Daniel Roher's 'Tuner' is the rare crowd-pleasing crime thriller that works just as well as a thoughtful character study. Propelled by Leo Woodall's breakout performance and a deeply immersive sonic perspective, this sharply tuned gem…
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When orphaned Māori woman Mary (Ariāna Osborne) travels to Victorian England in the 1800s to uncover the identities of the parents she never knew, she instead unearths heinous secrets with far-reaching implications for her family tree. Mārama, the New Zealand gothic horror film from director Taratoa Stappard, folds cultural appropriation and colonial violence into a...
‘Obsession’ feels like a dark-magic witch’s brew of Together, Fede Álvarez’s 2013 Evil Dead, and Big: a horrifying black comedy that takes big swings and somehow pulls them…
'Is God Is' is a flawed but compelling debut, anchored by two magnetic lead performances and Harris's sharp ear for dialogue. The translation from stage to screen doesn't…
The Ascent, directed by Francis Cronin, Edward Drake, and Scott Veltri, is a climbing documentary–true crime hybrid following bilateral amputee Mandy Horvath’s attempt to quite literally crawl up Mt. Kilimanjaro using only her hands and a whole lot of gumption. It’s a captivating stranger-than-fiction account that resists easy categorization, the film ably exploring Mandy’s difficult...
The Friend’s House is Here, written, directed, and produced by Hossein Keshavarz and Maryam Ataei, is a slice-of-life Iranian drama following two close friends navigating Tehran’s underground art world, where they risk staging performances featuring women without hijabs or dancing ever-so-slightly provocatively on social media, in defiance of state censorship. The film is an intimate,...
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When I told John Magaro I’d watched Omaha twice and was still recovering, he laughed and apologized. It’s a tough movie, but one that’s nevertheless rewarding and Magaro’s powerful, largely wordless turn powers the film confidently. Cole Webley’s debut feature, written by Robert Machoian, is a road trip movie with a dark destination, a slow-burn...
Bob Odenkirk does not read as an action star. He knows this. You know this. And yet, here he is, three films deep into an unlikely second act as a guy who takes and delivers beatings on screen with the kind of bruised conviction that most traditional action leads can’t touch. With Normal, directed by...
In 2026, Amanda Peet isn’t interested in holding anything back. In her most recent role in Fantasy Life, she plays Diane, a mother of three and working actor navigating a life that, on paper, is fully intact and quite successful, but internally feels much less stable. It’s a performance that resists easy categorization: there’s no...
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David Lowery's hypnotic 'Mother Mary' is a breakup song filtered through the lens of a ghost story, mounted with spectacular production elements…
A tired redux of decades of superior action-comedy movies, 'Normal' aspires to poke fun at the one-man army subset of the genre…
Julia Ducournau’s third French body horror 'Alpha' is a concussive portrait of a family strained by the specter of a deadly virus,…
A deeply cinematic and highly effective adaptation of Andy Weir’s novel, Project Hail Mary is anchored by a strong lead performance from…
Competent but unremarkable, ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’ is a horror-comedy sequel that’s mostly just a forgettable extension of the…
Not without its issues, Emerald Fennell's over-the-top take on 'Wuthering Heights' makes for a deliciously devious dark romance with alluring lead performances…
