Disney Animation Studios one-ups their craftsmanship in the Asian-set adventure 'Raya and the Last Dragon', a beautiful-to-look-at effort that feels decidedly borrowed from establishment narratives. The jokey aspect works less…
At two and a half hours, ‘Cherry’ attempts to tackle war values, PTSD, drug addiction, teen romance, and crime but the decently-entertaining character study settles to skim the surface of…
Rosamund Pike leads a deliciously contemptible cast of characters in J Blakeson’s dark-satire-cum-crime-thriller 'I Care a Lot'. Though the film suffers the sin of having its cake and eating it too (and…
An exercise in understated family drama, Minari tells a hopeful saga of assimilation that pulls from writer-director Lee Isaac Chung’s own experience. The ensemble cast is great though I am…
A film review of 'Summer of Soul' a documentary directed by Questlove as part of our coverage of Sundance 2021.
A film review of 'Pleasure' written and directed by Ninja Thyberg and starring Sofia Kappel as part of our Sundance 2021 coverage.
A film review of 'Superior' directed by Erin Vassilopoulos and starring Alexandra and Ani Mesa as part of our 2021 Sundance coverage.
A film review of 'CODA' written and directed by Sian Heder and starring Emilia Jones as part of our coverage of Sundance 2021.
Expertly building suspense and tension - and popping that bubble perfectly with some of the most effective jump scares of recent memory - ‘Saint Maud’ has all the markings of…
'Wrong Turn' breaks the mold of lame slasher reboots to deliver an unexpectedly awesome road trip into gnarly backwoods insanity. Though a near-complete rebranding of the franchise, the film from…