It’s the last day of junior high for Minnie (Katherine Mallen Kupferer) and her best friend Callie (Chloe Coleman); the veil of adulthood has never felt as thi...
The new film from Anthony Chen takes a minute to find its rhythm. For the first hour or so of its admittedly substantial runtime, I couldn’t help but wonder if...
To belong to the diaspora is to inhabit a paradox: a state of in-betweenness, neither fully inside or outside one’s home and adoptive countries. Films tryi...
Moulding cruel or nihilistic characters into darkly attractive protagonists requires a deceptively delicate touch. We’ve grown so used to seeing it done effort...
It’s rare for a film as good as First Light to slip through the cracks of the major festivals. This debut feature from Filipino-Australian director James J...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Fantastic Fest coverage. The film opens in theaters on February 13.
I didn’t realize just how...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 BFI London coverage. The film opens in theaters on February 13.
Telling an authentic, politic...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. The film opens in theaters on February 13.
Offering a twist on the body-sw...
Spoiler culture may be one of the lowest forms of film conversation, but there are times when it simply must be invoked. This is to say that Nirvanna the B...
Is the sight of the human tongue really so shocking? Were 1996 audiences ducking in their seats à la L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat when Matthew Lil...
