Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery review
WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A Masterpiece Murder Mystery About Faith and Religion

With a commanding performance from Josh O’Connor and a nuanced take on religion, “Wake Up Dead Man” is the best “Knives Out” mystery yet.

A GIRL IS A GUN: Once Upon a Time in Luc Moullet’s West
A GIRL IS A GUN: Once Upon a Time in Luc Moullet’s West

A Girl is a Gun is a defiantly quirky and incredibly entertaining example of what made Moullet the chaos agent of the French New Wave.

Zootopia 2: A fun ride through the animal kingdom
Zootopia 2: A fun ride through the animal kingdom

Just as in Zootopia, the world-building and neat details are incredible

The Golden Spurtle featured
THE GOLDEN SPURTLE: Wholesome Porridge Contest Documentary Is One of the Year’s Best Films

Stir the porridge clockwise, or else you’ll let the devil in. At least, that’s what…

LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS: Portrait of a Teenager on Fire
LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS: Portrait of a Teenager on Fire

Little Trouble Girls takes a lovely, lyrical approach to time-worn tropes, the result of which is a film that entrances the audience despite its flaws.

Die My Love
DIE MY LOVE: The Feel-Bad Movie of the Year

Lynne Ramsay’s Die My Love starts and ends with the image of Jennifer Lawrence walking…

Learn the Teaches of Peaches with PEACHES GOES BANANAS

Peaches Goes Bananas follows a single tour and draws out the artist’s wide range of influences.

LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2025: SENTIMENTAL VALUE

God loves a Trier – Joachim, that is. Not content to bless the Danish-Norwegian writer…

THE RUNNING MAN: An Action-Packed Thriller That is Tonally At Odds With Itself

The Running Man is a film that doesn’t quite live up to the hype.

Bite to Bite: A Fresh Look at Fishing
Bite to Bite: A Fresh Look at Fishing

In Kelly Lipscomb’s newest documentary Bite to Bite, we follow two fishermen as they take a bluefin tuna, quite literally, from hook to plate.

Voices: The Danny Gans Story: A Touching Doc
Voices: The Danny Gans Story: A Touching Doc

Producer Andrew Davies Gans has released his directorial debut chronicling the life and sudden death of his father, a Las Vegas legend.

Reintroducing Louise Kolm-Fleck: An Overlooked Female Filmmaking Pioneer
Reintroducing Louise Kolm-Fleck: An Overlooked Female Filmmaking Pioneer

Louise Kolm-Fleck deserves her flowers not only for being one of the world’s first female filmmakers, but one of the most forward-looking.

MISTRESS DISPELLER: "Marriage Is a Fortress Under Siege"
MISTRESS DISPELLER: “Marriage Is a Fortress Under Siege”

This quietly existential ambivalence on the nature of love, balanced with a deep empathy for each character makes Mistress Dispeller compulsively watchable.

Stitch Head: Cute and Creepy for the Kids
Stitch Head: Cute and Creepy for the Kids

Stitch Head, based on Guy Bass’ first book in the series, will charm the little monsters while being cute enough for the adults to watch in the background.

Where Did the Adults Go?: A Grief-Filled Drama
Where Did the Adults Go?: A Grief-Filled Drama

Though known for her work on documentaries, Marsh has made a strong narrative feature debut with this film.