Fantasia Review: Free Country Transports Spanish Thriller to Post-Reunified Germany

From post-Francoist State Spain to post-reunified Germany, director Christian Alvart moves Alberto Rodríguez and Rafael Cobos' Goya Award-winning thriller Mars...

First Trailer for Romola Garai’s Directorial Debut Amulet Finds Scares Upstairs

Even as the majority of theaters are closed, with films like Relic and The Beach House arriving this month, it's a good time to be a horror film this summer. L...

The King of Staten Island Review: Pete Davidson is Adrift in Judd Apatow’s Affecting Quasi-Comedy

With his hands on the steering wheel driving down the highway, Scott (Pete Davidson) closes his eyes, ready to crash into what lies ahead and explode into flam...

Ken Loach on the Stresses of the Gig Economy and Why He Believes in Bernie Sanders

More than Ken Loach’s Palme d'Or for I, Daniel Blake, the film’s Prize of the Ecumenical Jury–Special Mention indicates the nature of Loach and Paul Laverty’s ...

New to Streaming: A Hidden Life, Kelly Reichardt, There Will Be Blood & More

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles ...

The Night Clerk Review: Tye Sheridan & Ana de Armas Get Caught Up in a Murder Mystery

There's a scene in Michael Cristofer's The Night Clerk where lead character Bart Bromley (Tye Sheridan) misreads a situation and kisses a woman. His Asperger's...

Sundance Review: The Last Thing He Wanted is a Dull, Lethargic Debacle

There are myriad reasons why a film can fall far short of its ambitions. A lack of funds to truly achieve a vision, an unpolished script forced into production...

Rotterdam Review: Arun Karthick’s Nasir is a Beautiful, Beguilingly Simple Drama

Here’s a film for which the label “low-key” feels particularly misleading, one whose power resides in its simplicity, in its ability to conjure grace out of a ...

Sundance Review: Noémie Merlant Falls in Love with an Amusement Park Ride in Jumbo

“Another day working as the nighttime janitor at the tiny French amusement park. Everyone keeps asking me if they can fuck the Tilt-A-Whirl ride. Buddy, they w...

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Review: J.J. Abrams Crash Lands with Pandering Finale

As the culmination of what George Lucas began four decades prior, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker needs to conclude the Skywalker Saga and directly follow thi...