Tag: U.S. Indie Film Review
The Man I Love | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review
It is Seldom That a Dream Comes True: Sachs Sends Regard with Poignant Elegy
In the realm of contemporary queer auteurs, there isn’t anyone quite...
Paper Tiger | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review
In the Forests of the Night: Gray Frames Fearful Symmetry
Had James Gray been prolific during the glory days of New Hollywood from the late...
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review
The Story of O: Schoenbrun Approaches the Horrific Desire Inside Us All
The inextricable union of victim, victimizer, and witness becomes a metatextual balancing act...
Erupcja | Review
Sympathy Is A Knife: Charli xcx Shines In This Snapshot Of Falling Out Of Love
In 1927, The New York Times declared that Warsaw had...
Queen at Sea | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
(Get) Away From Her: Hammer Returns with Elder Ethical Dilemma
It’s been nearly twenty years since Lance Hammer’s 2008 debut Ballast announced a major new...
At the Sea | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
Days of Wine and Poses: Mundruczo Dances Around the Trauma
Hungarian filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó aims to repeat the critical acclaim following his Academy Award nominated...
Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! | 2026 Sundance Film Festival Review
Strictly Soft Gloom: Wladyka's Bereft Bliss Puts Spotlight on Rinko Kikuchi
Healing comes in baby steps — and dance steps in Josef Kubota Wladyka’s warm...
Father Mother Sister Brother | Review
Terms of Estrangement: Jarmusch’s Amusing Triptych on Familial Labors
If each unhappy family is unhappy in their own way, there are still a wide variety...
Jay Kelly | Review
It’s a Non-Refundable Life: Baumbach Explores the Sacrifices of Fame
George Clooney headlines what could be interpreted as an approximation of his own experiences in...
Die My Love | Review
Images of Yellow Wallpaper: Ramsay Charts a Psychotic Break
For her first narrative feature in eight years, Lynne Ramsay returns with Die My Love, based...
The Mastermind | Review
Thieves Like Us: Reichardt Wanders with an Inscrutable Slacker
Abstract paintings are not the only undefined objects in The Mastermind, the latest from Kelly Reichardt,...
Blue Moon | Review
The Unbearable Lightness of Seeing: Linklater Pays Homage to a Broken Hart
Lorenz Hart was a lonely hunter. If you believe you haven’t heard of...
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You | Review
You’ll Like My Mother: Bronstein Lets Us Feel the Byrne
Motherhood approaches the verge of the horrific in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,...
The Smashing Machine | Review
Raging Lull: Safdie Pays Homage to a Trailblazer
The ultimate purpose of The Smashing Machine, the latest film from Benny Safdie, is to give credit...
No Sleep Till | Review
Eye of the Norm: Simpson Looks at Coastal Coasting with Minimalist, Passive POV
There is a new breed of emerging American indie filmmakers who are...
Eddington | Review
No Country for Smart Men: Aster Satirizes the Obvious
It would seem all is actually for naught in Eddington, Ari Aster’s sprawling, meandering fourth and...
The Phoenician Scheme | Review
Much Ado About Fussing: Anderson Spills More Twee
The Wes Anderson devotee cult has been searching for a way to justify his cinematic sainthood following...
Eephus | Review
Diamonds Are Not Forever: Lund Looks Beyond America's Favorite Pastime
Even with a full count of three balls and two strikes, it may seem...
Nosferatu (2024) | Review
Basic Instincts: Eggers Taps Into the Bloodlust with Vampy Remake
It would seem there’s no one more fitting than Robert Eggers to mount a remake...
Babygirl | Review
Fuck Like No One’s Watching: Reijn Delivers Prudent & Provocative Sexual Odyssey
“There is to my mind no doubt that the concept of beautiful had...
Nickel Boys | Review
No Country for Black Men: Ross Reforms the Cinema with Distinctive Adaptation
In many ways, Nickel Boys, the narrative debut from director RaMell Ross,...
Taste The Revolution | 2024 Red Sea Intl. Film Festival Review
Revolution Summer: Klein Unearths A Political Satire Over 20 Years In The Making
Making a movie is all about timing. If you’re lucky, you get...
Oh, Canada | Review
Pieces of a Man: Schrader Explores Atonement in Toned Down Adaptation
Throughout his illustrious career as a director and screenwriter, Paul Schrader has specialized in...
Nightbitch | Review
All About My Mother: Amy Adams Goes to the Dogs In Marielle Heller’s Barking Mad Dramedy
“Motherhood is fucking brutal,” Amy Adams’ unnamed Mother seethes...
Anora | Review
Fools Russia In: Baker’s Bangin’ Screwball Comedy
At this point in his career, filmmaker Sean Baker seems to have covered all the major facets of...
Megalopolis | Review
Atlas Farted: Coppola’s Labor of Love a Lackluster Saga
While he’s one of the greatest film directors of all time, mostly thanks to a handful...
A Different Man | Review
The Face of Another: Schimberg Scrutinizes the Pratfalls of Face Value
Those familiar with his 2018 sophomore film Chained for Life will likely notate director...
MaXXXine | Review
A Touch of Minx: West Concludes Ersatz ‘Trilogy’ with a Moan
It’s an impressive endeavor to unleash three consecutive, thematically related films within the span...
Kinds of Kindness | Review
Bounds of Boundaries: Lanthimos Entertains Himself with Bizarre Triptych
It’s safe to say Yorgos Lanthimos has undoubtedly entered the oblivious, self-indulgent era of his career...
Thelma | Review
Grandma Scamma: Margolin Steals a Win with Squibb
Although there’s a prodigious sub-genre of kooky comedies featuring elderly resilient women (though more often in European...
Maestro | Review
The Music Man: Coopers Conducts Intimate Portrait of Leonard Bernstein
For his sophomore directorial effort, Bradley Cooper maneuvers once again with music in Maestro, an...
May December | Review
Tarnished Angels: Haynes Curates a New Dazzling Cult Classic
Had Brian De Palma been keen on rehashing Douglas Sirk instead of Hitchcock, he might have...
Manodrome | Review
Wrecked Ralph: Trengove Gazes into the Weaponization of Masculinity in Unsettling Character Study
Playwright and activist Eve Ensler commented on a 2017 panel regarding how...
The Killer | Review
Assassin’s Creed: Fincher Sculpts More Murder Into Art
There’s simply no room for error in some professions, chief among them the business of expert assassins,...
Priscilla | Review
La Belle Captive: Coppola Pays Homage to America’s Archetypal Child-Bride
Priscilla Beaulieu Presley published her memoir Elvis & Me in 1985, which spawned a 1988...
Fingernails | Review
Science Can’t Contain True Love In Nikou’s Charming & Romantic English Language Debut
Big Data and artificial intelligence are already reshaping how we think about...
She Came to Me | Review
Guilty of Romance: Miller Weaves a Wacky and Disarmingly Charming Love Tapestry
To those who think the possibilities of heartfelt romantic comedies dried up in...
The Beanie Bubble [Video Review]
Producers: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Karen Lunder
Executive Producers: Zach Galifianakis, Douglas S. Jones
Directors: Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash, Jr.
Writer: Kristin Gore.
Director of Photography: Steven...
Asteroid City | Review
The Lost City of Twee: Anderson Continues Quest of Counterfeit Sentiments
Somewhere along the way, over the past twenty years, Wes Anderson’s style completely...
Past Lives | Review
Tell Me That You Love Me, Nora Moon: Song Explores Destiny and Longing in Potent Debut
Romance cut short before it reaches full bloom is...
Master Gardener | Review
That Shall He Also Reap: Schrader Sows the Seeds of Fate with Metaphorical Blossoms
The seeds of hate are sown the same as seeds of...
Somewhere in Queens | Review
Sticks and Stones: Romano’s Lovable Directorial Debut
Ray Romano’s first foray into acting-directing, Somewhere in Queens, is an uproarious family drama more akin to Little...
Showing Up | Review
Bird is the Word: Reichardt Returns with Warm Portrait of Art and Ennui
To some it may seem too slight and to others just right,...
When You Finish Saving the World | Review
A Tube with a View: Eisenberg Debuts Gentle Narrative on Misplaced Intentions
‘Familiarity breeds contempt,’ could have been the tagline for Jesse Eisenberg’s lovely, low-key...
Women Talking | Review
Polley's Fierce and Tender Adaptation of Miriam Toews' novel is a Stirring Exploration of Faith, Love & Survival
There may not be a word in...
The Whale | Review
Charlie and the Tragedy Factory: Aronofsky Returns with Potent Chamber-piece on Despair and Redemption
Obesity is far from the only morbid element marinating the bleak...
White Noise | Review
Death Wishes: Baumbach Dons DeLillo’s Satirical Death March
The characters anchoring the existential narrative of White Noise have kindly stopped for death, so consumed with...
Bones and All | Review
All the Fine Young Cannibals: Guadagnino Crafts Grisly, Devouring Love Story
“It’s amazing what you can do with a cheap piece of meat if you...
Call Jane | Review
It Could Happen To You: Nagy Recuperates the Resiliency of Women in Sophisticated Melodrama
Camille Paglia, with her signature dramatic panache, might be among those...
Armageddon Time | Review
A Great White Hype: Gray Explores the Farce of the American Dream in Coming of Age Portrait
Where are we going? Where have we been?...
