Tag: reviews
A Quiet Place: Day One Is a Prequel Done Right
Something strange is happening at multiplexes this year. No, not the total…
The Bear Leaves Us Hungry in Season 3
While a nation has spent the past two years saying a hearty…
In Janet Planet, a Brilliant Playwright Makes a Promising Film Debut
Annie Baker is one of the great American theater artists of her…
The Bikeriders Is a Mellow Motorcycle Movie with One Knockout Performance
Where do men go for a little camaraderie, some fun and companionship…
Inside Out 2 Gives Us Mixed Feelings
It’s been almost a decade since the premiere of Pixar’s Inside Out,…
The Rediscovery of “Naked Acts” Expands Film History
Movies that rely on symbolism usually do so through conspicuous artifice, whether…
The Boys Is Bleaker Than Ever in Season 4
Imagine America barreling toward fascist doom as an election looms. Imagine billionaires…
The World Needs Films Like ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’
EMBARGOED UNTIL FRIDAY, May 24 at 5:48PM CET / 11:48am ESTOne kind…
‘Anora’ Is a Raucous Good Time With a Gut-Punch of an Ending
The director Sean Baker has, in recent years, been moving closer toward…
A Fearless Demi Moore Faces the Horrors of Aging—or Not—in ‘The Substance’
In the 1990s, Demi Moore was briefly the highest-paid actress in the…
The First Part of Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon: An American Saga’ Bodes Poorly for Parts 2, 3, and 4
Thirty-four years ago, Kevin Costner debuted his corny, stirring, culturally iffy Western…
Zoe Saldaña Stars in ‘Emilia Pérez,’ a Movie Unlike Any Other
In French auteur Jacques Audiard’s new film Emilia Pérez, which premiered at…