Tom Cruise sets his sights on Oscar gold with ‘Digger’, a timely, wildly ambitious and bold swing that is a thunderous wake up call as much as it is a deeply entertaining, potent social satire.
Read More‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’ is a sidestepping melodrama in a way that Kiwi films do so effortlessly. It is an unflinching and uncompromising slice-of-life story about a teenage girl’s desire to be seen.
Read MoreRobert Pattinson steps into the slippery skin of Chris Hansen in A24’s ‘Primetime’, a riveting, filthy and hypnotic character study that has firmly entered the awards conversation.
Read MoreMahershala Ali and director Bassam Tariq team up for Amazon’s ‘Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother’, a soulful and visceral knockout with a sharp blade and plenty on its mind.
Read MoreAfter collaborating on the war epic ‘Fury’, director David Ayer and star Brad Pitt have reunited for the new survival film ‘Heart of the Beast, a fiercely gripping and emotionally compelling tale of companionship put to the test.
Read MoreDreamworks is back with ‘Forgotten island’, a zany, wildly entertaining and heartfelt family adventure that continues to showcase a wonderful evolution for the beloved animation studio.
Read MoreDespite impassioned performances by Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, Florian Zeller has proven incapable of making thought-provoking films as his flop streak continues with ‘Bunker’.
Read MoreDirector Peter Farrelly decides to tell the underdog story behind the underdog story in a heartwarming, albeit low-stakes award contender, ‘I Play Rocky’.
Read MoreSomeone, someday, and honestly maybe they already have, will tell a good story and execute a good film surrounding this premise. Unfortunately, ‘Paradise Lost’ is not that film.
Read MoreDirector Rachel Morrison’s sophomore outing, ‘Love Of Your Life’ retains the emotional sensibilities of her knockout debut, albeit in a somewhat dull story.
Read MoreImpassioned performances from Ruth Madeley and Mark Ruffalo save Sian Heder’s ‘Being Heumann’ from being a misfire, but the film’s flaws stick out like a sore thumb.
Read MoreCristian Mungiu’s ‘Fjord’ delivers a beautiful yet deeply isolating and singular narrative about a family in crisis, making for one of this year’s best.
Read More‘Clarissa’, the latest film from Arie and Chuko Esiri, which swaps Virginia Woolf’s 1920’s London for both a contemporary and 1980’s/90’s Nigeria in a brilliant reimagining of the classic.
Read MoreWillem Dafoe and Greta Lee give two of the year’s most moving and profoundly tragic performances in Kent Jones’ ‘Late Fame’.
Read MoreDirector Ridley Scott returns with his latest film ‘The Dog Stars’, an adaptation of the beloved novel by Peter Heller that thankfully leans far more human than apocalypse.
Read MoreDespite one of the year’s best ensembles, Karim Aïnouz and Efthimis Filippou’s reinterpretation of a Marco Bellocchio classic in ‘Rosebush Pruning’ ends up being a massive nothingburger.
Read MoreMatt Johnson deconstructs – and complicates – the very nature of biopics by drawing a tragic portrait of Anthony Bourdain’s youth in the masterful ‘Tony’.
Read MoreDespite an incredible lead performance from Haruka Ayase, fillmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda struggles to translate many ideas on screen in ‘Sheep in the Box’, making it a massive misstep for the prolific Japanese auteur.
Read MoreTom Holland’s wall-crawler is back on the big screen yet again in ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’, an installment that is not only the best entry in the series yet, but one of the best Spider-Man films - period.
Read MoreIn yet another display of Christopher Nolan’s ambition, this latest film adaptation of ‘The Odyssey’ marks a new high in Nolan’s already impressive filmography.
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