Ballad of a Small Player Review: TIFF 2025
With Edward Berger’s stylish direction and Colin Farrell at his magnetic best, Ballad of a Small Player is a gamble that pays off.
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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.
The End Review: Going Out on a High Note
Joshua Oppenheimer stages a dazzlingly bleak apocalyptic musical starring Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay with The End.
Contra Zoom Pod Episode 290: A24 Retrospective – The Souvenir
Contra Zoom Pod continue their retrospective of all of A24's films. This time, they're looking at The Souvenir and The Souvenir: Part II.
Problemista Review: To Slay the Dragon
Julio Torres and Tilda Swinton star in Problemista, a zany farce about the fallibility of the American dream.
Asteroid City Review
Asteroid City sees Wes Anderson at his most hopeful and political, tackling trauma, quarantine, and the mysteries of outer space. It's a welcome pivot.
Asteroid City Is Wes Anderson’s Wacky Ride with Meta-Theatre
Asteroid City sees Wes Anderson wrestle with the dynamics of stage and screen. It's a hoot, but his play-within-a-film sort of gets it backwards.
Cannes 2023: Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City Review
Our look at Asteroid City, the latest from Wes Anderson, a weird and wild film starring an absolute army of A-level talent.
The Criterion Shelf: Queer Britannia – A Derek Jarman Retrospective
Surveying the films of Derek Jarman in Criterion Channel's collection devoted to the singular artist, activist, and visionary queer voice.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Review: Cut from an Enchanted Forest
Guillermo del Toro creates Pinocchio anew as the beloved fairy tale is reimagined with dark vision and extraordinarily crafted characters.
Spoiled Rotten 202: Revisiting Doctor Strange
Ben and Daniel Revisit Doctor Strange!
Cannes 2022: Tilda Swinton, George Miller and Idris Elba on Three Thousand Years of Longing
Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton, filmmaker George Miller, and screenwriter Augusta Gore on their story about stories, Three Thousand Years of Longing.
Cannes 2022: George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing Review
Here's our Cannes 2022 review of director George Miller's highly anticipated Three Thousand Years of Longing – starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton.
The Criterion Shelf: Sundance Class of ’92: The Year Indie Exploded
Surveying the films in Criterion Channel's collection devoted to the 1992 Sundance Film Festival, including Brother's Keeper and In the Soup.
He Saved Latin: A Wes Anderson Retrospective
In preparation for the release of his tenth film, The French Dispatch, That Shelf takes a chronological look back at Wes Anderson’s sprawling, whimsical, and oftentimes biting filmography.
