COMPANION: Not Your Typical Robot Buddy
COMPANION: Not Your Typical Robot Buddy

It’s 97 minutes of pure bonkers cinema and it deserves to be watched by as many people as possible.

"Nickel Boys" (2024) - source: Amazon MGM Studios
NICKEL BOYS: An Uneven Experiment In Perspective

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys follows a young man,…

Slamdance Film Festival 2025: RACEWALKERS

Racewalkers reminds us of the beauty in embracing the quirky, the unconventional, and the unexpected.

HEART EYES: Valentine's Day Is No Longer Safe
HEART EYES: Valentine’s Day Is No Longer Safe

Heart Eyes is an ode to holiday horror-slasher films of the past, coming into a space that has been left vacant for a while and solidly planting their flag.

Slamdance 2025: American Theater and Foul Evil Deeds
Slamdance 2025: American Theater and Foul Evil Deeds

We’re taking a look at a documentary following a conservative musical theater production and an ensemble dark comedy about people acting out in suburbia.

THE QUIET ONES: Going Through the Motions

Teal and orange have made a serious comeback, at least in Frederik Louis Hviid’s new…

One Night in Tokyo review
ONE NIGHT IN TOKYO: A Modest Indie Overcoming The Barrier of Language

Any chance I get to live vicariously through someone else’s experience in Japan, I’ll take…

EAT THE NIGHT: A Clumsy but Emotionally Resonant Gamer Thriller
EAT THE NIGHT: A Clumsy but Emotionally Resonant Gamer Thriller

In the end Eat the Night manages to make myself, a video-game skeptic, more of a believer of its affecting power.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD REVIEW
CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD: It’s Actually An OK Time

Captain America: Brave New World is not the movie that will bring Marvel skeptics back to the franchise. Underneath, it’s still the same formula.

BROKEN RAGE: Takeshi Kitano Can Still Make ‘Em Laugh
BROKEN RAGE: Takeshi Kitano Can Still Make ‘Em Laugh

Here’s an ice-cold take: movies nowadays are too damn long. Obviously, this is all relative;…

Sundance 2025: Twinless and Train Dreams
Sundance 2025: Twinless and Train Dreams

Sundance this year has Twinless, an audacious exercise in storytelling, and Train Dreams that is equally as compelling.

LOVE HURTS: A Blood-Soaked Valentine’s Day Slog

Love Hurts is still worth a watch, if only for Quan’s tour-de-force performance.

ARMAND: The Performance of Truth

Armand is at its best when it serves as a showcase for its quartet of talented lead actors.

A Knight’s War: Dark, Spellbinding Fantasy
A Knight’s War: Dark, Spellbinding Fantasy

A Knight’s War blends classic fantasy motifs and adding a dark, unique edge that’s visually gripping.

Wicked review
WICKED: What A Load Of Shiz

Rewatching Singin’ in the Rain, arguably the greatest Hollywood musical ever made, my wife and…