2025

Two Prosecutors review
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2025: TWO PROSECUTORS

Two Prosecutors is an austere and purposefully unhurried story of seeking to uphold the law in a world where the law prioritises political expediency at any time changeable and at any cost.

War of the Worlds 2025 review
WAR OF THE WORLDS (2025): Delicious, Delicious Garbage

There’s a new War of the Worlds movie. It stars Ice Cube and is streaming…

California Schemin’: An Earnest Directorial Debut
California Schemin’: An Earnest Directorial Debut

With James McAvoy’s directorial debut, California Schemin’, we follow two young Scots as they scam their way into a record deal to launch their rap careers.

NYFF63: Miroirs No. 3, The Mastermind, What Does That Nature Say To You
NYFF63: Miroirs No. 3, The Mastermind, What Does That Nature Say To You

Read on for my thoughts on the latest films from three of my favorite contemporary directors: Christian Petzold, Kelly Reichardt, and Hong Sang-soo. 

COYOTES: A Howling Good Time
COYOTES: A Howling Good Time

Coyotes is a flawed but gripping piece of horror-comedy filmmaking.

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Is the Movie of the Moment
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Is the Movie of the Moment

One Battle After Another urges viewers to shake off the apathy that so often arrives on the heels of fizzling social movements.

THE WAR BETWEEN: Redefining the Western

Arriving to select theaters this weekend, The War Between is not the type of Western…

Coppola Gets the Rap World Treatment in MEGADOC    
Coppola Gets the Rap World Treatment in MEGADOC    

Scrappy and befuddled though Megadoc may be, Figgis has captured something inexplicable, compelling, and beautiful seemingly despite himself.

TIFF 2025: Girl and Swiped
TIFF 2025: Girl and Swiped

There’s usually no shortage of female filmmakers at the Toronto International Film Festival, and with the festival’s 2025 edition, that continues to be true.

TIFF 2025: Driver's Ed and The Ugly
TIFF 2025: Driver’s Ed and The Ugly

While Driver’s Ed and The Ugly are vastly different films, both provide thoughtful social commentary on their respective issues.

TIFF 2025: Interview with Director/Writer Lloyd Lee Choi of Lucky Lu
TIFF 2025: Interview with Director/Writer Lloyd Lee Choi of Lucky Lu

Lloyd Lee Choi brings his feature film debut to Toronto, in what seems like a perfect home for a story about the immigrant experience.

Shakey Grounds: The Right Beats, But Wrong Tone
Shakey Grounds: The Right Beats, But Wrong Tone

Michael Garcia’s debut feature focuses on the grief of struggling musicians and an A&R rep trying to make a comeback.

RABBIT TRAP Gets Lost in the Post-A24 Fairy Realm
RABBIT TRAP Gets Lost in the Post-A24 Fairy Realm

Rabbit Trap is a visually satisfying film with a some interesting elements to play with and no propulsion whatsoever.

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.