'Queer' Review: Guadagnino Explores Esotericism With a Poignant, Homoerotic Portrait of Relationships

Rendy Jones 12/9/24 Rendy Jones 12/9/24

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'Queer' Review: Guadagnino Explores Esotericism With a Poignant, Homoerotic Portrait of Relationships

Artistic approach aside, I find Queer to be Guadagnino's most inventive and confident work to date.

'Anora' Review: Mikey Madison Slays as a Sex-Worker Who Pulls Herself up by the Stilettos

Rendy Jones 10/21/24 Rendy Jones 10/21/24

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'Anora' Review: Mikey Madison Slays as a Sex-Worker Who Pulls Herself up by the Stilettos

Sean Baker's Anora is a remarkable portrait of the American dreamers and go-getters of the Gen-Z kind.

‘Oh, Canada’ Review: Paul Schrader Dissects an Dying Director's Mortality in Soulful, Reflective Drama

Rendy Jones 10/11/24 Rendy Jones 10/11/24

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‘Oh, Canada’ Review: Paul Schrader Dissects an Dying Director's Mortality in Soulful, Reflective Drama

NYFF 2024: A soulful look at the mortality of man, and the finest Paul Schrader has been in years.

‘Pavements’ Review: Alex Ross Perry Blends Fact, Fiction, and Trolling with Hilarious Experimental Music-Doc

Rendy Jones 10/8/24 Rendy Jones 10/8/24

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‘Pavements’ Review: Alex Ross Perry Blends Fact, Fiction, and Trolling with Hilarious Experimental Music-Doc

Perry achieves the ultimate feat of having one's cake and eating it too.

Feb 24, 2025

'Opus' Review: A Celebrity Cult Thriller Full of Sour Notes

Not even Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich can save this "We have Get Out and The Menu at home" misfire.

Feb 19, 2025

'Atropia' Review: Military Satire Has Wit and Romance, but Not Much Else | Sundance 2025

Barely a movie, more of a backdoor pilot for an FX series that would have aired in 2009.

Feb 14, 2025

'Paddington in Peru' Review: Paddington's Threequel is a Charming Adventure, but Lacks That Paul King Touch

Britain’s politest bear is back when it feels like the world needs him most.

Feb 11, 2025

'By Design' Review: Juliette Lewis Shines as a Chair in Esoteric Feminist Take on the Body Swap Formula | Sundance 2025

Only Amanda Kramer could make me believe that being inanimate feels more exciting than being alive.

Feb 2, 2025

‘Oh, Hi!’ Review: Molly Gordon Puts Logan Lerman Through Misery in Sophie Brooks' Dark, Saucy Situationship Rom-com | Sundance 2025

Now to watch every girl trick their situationship in a cabin in the woods and leave them chained. As they should.

‘Magic Farm’ Review: Amalia Ulman's Stylish, Witty Satire Sees American Journalists Stranded in Argentina | Sundance 2025

Like a long episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia if the gang were millennials.

Jan 20, 2025

'One of Them Days' Review: Keke Palmer and SZA Rebirths the Cozy Mid-Budget Studio Buddy Comedy

A delightful, cozy buddy comedy caper with the right amount of raunch and heart.

Dec 29, 2024

‘A Complete Unknown‘ Review: Timothée Chalamet Rocks in Rather Restrained Bob Dylan Biopic

Adheres to the conformity of the music biopic format in all its Wikipedia-page-turned-screenplay characteristics.

Dec 21, 2024

'Sonic The Hedgehog 3' Review: The Blue Blur's Best Movie Yet

Works as a superb adaptation of Sonic Adventure 2 and the most refined Sonic film installment to date.

Dec 14, 2024

‘September 5’ Review: Newsroom Thriller About the Munich Massacre is Well Made Yet Ill-Timed

September 5 is so wrapped up in trying to be apolitical with this pivotal moment in media journalism history that it forgot to instill humanity or a moral compass.

Dec 13, 2024

‘Kraven the Hunter’ Review: Lame Spidey Spin-off Can’t Hunt Enough to Justify its Existence

So long Sony Marvel Universe, don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Dec 10, 2024

'The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim' Review: A War It Was, Indeed

The War of the Rohirrim, proves that Middle Earth is gorgeous in all mediums, even though it's bottled in a rather underwhelming tale.

Dec 9, 2024

Dec 3, 2024

'The Last Showgirl' Review: A Poignant American Portrait of the Overlooked Vegas Working-class

This is a role we have never seen Pamela Anderson in before, and she is razzle-dazzling throughout.

Nov 18, 2024

'Vermiglio' Review: A Visually Mesmerizing and Powerfully Potent Historical Family Drama

What if I told you that one of the year’s finest dramas takes place in a remote Italian mountain town set in 1944?

Nov 16, 2024

'Red One' Review: A Lump of Coal Would’ve Been Better Than this Dreadful Christmas Comedy

an overpriced dreck of a Christmas movie devoid of Yuletide cheer.

Nov 8, 2024

‘My Old Ass’ Review: A Delightful Coming-of-age and Coming-out-as-bi Comedy

Megan Park is two for two with a strong and resonant flick about reconciling with your younger self.

Oct 31, 2024

'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl' Review: Aardman Delivers Another Smashing Wallace & Gromit Classic

Wallace & Gromit. They are Britain's finest export right next to Paddington Bear.

Oct 28, 2024

'Venom: The Last Dance’ Review: SymBrock Face their Curtain Call in Another Typical Sony/Marvel Mess

A mediocre finale to a rather lackluster superhero trilogy.

Oct 23, 2024

'Flow Review: Gints Zilbalodis’ Animated Animal Adventure Flick is a Refreshing, Near-Meow-ster Piece

Like ‘Homeward Bound’ in a biblical sense, but with no dialogue and GameCube-era cel-shaded textures.

Oct 21, 2024

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Oct 8, 2024

'Queer' Review: Guadagnino Explores Esotericism With a Poignant, Homoerotic Portrait of Relationships

'Anora' Review: Mikey Madison Slays as a Sex-Worker Who Pulls Herself up by the Stilettos

‘Oh, Canada’ Review: Paul Schrader Dissects an Dying Director's Mortality in Soulful, Reflective Drama

‘Pavements’ Review: Alex Ross Perry Blends Fact, Fiction, and Trolling with Hilarious Experimental Music-Doc

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