I kept waiting for My Valentine to really dig its nails in, up the stakes, connect emotionally or even viscerally, and was crestfallen when I realized that was simply never going to happen. | Continue reading
The director’s greatest asset here is surely Gelbakhiani. | Continue reading
A cinematic valentine straight from the mind and soul of writer/director Horace Jenkins. | Continue reading
Despite the obvious sincerity of the filmmakers, the best efforts of Jean Reno and Anjelica Huston, and some lovely scenery, it remains overly didactic, talking down to even the middle school audience it is aimed at. | Continue reading
A review of the new series Locke and Key, which premieres on Netflix on February 7. | Continue reading
An article about the American Pavilion's Insider's Cannes program, which has a reservation deadline of Saturday, February 15th. | Continue reading
An article about the upcoming weekend telecasts for the Academy Awards and the Film Independent Spirit Awards. | Continue reading
A review of the new USA Network series, Briarpatch. | Continue reading
A look at all this year's Oscar-nominated scores, and their chances of winning. | Continue reading
Margot Robbie is the most adorable sociopath you’d ever want to hang out and blow stuff up with in Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn). | Continue reading
A dispatch from the Sundance Film Festival on four movies that screened in the eclectic NEXT category. | Continue reading
A dispatch from Sundance on three documentaries that premiered at the festival, including the multi-award winner, Boys State. | Continue reading
Fifteen of the best movies we saw in Park City this year. | Continue reading
Our favorite acting turns of Sundance 2020. | Continue reading
A review of the new Netflix docuseries from Ava DuVernay's Array. | Continue reading
Reviews from Sundance of three films that played in the festival's Premieres section. | Continue reading
A look at all of this year's Oscar-nominated short films. | Continue reading
A dispatch from Sundance on two Midnight titles. | Continue reading
Scout Tafoya celebrates William Lustig's Vigilante in his latest video essay about maligned masterpieces. | Continue reading
A dispatch from Sundance on three films that were in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category. | Continue reading
A Sundance dispatch on three of this year's best documentaries that illustrate the breadth of storytelling in non-fiction filmmaking. | Continue reading
On two of the best premieres of Sundance 2020. | Continue reading
On three films from the Premieres section of Sundance 2020. | Continue reading
On three U.S. Dramatic Competition films of Sundance 2020, including two of the year's best. | Continue reading
A dispatch from Sundance on three U.S. Dramatic Competition films that had their world premiere this week. | Continue reading
On two of the most-buzzed films of Sundance, A24's Zola and Neon's Palm Springs. | Continue reading
The sincerity that Brie brings to her full-fledged embodiment of mental illness is major, and in turn helps Horse Girl overcome some of its tricky storytelling. | Continue reading
A dispatch from Sundance on two new international horror films. | Continue reading
This is incredible documentary filmmaking no matter your party affiliation, a must-see TV event. | Continue reading
On three dark films from Sundance about the violence of the human condition. | Continue reading
The Assistant, a very good film, is especially good on power dynamics. | Continue reading
The kind of low-key gem that horror fans are always looking for but so rarely find. | Continue reading
Blake Lively gives it her all in The Rhythm Section, but the movie only meets her halfway. | Continue reading
The Traitor is a massive self-contained microcosm: it exists just outside the realm of genre movie conventions and deep inside its unreliable protagonists’ hard-scrambled psyche. It’s a nightmare; it’s a gas. | Continue reading
Director/co-screenwriter Yaron Zilberman deftly blends archival footage with scenes of Yigal becoming increasingly committed to murdering the Prime Minister. | Continue reading
While the film’s characters are all realized by finely tuned performances, special mention must be made of Salanic for his complex and truly superb work as José. | Continue reading
An interview with Eliza Hittman, writer/director of "Never Rarely Sometimes Always," at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. | Continue reading
Highlights from the shorts programs at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. | Continue reading
A true Netflix Original Film paradox—not even a pause and rewind button at the ready will help it make much sense. | Continue reading
An interview with Carey Mulligan and Bo Burnham, the stars of Emerald Fennell's "Promising Young Woman." | Continue reading
A largely inferior American knockoff that's far less dynamic than the 2014 dark comedy it's based on. | Continue reading
On two Sundance films from the Midnight program, the excellent Relic and the promising Amulet. | Continue reading
Reviews of two World Dramatic Competition films that premiered at Sundance. | Continue reading
I was skeptical that this tragedy could be turned into an effective drama, but Garbus pulls it off, making smart decisions at every turn. | Continue reading
An interview with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell, stars of Nat Faxon and Jim Rash's Downhill, which had its world premiere at Sundance 2020. | Continue reading
On three of the most-buzzed docs of Sundance 2020, including the devastating latest from the directors of The Hunting Ground and The Invisible War. | Continue reading