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Hold Your Breath
(2024)
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Kevin L. Lee
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It simply comes down to not enough happens. Even when Paulson is giving a delightfully unhinged performance, the film can’t escape the impression of constantly spinning in place.
Posted Sep 19, 2024
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Presence
(2024)
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Kevin L. Lee
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A remarkable dance between actor and camera, forcing the audience to gain an incredibly invasive amount of access. Though inevitably light on story, Presence is such an impressive feat in the technical department.
Posted Sep 19, 2024
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Heretic
(2024)
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Kevin L. Lee
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The most uncomfortable TED talk about religion you’ll ever attend. Writers and directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods channel the same kind of gonzo energy that made films like Barbarian so great – they remember to keep their horror fun.
Posted Sep 19, 2024
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Look Into My Eyes
(2024)
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Lee Jutton
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Whether or not you believe in psychic abilities—even the psychics featured in the film express doubts—the moments of intimate, intense human connection that occur during these readings are undeniable.
Posted Sep 18, 2024
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Wake Up
(2023)
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Sean Fallon
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Wake Up feels like an instant camp classic. It’s a simple but excellent premise: a group of animal rights activists break into an Ikea-type store in order to deface it and protest the business’ use of rainforest wood in their products.
Posted Sep 18, 2024
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Sasquatch Sunset
(2024)
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Sean Fallon
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In a world where every day brings us news of another reboot, remake, sequel, prequel, requel, and threequel, it is nice to know that insane, strange, and stimulating cinema still exists.
Posted Sep 18, 2024
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Teaches of Peaches
(2024)
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Sean Fallon
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Teaches of Peaches shows us live performances from the anniversary tours that show how 20 years later the ferocity, talent, sex appeal, and provocativeness have not dulled a single bit
Posted Sep 18, 2024
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Babes
(2024)
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Sean Fallon
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This movie which follows Ilana Glazer having a codependent friendship in New York should have been exactly in my wheelhouse and yet, it never quite ascended to near the heights of Glazer's previous work.
Posted Sep 18, 2024
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Kneecap
(2024)
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Sean Fallon
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Incredible performances from the band alongside great turns from Michael Fassbender and Simone Kirby, make this feel like an instant cult classic. It doesn't hurt that the Kneecap’s songs are all absolute bangers.
Posted Sep 18, 2024
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Red Rooms
(2023)
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Payton McCarty-Simas
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Pascal Plante’s Red Rooms is an exercise in epistemological uncertainty, as impersonal as the glazed surfaces of an ultra-modern courthouse, cold as stale air conditioning implacably blasted long after the chill of fall has set in.
Posted Sep 18, 2024
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Alien: Romulus
(2024)
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David Fontana
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It's not perfect, to be sure, but unlike a majority of the films after Aliens, it's one made with more dedication behind it, and with a clear passion for the series itself. It's a ride worth taking.
Posted Sep 18, 2024
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The Becomers
(2023)
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Payton McCarty-Simas
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The film is a light riff on the science fiction B-films of the ‘50s, striking a difficult tonal balance–– it’s pointed without being didactic, idiosyncratic without being too cute–– and, at times, attains some genuine sweetness as a result.
Posted Sep 18, 2024
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Alien: Romulus
(2024)
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Coby Kiefert
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Even with all the effort put into the filmmaking and performances, the lack of surprise holds back what could've been a potentially outstanding Alien film, and restricts it to merely okay territory.
Posted Sep 18, 2024
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I'll Be Right There
(2024)
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Demetri Panos
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I’ll Be Right There never overplays its hand and becomes schmaltzy. It showcases family drama and how, within that drama, there can be something to laugh and feel good about.”
Posted Sep 13, 2024
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The Way We Speak
(2024)
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Kristy Strouse
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The Way We Speak is a formidable and ambitious drama that shows the power of words. A rich character study with fantastic performances and sharp dialogue, it’s a must-see for 2024.
Posted Sep 12, 2024
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All I've Got & Then Some
(2024)
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Jules Caldeira
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A drama at its core, All I’ve Got and Then Some also shines with gems of humor in the most unexpected situations.
Posted Aug 31, 2024
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Inside Out 2
(2024)
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Clement Tyler Obropta
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With a creaky story, a total absence of logic, and the most squeaky-clean depiction of puberty you could imagine, Inside Out 2 feels less like a $200 million film and more like a cash-grab made-for-TV movie.
Posted Aug 26, 2024
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Moving
(1993)
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Lee Jutton
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The culmination of a singular career, Moving is an epitaph not just for a broken family but also for Somai, who passed away in 2001. Fortunately, he lives on through his work and the vibrant way in which it portrays all of the ups and downs of life
Posted Aug 26, 2024
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Young Woman and the Sea
(2024)
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Mark McPherson
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Young Woman and the Sea swims decently enough through familiar waters to present a steady, sturdy, and safe sports drama.
Posted Aug 26, 2024
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She Came Back
(undefined)
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Kristy Strouse
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This well-crafted horror leverages powerhouse performances and exceptional storytelling that’ll haunt you long after the credits.
Posted Aug 10, 2024
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Bang Bang
(2024)
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Kristy Strouse
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Bang Bang is further proof of Vincent Grashaw’s directorial expertise and confirmation that Tim Blake Nelson’s talent has only grown.
Posted Jul 25, 2024
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July Rhapsody
(2002)
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Lee Jutton
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Revisiting July Rhapsody is a reminder that Ann Hui is one of the most empathetic and important filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave.
Posted Jul 09, 2024
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Family Portrait
(2023)
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Lee Jutton
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It’s hard to think of a film that better captures the underlying sense of menace seeping into the monotony of everyday life that characterized the early days of the pandemic.
Posted Jul 09, 2024
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Banel & Adama
(2023)
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Lee Jutton
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A powerful and poetic debut feature, Banel & Adama signifies Sy as an exciting young artist to watch in world cinema.
Posted Jul 09, 2024
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Green Border
(2023)
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Lee Jutton
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All errors in execution aside, Green Border should raise international awareness of what’s happening to these refugees on the European border; for that alone, it’s an important bit of filmmaking.
Posted Jul 09, 2024
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My Sweet Land
(2024)
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Soham Gadre
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My Sweet Land is not just a movie about the ‘relevance’ of the present, it’s a movie that speaks to existence in time immemorial.
Posted Jun 24, 2024
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The Weekend
(2024)
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Soham Gadre
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It feels like something rehearsed to the point of having the energy drained out of it.
Posted Jun 24, 2024
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Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
(2024)
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Soham Gadre
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It’s a documentary as inspirational as it is melancholy, a tale of tribute and influence and one of the tragic pitfalls of the music industry.
Posted Jun 24, 2024
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Champions of the Golden Valley
(2024)
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Soham Gadre
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For all the shiny camerawork and nicely rendered imagery and the jarring juxtaposition of footage of the Taliban’s and Al-Qaeda’s war with the United States, this documentary tends to treat these nationally catastrophic events as happenstance.
Posted Jun 24, 2024
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The Omen
(1976)
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Stephanie Archer
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There is a sense of dominance, the silhouetted child remaining above the cross, the film’s refusal to move from this image delivering a devastating sense of foreshadowing – evil always wins.
Posted Jun 08, 2024
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Late Night with the Devil
(2023)
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Stephanie Archer
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Its final moments are unafraid to challenge you, asking you to look beyond the easily presumed and contemplate the devil within.
Posted Jun 08, 2024
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Train to Busan
(2016)
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Stephanie Archer
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There is a deep love that carries through the devastation, Train to Busan delivers what movies are all about.
Posted Jun 08, 2024
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Monster
(2023)
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Lee Jutton
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One of the most painfully lovely films of last year, Monster is a moving reminder of the importance of empathy and understanding that could only come from Hirokazu Kore-eda.
Posted Jun 02, 2024
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Humane
(2024)
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Lee Jutton
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A timely horror satire chock full of gore and guffaws, Humane entertains in spite of its flaws.
Posted Jun 02, 2024
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I Saw the TV Glow
(2024)
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Lee Jutton
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With I Saw the TV Glow, Schoenbrun stakes their claim as the preeminent chronicler of those specific horrors inherent in coming of age as a millennial.
Posted Jun 02, 2024
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
(2024)
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Wilson Kwong
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Mad Max Saga, is a prime example of how to craft a narrative expansion that ignites a creative spark worthy of praise.
Posted Jun 02, 2024
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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
(2024)
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Wilson Kwong
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Directed with assured confidence, Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is an unflinching tale of generational trauma perpetrated through antiquated cultural ideals, and the foils of staying quiet.
Posted Jun 02, 2024
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The Second Act
(2024)
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Wilson Kwong
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There’s plenty of talent both behind and in front of the camera, but the result is somewhat disappointing.
Posted Jun 02, 2024
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Megalopolis
(2024)
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Wilson Kwong
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It’s truly difficult to qualify the beast of an experience that is Megalopolis, and because of that, there’s an undefinable elegance to Coppola’s twilight magnum opus. As much of a disaster this is, it sure is a beautiful one.
Posted Jun 02, 2024
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Black Dog
(2024)
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Wilson Kwong
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In one of his quietest, yet most impactful, performances to date, Eddie Peng shines in Guan Hu’s Black Dog.
Posted Jun 02, 2024
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Ghost Trail
(2024)
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Wilson Kwong
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Based on true events, Jonathan Millet’s Ghost Trail (Les Fantômes) is an enthralling political thriller that seethes with tension.
Posted Jun 02, 2024
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Wild Diamond
(2024)
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Wilson Kwong
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Despite traversing familiar territory, Agathe Riedinger still manages to impress with her feature directorial debut.
Posted Jun 02, 2024
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The Girl with the Needle
(2024)
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Wilson Kwong
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With haunting fervour and delectable narrative ambiguity, The Girl with the Needle (Pigen Med Nålen) seethes as a horror-esque film.
Posted Jun 02, 2024
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When The Light Breaks
(2024)
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Wilson Kwong
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With a short runtime of only 82 minutes, When the Light Breaks ( Ljósbrot) is a sombre Icelandic drama that shines in its truly restrained approach to storytelling.
Posted Jun 02, 2024
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All We Imagine as Light
(2024)
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Wilson Kwong
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All We Imagine as Light is an ode to finding beauty in life, despite (or perhaps in spite of) one’s circumstances.
Posted Jun 02, 2024
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Femme
(2023)
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Soham Gadre
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Femme is both mean and tender.
Posted Jun 02, 2024
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Limbo
(2023)
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Soham Gadre
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The atmosphere and desolate quietness of Limbo is what keeps it interesting despite the plot following several predictable steps and anticlimactic turns.
Posted Jun 02, 2024
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Art College 1994
(2023)
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Soham Gadre
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Art College 1994 resists nostalgia by making clear that college is a time of aching intellectual embarrassment.
Posted Jun 02, 2024
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Hundreds of Beavers
(2022)
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Jake Tropila
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Hundreds of Beavers is undoubtedly silly, but it’s a film with a lot of heart and wit, and it delivers what it promises, fashioning a wild piece of entertainment that sustains laughs for the entire runtime.
Posted Jun 02, 2024
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The Echo
(2023)
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Soham Gadre
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While the ‘slice of life’ approach to this film gives a broad brushstroke of life in the hinterlands it seems to flutter the way a moth does – just a bit too listlessly to bring forth the grand metaphorical parallels it etches.
Posted Apr 19, 2024
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