Film Reviews
The Little Things wants to be a movie absorbed in its meticulous clues and details, yet stumbles over itself at nearly every possible moment.
From adult animation about cryptids to thrillers, in her first report from The 2021 Sundance Film Festival Kristy Strouse gives us her first three reviews.
The performances Siân Heder draws from her actors always hits the right note that it’s nearly impossible for you to not fall in love with this movie.
While it doesn’t give its audience straightforward answers, Echo offers a kind of diagonal empathy that’s refreshing and valuable.
Supernova is a remarkable little film, highlighted by the beautiful chemistry between stars Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci.
With Sound of My Voice is celebrating its anniversary this year, now is the time to relive this classic Indie gem or to discover it for the first time.
Malcolm & Marie isn’t a terrible film by any means, but it’s undoubtedly a bewildering mess that collapses under its own weight.
Well, like so many of these director anthologies, Six from Paris suffers from the flippant transparency that’s all too common with this informal subgenre.
Blizzard of Souls is a movie made up of things a good movie is normally made up of, but with no comprehensive thread to connect them.
From its very first beat, Silence & Darkness is filled with a lingering sense of distress, unfortunately gaining traction too late in the game.
A Grin Without a Cat is a potently poetic diatribe regarding political fervor, social upheaval, and oppression of all kinds.
Locked Down was definitely a surprise success, delivering unsuspecting nostalgia and examining the freedom of anarchy.
Promising Young Woman sacrifices its opportunity to deliver the ultimate revenge fantasy for something unexpectedly profound and, thematically necessary.
But unfortunately, as Atlantis shows us, it takes more than a few stellar shots to make a character’s journey compelling.
Spoor combines the plot of a murder mystery with the morality of an old-fashioned fable to convey a message of righteous environmentalist anger.