In a twist for the ages, the greatest joke of Todd Phillips’ Joker sequel––which contains far fewer punchlines than the first, regardless of how they land––is ...
A ruthlessly efficient thriller fueled by boiling rage, Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge wastes no time setting the stakes. Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre) is liste...
Among the most-anticipated films on the fall festival circuit is the long-awaited return from Mike Leigh with Hard Truths. Marking a reunion with Secrets &...
Where’s the filth? I wrote down the question on page two of my notes, roughly about when Queer entered its second chapter, sending Lee (Daniel Craig) and his y...
After taking a bit of a break, not appearing in a film since 2022's Disenchanted, Amy Adams is back in full force this fall, leading Marielle Heller's A Beauti...
Killers of the Flower Moon's epilogue felt like the last word on true crime: a director with several based-on-a-true-story tales to his name emerging from behi...
It’s fall 1983 in the Pacific Northwest, a historical hotbed for white poverty and white-power mobilization. Flannels flow like wine, backcountry bowl cut-adja...
Welcome to a new episode of The Film Stage Show! Brian Roan and Robyn Bahr are joined by Jen Johans to discuss Kevin Costner's Horizon: An American Saga – Chap...
In life and in cinema, Pedro Almodóvar likes to talk about death. When people aren't losing their faculties in his films––like going blind (Folle... folle... f...
The Motorcycle Diaries director Walter Salles developed I’m Still Here for seven years before it premiered as part of Venice's Main Competition this year. That...