A Spellbinding Argentinian Character Study
The venerable but overcrowded “unraveling woman” subgenre gets a shot in the arm with The Currents (Las Corrientes),…
‘Exit 8’ TIFF Review – Liminal Looping Horror Has Endless Creativity But Minimal Plot
Video games’ capabilities of immersing players directly in their horror rarely translate evenly to film. Even more so…
Sigourney Weaver Thinks Dust Bunny Is an Instant Classic for Kids – Despite R Rating
“Dust Bunny” director Bryan Fuller has a bone to pick with one cinema classic. “My gripe with ‘The…
Angelina Jolie in Wispy Paris Fashion Week Drama
Genre-hopping French writer-director Alice Winocour describes Couture as a “memento mori,” but its contemplative musings on mortality, trauma…
You Can’t Look Away From Cooper Hoffman
In Poetic License, Hoffman is like a Gen-Z Vince Vaughn, bullshitting sophistication at a mile a minute, but…
Russell Crow & Rami Malek in Potent, Timely Drama
In the days immediately following the end of World War II in Europe, a U.S. Supreme Court justice…
Baz Luhrmann Talks About His New Elvis Presley Documentary
Baz Luhrmann and Elvis Presley are, it seems, forever intertwined. While speaking with TheWrap on Sunday at the…
Leslie Mann in Maude Apatow’s Directorial Bow
Maude Apatow’s directorial debut Poetic License is an intergenerational coming-of-age film about an aimless middle-aged wife and mother…
John Early’s Triumphant Bulimia Comedy
Before streaming, the made-for-television movie was a major form of home entertainment. Unlike direct-to-video films, TV movies were…
Chris Evans in Romain Gavras’ Heady Cult Thriller
At first, it seems that Sacrifice, from French director Romain Gavras, is trying to do its best Triangle…
Cillian Murphy Swaps ‘Oppenheimer’ Bombast for Raw Drama in ‘Steve’
Post-Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy has used his Oscar cache to get the films he wants made. In the two…
The Best Knives Out Movie Yet
Although “Wake Up Dead Man” is the “Knives Out” movie that’s most preoccupied with existential questions surrounding death,…