Cannes 2022: EL AGUA: A Beguiling Mystery in Rural Spain
Cannes Film Festival 2022: EL AGUA: A Beguiling Mystery In Rural Spain

Elena López Riera’s El Agua is a slow, seductive, and assured tale of young love and mysticism in an exquisitely rendered Spanish village.

BROTHERLY LIES: An Effective Indie Drama Dealing With Harsh Truths
BROTHERLY LIES: An Effective Indie Drama Dealing With Harsh Truths

Showing that love, life, and relationships are imperfect, Mark Schwab’s Brotherly Lies is a gripping indie drama about regret, desire, and trauma.

Cannes Film Festival 2022: Cristian Mungiu Delivers Another Searing Masterpiece With R.M.N.
Cannes Film Festival 2022: Cristian Mungiu Delivers Another Searing Masterpiece With R.M.N.

R.M.N. is the work of an artist with a rare gift for transmogrifying culture, politics, and ideology into human drama.

Cannes Film Festival 2022: CORSAGE Is A Fresh, Fantastic Take On The Suffering Royal Woman Story
Cannes Film Festival 2022: CORSAGE Is A Fresh, Fantastic Take On The Suffering Royal Woman Story

Amidst a sea of dull, insipid, even sadistic takes on the beautiful, suffering royal lady story we’ve seen, Corsage breaks like the sun through the clouds.

AIR DOLL: That Empty Feeling
AIR DOLL: That Empty Feeling

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s 2009 fantasy-romance Air Doll is an introspective film where a blow-up doll begins to turn into a living woman.

18 1/2: Engaging and Well-Paced Comedic and Suspenseful Historical Fiction
18 1/2: Engaging and Well-Paced Comedic and Suspenseful Historical Fiction

Dan Mirvish explores the mystery of the biggest political scandal in history through 18½, an engaging, quick-paced, and wonderfully comedic thriller.

TORN HEARTS: The Pursuit Of Fame Is A Bloody Affair
TORN HEARTS: The Pursuit Of Fame Is A Bloody Affair

Torn Hearts’ excellent female-led cast lead a fun, campy, psychological nightmare showing that the music industry can be killer.

SINCE I BEEN DOWN: A Vital Documentary Calling For Action And Hope
SINCE I BEEN DOWN: A Vital Documentary Calling For Action And Hope

Since I Been Down proves that sometimes real change can come from within and the resources we are given to work with.

MONDOCANE: Dystopia, Italian Style
MONDOCANE: Dystopia, Italian Style

Mondocane would be a much more entertaining film if one wasn’t struck by the strange feeling we’ve seen most of this before.

MONTANA STORY: You Don't Have To Go Home
MONTANA STORY: You Don’t Have To Go Home

Montana Story is a film that tries to do a bit too much, but a pair of great performances and a core story makes it worth looking past its faults.

MEN: Don't You Know That You're Toxic?
MEN: Don’t You Know That You’re Toxic?

Unfortunately, Men starts as a very strong and legitimately scary exploration of heady issues but unravels in the final third act.

Everything Everywhere All At Once: A Frenetic Thrill-Ride Through the Multiverse
Everything Everywhere All At Once: A Frenetic Thrill-Ride Through the Multiverse

One thing that is true about Everything Everwhere All At Once: you’ve certainly never seen something like this before.

THE INNOCENTS: Children of the Damned
THE INNOCENTS: Children of the Damned

Vogt’s decision to not pull any punches is a large part of what makes The Innocents such an effective horror film.

ESCAPE THE FIELD: There Is No Escape
ESCAPE THE FIELD: There Is No Escape

Where many have found immense success within the genre, Emerson Moore’s “Escape the Field” will be a film that falls quickly from memory.

HAPPENING: Then, Now, Tomorrow

Happening is an unflinching portrayal of the horrors that far too many people have gone through in order to exercise control over their own bodies.