drama

DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST: Summer Vacation with Satyajit Ray
DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST: Summer Vacation with Satyajit Ray

Lovely to look at on the surface, yet even more rewarding when you delve deeper, Days and Nights in the Forest is all too worthy of being revisited.

Sundance Film Festival 2026: Park City’s Last Dance Pt 2

Here it is, my final Sundance coverage from Park City. It’s been a bittersweet journey,…

Sundance Film Festival 2026: Park City's Last Dance Pt 1
Sundance Film Festival 2026: Park City’s Last Dance Pt 1

Some of this year’s coverage from Sundance Film Festival 2026, the last in Park City.

AGATHA CHRISTIE'S SEVEN DIALS: Time's Up
AGATHA CHRISTIE’S SEVEN DIALS: Time’s Up

Seven Dials’ predictable structure, thin character development, and hollow ending keep it from striking the satisfying note of its strongest predecessors.

Dances With Films NY 2026: VINDICTA
Dances With Films NY 2026: VINDICTA

With Vindicta, Sedlar commits fully to Hannah’s descent, resulting in a visceral character study of loss, rage, and the devastating cost of survival.

CHAPERONE: An Indie Gem
CHAPERONE: An Indie Gem

Chaperone is a truly unique film with stellar talent behind and in front of the screen.

"A Girl Is a Gun" film review
A GIRL IS A GUN: Once Upon a Time in Luc Moullet’s West

A Girl is a Gun is a defiantly quirky and incredibly entertaining example of what made Moullet the chaos agent of the French New Wave.

Die My Love
DIE MY LOVE: The Feel-Bad Movie of the Year

Lynne Ramsay’s Die My Love starts and ends with the image of Jennifer Lawrence walking…

Where Did the Adults Go?: A Grief-Filled Drama
Where Did the Adults Go?: A Grief-Filled Drama

Though known for her work on documentaries, Marsh has made a strong narrative feature debut with this film.

Queen Kelly featured
NYFF63: Queen Kelly

Some Queen Kelly is better than no Queen Kelly, especially when Milestone Films has devoted such meticulous effort to restoring it.

NYFF63: It Was Just an Accident, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Sound of Falling
NYFF63: It Was Just an Accident, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Sound of Falling

Mainly, they all deal heavily with trauma, how we deal with it in the moment, and how it can continue to linger, no matter how hard you try to submerge it within your mind and move on.

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.

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. 

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…