2025

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.

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.

Sustainability on Set: How Green Practices in Film Production are Shaping the Future of Cinema
Sustainability on Set: How Green Practices in Film Production are Shaping the Future of Cinema

These practical steps forward are redefining what’s possible when creativity meets conservation in the filmmaking process.

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.

Superman: Trailer 1
SUPERMAN: TRAILER 1

In DC, where superheroes feel like gods among men, Gunn brings Superman back down to Earth with his superbly humanistic directing style.

Sundance Film Festival 2025: ATROPIA, OMAHA & ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT

From sharp satire to raw emotion and meta-commentary, these three films take wildly different approaches to storytelling in this Sundance Film Festival.

FLIGHT RISK: Wahlberg's Villainous Turn Can't Stick The Landing
FLIGHT RISK: Wahlberg’s Villainous Turn Can’t Stick The Landing

With uninspired performances, bland writing, and half-baked plot twists, Flight Risk found its wings clipped before it ever had a chance to take off.

Sundance 2025: Bubble & Squeak and By Design
Sundance 2025: Bubble & Squeak and By Design

While quirky and strange are always welcoming qualities, they can also be quite risky. Wilson Kwong reviews Bubble & Squeak and By Design.

Sundance Film Festival 2025: THE VIRGIN OF THE QUARRY LAKE, SORRY, BABY & OH, HI

While these three Sundance movies are narratively different, their female focus leaves this trio, all by female directors, a fantastic assembly of our talent in today’s industry.

PRESENCE: It’s Not Scary At All, And I Still Love It

Presence is not a good horror movie. Instead, the film succeeds as a melancholy drama.

Sundance 2025: Brides; Seeds; & Sugar Babies
Sundance 2025: BRIDES; SEEDS; & SUGAR BABIES

From Sundance Film Festival, Jules Caldeira takes a look at Brides, Seeds, and Sugar Babies.