Orchid: A Discomforting Debut
Orchid: A Discomforting Debut

In Jacque Rabie’s debut feature Orchid, we witness what can happen when that infatuation is taken too far, and when a third person is added to the mix.

TIFF 2025: The Smashing Machine
TIFF 2025: The Smashing Machine

One would have to go all the way back to Pain & Gain in 2013 to find a dramatically inclined and nuanced performance from Johnson.

TIFF 2025: Roofman and Motor City
TIFF 2025: Roofman and Motor City

An energized ‘silent’ action film and a quirky narrative about a real life American who hid from authorities inside a local Toys”R”Us.

SHOESHINE Criterion Review: Vittorio De Sica's Postwar Drama Arrives on 4K UHD
SHOESHINE Criterion Review: Vittorio De Sica’s Postwar Drama Arrives on 4K UHD

Criterion’s edition of Shoeshine is a terrific release of a film that has been deserving of a proper restoration.

Et Tu: The Horror of Theater
ET TU: The Horror of Theater

How far is too far to push your cast and crew to achieve your vision? That’s for Brent to find out in the thriller/horror/pitch-black comedy Et Tu.

"How Far Does the Dark Go?" review
HOW FAR DOES THE DARK GO?: Queer Vampire Drama Sucks In All The Wrong Ways

The most interesting and important movies in the world today are being made by trans…

FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER: Bresson’s Underseen Ode to Love Found and Lost
FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER: Bresson’s Underseen Ode to Love Found and Lost

Arriving in 4k, there’s never been a better time for Four Nights of a Dreamer to finally take the prominent place it deserves in Bresson’s filmography.

RIEFENSTAHL: The Last Word on a Lifelong Propagandist
RIEFENSTAHL: The Last Word on a Lifelong Propagandist

Riefenstahl should be the last word on its subject—not just because it is the definitive one, but also because it is the last one we need.

STRANGER EYES: Who’s Watching Who?
STRANGER EYES: Who’s Watching Who?

Despite tackling intriguing and timely concepts, Stranger Eyes ends up being a surprisingly dull watch.

Nowhere Special review
NOWHERE SPECIAL: Sad Window Cleaner Faces Down Death

The British will literally eat beans on toast for breakfast and then go to work…

HollyShorts 2025: Little Bird & The Stand: Two Powerful Shorts
HollyShorts 2025: Little Bird & The Stand: Two Powerful Shorts

In The Stand and Little Bird, our leads hustle and fight to get by in a country that seems to stack the odds ever-increasingly against them.

"Superman" (2025) - source: Warner Bros.
SUPERMAN: Maybe the Most Progressive Hollywood Blockbuster of the 21st Century

Superman is possibly the most left-leaning blockbuster Hollywood has produced in the last 20 years.…

WEAPONS: A Darkly Funny, Bizarrely Entertaining Horror Film
WEAPONS: A Darkly Funny, Bizarrely Entertaining Horror Film

Weapons is many things: an entertaining genre film that is both funny and horrifying, an acting showcase for its talented cast.

NO SLEEP TILL: The Cone of Uncertainty
NO SLEEP TILL: The Cone of Uncertainty

No Sleep Till is a moody tone poem to that singularly paradoxical sense of anticipation and malaise that sends house cats into hiding.

TAXI ZUM KLO: A Refreshingly Candid Gay Feature About Living Two Lives
TAXI ZUM KLO: A Refreshingly Candid Gay Feature About Living Two Lives

Taxi Zum Klo is a unique and proud feature that dares its audience to consider homosexuality and sexuality in general as natural to being human.