Review: Teen Slasher There’s Someone Inside Your House Gives Audiences a Reason to Care
Staying in the wheelhouse of horror films that focus on high schoolers, Netflix’s latest horror entry is There’s Someone Inside…
Review: In Titane, French Filmmaker Julia Ducournau Tops Even Herself in This Brutal, Intense and Powerful Film
In 2016’s Raw, her feature directorial debut, French filmmaker Julia Ducournau created an intense thriller in every sense of the…
Review: My Name is Pauli Murray Is a Fitting Tribute to an American Icon with a Legacy in Activism, Art and More
One of the best parts of attending a film festival (and there are many) is finding yourself with a few…
Review: Teen Vampire Thriller Black As Night Is As Serious About Scares As It Is Political Commentary
Marking the return of the Welcome to the Blumhouse series of horrors films on Amazon Prime Video this week are…
Review: Little Girl, a Sweet, Sensitive Story of a Family’s Battle for Their Trans Daughter’s Acceptance
Little Girl, a 2020 documentary about a young French trans girl, would be a good introduction to what it means…
Review: Venom: Let There Be Carnage Makes Silly Work of Tom Hardy’s Marvel Super-Villain
The best thing I can say about this sequel to 2018’s super-villain movie Venom is that Venom: Let There Be…
Review: American Remake The Guilty Is a Tense, Effective Drama with Another Strong Performance from Jake Gyllenhaal
Closely following the one-man plot of its 2018 Danish source material (which went on to become Denmark’s Oscar contender that…
Review: The Many Saints of Newark Is a Welcome—and Fitting—Addition to “The Sopranos” World of Crime, Family and Loyalty
Editor’s note: yes, the series is 20 years old, however mild plot spoilers are included in this review. If you’ve…
Review: Ben Whishaw Makes a Brutal, Intense Surge a Thrilling, Captivating Whirlwind
British actor Ben Whishaw has amassed an impressive filmography over his 20 years or so as a regularly working actor.…
Review: Much Is Lost in Film Adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen, Including Essential Elements Like Context, Empathy
When it premiered on Broadway in late 2016, Dear Evan Hansen, an original new musical with a book by Steven Levenson…
Review: As Much a Battle of Wits as Weapons, Copshop Leans Into Its Murderous Mayhem
Filmmaker Joe Carnahan is a man of action. Or more specifically, he’s a man who makes action happen in his…
Review: Emotional, Beautifully Filmed Blue Bayou Centers on Family, Immigration and Overcoming the Past
Something of a spiritual companion piece to last year’s immigrant story Minari, writer/director/star Justin Chon’s Blue Bayou is the story…
