We’ve seen variations on the themes of Sacramento before, but thanks to a willing and able cast that includes Michael Cera as the anxiety-ridden Glenn and director/co-writer Michael Angarano as […]
The premise is deceptively simple, but when a mostly two-location thriller with only a handful of characters gets placed into the hands of producers like Jason Blum and Michael Bay, […]
Based on the novel by Robert Littell (which was already made into a 1981 film of the same name), The Amateur is the story of an introverted decoder and analyst […]
Right at the top of the new war drama from co-directors Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation, Civil War) and Ray Mendoza (the military technical adviser on Civil War), a title […]
Based on the true and seemingly inconsequential story of Michael Larson (played by Paul Walter Hauser), an unemployed ice cream truck driver who made a bit of a splash on […]
There are movies, and there are musicals. There are even movie musicals. But the musical movie is something else entirely. These are films where the narrative itself is music-based. Films […]
With its roots in Chicago theater, the story of Eric LaRue is set in an anonymous suburban community in the aftermath of a shocking crime committed by the high school-age […]
Relationships always have the potential to be fraught, but that of a parent and child is perhaps the most uniquely challenging. As such, filmmakers have long been exploring these connections […]
About six miles north of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is a satellite campus known as The Cloisters, a set of medieval stone buildings set at the top of […]
When I first sat down to watch Misericordia, I naively assumed that it would avoid the cliché hallmarks of French films: sex, death, existential angst. I was wrong, of course, […]
Between Borders, directed by Mark Freiburger, is inspired by the true story of the Petrosyan family as they seek refugee status in the United States following the fall of the […]
This is a repost of a review originally published in 2023. Actor Jonathan Majors is about to have a substantial year. In addition to beginning his reign of multiverse-jumping terror […]