‘Wicker’ sets its sights on being the next romantic phenomenon as this offbeat romance story makes great use of its novel premise and two talented leads.
Read MoreAfter taking the world by storm with ‘Godzilla Minus One’, director Takashi Yamazaki returns with the highly anticipated follow-up ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’, a miraculously satisfying sequel that only enhances the visual and emotional scope.
Read MoreYet again, the work of author Jane Austen has been mined for the big screen in Georgia Oakley’s new adaptation of ‘Sense And Sensibility’. Thankfully, in Oakley’s capable hands, this adaptation is absurdly delightful and deeply romantic.
Read MoreSixteen years after the cultural phenomenon that was ‘The Social Network’, writer/director Aaron Sorkin has returned with a follow-up in ‘The Social Reckoning’, a timely and compelling film that functions more as a companion piece than a sequel.
Read MoreTom 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.
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