Sundance 2025: Plainclothes Review
Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey burn up the screen in Plainclothes, although truly chaotic editing often snuffs their spark.
Sundance 2025: Brides Review
Brides explores the nature of radicalization through the eyes of U.K. teens who run away from home to join a militant group in Syria.
Sundance 2025: Twinless Review
SundanceAudience Award winner Twinless, starring James Sweeney and Dylan O'Brien, delivers double the fun, double the heart, and double the feels.
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story Review
New documentary Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story is a near-definitive history of one of the most electrifying performers of the 20th century.
Sundance 2025: Sweet Talkin’ Guy, Somebody Cares, We’re Not Done Yet
There are plenty of wonderful short films playing #Sundance this year! We briefly look at Sweet Talkin' Guy, Somebody Cares, and We're Not Done Yet.
Sundance 2025: Hold Me Close
Hold Me Close is a wonderful documentary short that follows a Black queer couple living life on their own terms.
Flight Risk Review: The First Bomb of 2025
Dodgy CGI, a bad script, and a bored director. Wahlberg in full-on scenery-chewing mode is the only thing Flight Risk has going for it.
I’m Still Here Review: Walter Salles’ Welcome Return
A story rooted in a moment of Brazil’s history, Walter Salles’ latest, I’m Still Here, goes beyond politics to present a portrait of a family rocked by instability and uncertainty.
Star Trek: Section 31 Review
Star Trek: Section 31 has fun characters, great lines and some dazzling tech, but fails to live up to its promise.
Presence Review
Steven Soderbergh’s slow-burn thriller Presence delivers a fresh take on haunted house horror.
Hard Truths Review
Mike Leigh's Hard Truths is a stunning, compassionate portrait of humanity likely to be counted among his very best. Marianne Jean-Baptiste's performance is unforgettable.
Nightbitch Review
Amy Adams gives a career-best performance in Nightbitch playing a mother going to the dogs in this wicked black comedy.
Wolf Man Review: The Reboot Starts Promisingly, Ends With a Whimper
Leigh Whannell's latest addition to the Universal Monsters universe, Wolf Man, starts strong, but ends with a whimper.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig Review
Master filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof returns with another rousingly political drama, this one following a family torn apart by a missing gun.
The Room Next Door Review: Or, Women Talking
Pedro Almodóvar's The Room Next Door highlights his gift for gab in a talky drama starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore.
