Certain warning signs might signal a film’s poor quality: calendar release date, lack of promotional materials, a lack of press screenings, late embargoes, a l...
While this year's Sundance Film Festival continues through the weekend, including online viewing nationwide, the winners have been unveiled, with Beth de Araúj...
Carousel is a movie out of time. Working with Chris Pine and Jenny Slate, writer-director Rachel Lambert has constructed a delicate, patient, slice-of-life pic...
Perspective is everything in Beth de Araújo’s Josephine, a stomach-churning drama focused on the loss of innocence and the ill-equipped guidance—both parental ...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 NYFF coverage. The Love That Remains opens in theaters on January 30.
Hlynur Pálmason’s f...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. A Poet opens in theaters on January 30.
Far removed from the mournful yearni...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Berlinale coverage. Islands opens in theaters on January 30.
Sam Riley stars as Tom, a washed...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Thessaloniki coverage. When the Light Breaks is now available digitally.
Watching When the Li...
The extended opening of The Incomer, written and directed by Louis Paxton, is very funny and engaging. That the film never reaches those heights again is somet...
undertone (stylized all-lowercase) writer-director Ian Tuason staged his debut feature entirely in his Toronto childhood home with only two on-screen actors, w...