Luca Guadagninoโs โChallengersโ is a tawdry, repetitive, sports-driven relationship drama elevated and almost saved entirely by robust filmmaking.
Take it either as โBull Durhamโ (1988) but...
The Smallbone family has a story tailor-made for the big screen. Scratch that. Itโs almost too remarkable to fit on any screen.
The Australian clan came to America with little more than a dream to...
Alex Garland wasnโt kidding.
The writer/director of โCivil Warโ said his dystopian thriller didnโt take political sides. The film bears that out, focusing entirely on journalists scrambling to...
Horror and dumb go together like peas and cah-rots, to paraphrase Forrest Gump.
Think: Thereโs a serial killer on the loose โฆ letโs split up!
The monster sure looks like itโs dead. Letโs...
The Coens. The Russos. The Farrellys. The Duplasses. The Safdies.
The Chinas?
No, Paul and Benjamin China arenโt in the rarified air of those famous directorial duos. Not even close.
Still, the...
Confession: This critic loves movies where innocents scramble in the woods while something or someone hunts them down.
Think of thrillers like โBackcountryโ or the sublime โAloneโ as prime examples.
The...
Every kid deserves a pet, but the young heroine in โStingโ gets more than she bargained for.
The latest arachnid thriller spins from a familiar premise but turns into a family affair.
Sound confusing?...
No movie franchise is safe from revival.
Now, itโs โThe Omenโsโ turn despite a weak 2006 attempt to give the devil his due. Again.
โThe First Omenโ craves a do-over.
The prequel follows...
Hollywoodโs quest for inclusivity is both maddening and noble.
Forced diversity and Oscar-themed box checking are anathema to the creative process. Allowing more voices to share their stories?
Wonderful.
Enter...
Adam Wingardโs โGodzilla x Kong: The New Empireโ is silly, exciting and astonishing in its lack of originality.
It cobbles a bursting-apart screenplay from at least 20 other movies.
Rebecca...
Wim Wendersโ โPerfect Daysโ is the portrait of a life that might seem small and simple, but is full of insight, discipline, and steady rewards.
It stars Koji Yakusho, in a performance that won...
Colin and Cameron Cairnesโ โLate Night with the Devilโ presents itself as a documentary about a haunted episode of a 1977 talk show, which we see in full.
Following a recap of how once-promising...
Liam Neesonโs post-โTakenโ career has been a blessing and a curse for the Oscar nominee.
Yes, he works constantly as an in-demand action hero even as he enters his 70s. The films in question are...
You could excuse โGhostbusters: Afterlifeโ for wallowing in nostalgia.
The reboot/sequel had to wash away the stain of the 2016 โGhostbusters: Answer the Callโ while making amends with the franchise...
The 1989 film โRoad Houseโ isnโt a classic. Itโs more like a โclassic.โ
Patrick Swayzeโs honky tonk romp is both deeply flawed and a cherished โ80s film. Any attempt to remake it seems...
โThe Zone of Interestโ kept the camera away from the Nazi atrocities.
We watched a โnormalโ German family literally living next door to a concentration camp. Only the nauseating sounds of the...
One of the greatest works of criticism about the Coen brothers comes from Screentakesโs Jennine Lanouette in her review of โInside Llewyn Davis.โ
The 2013 drama is arguably one of Joel and Ethan...
Frances Xavier Cabrini wouldnโt take no for an answer.
The Italian immigrant known as Mother Cabrini pushed past patriarchal bullies, making history with every selfless act.
Sheโs no Girlboss,...
Love often blooms between damaged souls, but in โLove Lies Bleedingโ thereโs another element in play.
Iron. The story of a female bodybuilder falling for the daughter of a small-town thug feels...
Drone warfare changed how America goes to war and, to an extent, the way filmmakers bring combat scenes to life.
The bravura 2015 film โEye in the Skyโ explored the morality of pushing buttons to...
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