2020s

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.

HARVEST: A Folkloric Drama Filled With Ambiguities

Tsangari seems satisfied to keep Harvest as a teaser, a tragedy of a place with no name and leaving it nameless and without doctrine.

DROWNING DRY: A (Maybe Too) Understated Tragedy Drama

Drowning Dry is a movie that is waiting to burst with its emotional weight but finds itself wafting.

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS: A Fantastic First Step for Marvel’s First Family

A wonderful addition to the MCU and the superhero canon, The Fantastic Four: First Steps is a breath of fresh air in the genre.

In TOGETHER, Comedy is Horror’s Better Half

Together’s greatest strengths lie in its wry reflections on the pleasures and perils of long-term romance.

SOULEYMANE’S STORY: Paris Through the Eyes of the Undocumented
SOULEYMANE’S STORY: Paris Through the Eyes of the Undocumented

Souleymane’s Story is an urgent, energetic drama that follows a Guinean immigrant through the streets of Paris.

TITAMI: Fierce and Refusing to Flinch
TATAMI: Fierce and Refusing to Flinch

In a world that constantly asks women (especially women under authoritarian regimes) to stay silent, Tatami dares to scream. And, it speaks volumes. 

"Jurassic World: Rebirth" review
JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH: The Best JURASSIC Movie Since THE LOST WORLD

Few movie franchises have battled allegations of greed like Jurassic Park. Since Steven Spielberg’s trailblazing…

RIVER OF GRASS: The Sensations of Nature in a Threatened Biome
RIVER OF GRASS: The Sensations of Nature in a Threatened Biome

River of Grass works as both a documentary and personal essay film, giving the movie a fresh experimental angle that allows it to reach beyond.

TO A LAND UNKNOWN: A Pulse-Pounding Palestinian Thriller

To a Land Unknown is not an easy watch that culminates in a simple and satisfying ending

Moana 2 review
MOANA 2: More Moana, More Problems

Some time ago, the Walt Disney Company learned that there is significant money to be…

THE LIFE OF CHUCK: An Uneven King Adaptation With Bursts of Inspiration
THE LIFE OF CHUCK: An Uneven King Adaptation With Bursts of Inspiration

The overall takeaway of the film is maybe not as profound as it could be given the film’s haphazardly constructed narrative, yet it still has enough in here to recommend.

28 YEARS LATER: Brings Spark Back to a Decades-Old Series

28 Years Later excels in the way it does not because it’s yet another zombie movie in an endless array of them, but because it is different.

Meet Tina Romero, the New Queen of the Dead

Queens of a Dead is a breath of fresh air that celebrates the girls, the gays, and the goreheads alike. 

Stolen Time review
STOLEN TIME: Elder Justice Doc Will Break Your Heart

One of life’s cruelest inevitabilities is that the people we love most grow old and…