha' is a concussive portrait of a family strained by the specter of a deadly virus,…
Not without its issues, Emerald Fennell's over-the-top take on 'Wuthering Heights' makes for a deliciously devious dark romance with alluring lead performances…
A masterfully assembled nightmare of all-encompassing horror, Ian Tucson’s 'Undertone' is as immersive as it is bone chilling, featuring truly elite sound…
Come get some. Sam Raimi is (mostly) back in the horror business with 'Send Help', a campy desert island survival movie about…
Nia DaCosta proves a steady hand in continuing the 28 Years Later story, this time framing it as an ideological battle between…
Johannes Roberts' brutal—and brutally effective—chimp gone bad horror joint Primate champions unrelenting tension and jaw-dropping gore, making this a January horror movie…
