Paddington in Peru beats the odds stacked against it, understanding Paddington is the draw and whatever adventure he goes on audiences will join him.
Read MoreIn adapting the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, director Bong Joon Ho makes the great decision to add 10 more lifetimes and change Mickey’s background from middle- to working-class, all in service of the often funny and always scathing critiques of modern capital that define his work.
Read MoreThis week in Austin screenings, 3/7-3/13.
Read MoreLike much of Dumont’s filmography, his sci-fi satire The Empire is relentlessly unafraid of what people might think of it.
Read MoreBetter Man, the biopic about British pop star Robbie Williams, is undoubtedly a unique experience for an undeniably unique figure.
Read MoreA Real Pain encompasses grief as it is, as its effects live within each person who has faced it, lending humor and empathy to the journey of remembering, and the confrontations that must occur to understand one’s pain.
Read MoreAs part of our coverage of Animation First Festival 2025, which celebrates Francophone film, we took a look at the second of their two short film programs.
Read MorePaolo Sorrentino's Parthenope could make for a fascinating character study and an interesting point of view, but the film never gets into its protagonist’s head.
Read MoreAt Sundance 2025, Sorry, Baby is just the kind of independent debut you hope to uncover.
Read MoreBrit Chainey’s Rabbit Trap, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival, tries to capitalize on the wild and weird beauty of Wales to create a folk horror story with a strong emotional tenor. But clever visual tricks and an evocative setting can’t save Rabbit Trap from its own incoherent plot.
Read MoreIn her directorial debut Seeds, which won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary, Brittany Shyne offers an intimate look at the fate of Black farmers in the American South. Shooting in black-and-white with a single-minded focus on her subjects, Shyne creates what feels like an elegy for a way of living on the brink of dying out.
Read MoreThe first installment of Riverdale is Cinema, our new, Patreon-exclusive column!
Read MoreIn this latest Apes Retrospective, we dig into Matt Reeves’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes.
Read MoreIf this is your first Gamera, Super Monster is as satisfying as any other entry point you could choose.
Read MoreIn School of The Holy Beast, director Norifumi Suzuki and the Toei film studio bring a nunsploitation that challenges the audience through the shocking nature of its story juxtaposed with its beautiful imagery.
Read MoreNearly 45 years on, Altered States sparks synaptic connections rarely felt in big-budget movies with its operatic emotions and theatrical dialogue.
Read MoreTrain Dreams breathes life into ordinary moments that make up the meaning of one’s life. It’s a welcome reminder during these all too chaotic times, that the journey is not marked by the memories we often think it will be.
Read MoreJoe Johnston’s The Wolfman is messy and a bit scattered, but more of it works than it doesn’t.
Read MoreTouch Me is for the weirdos who want to be shocked and confronted with a deliciously campy, sensory overload fever dream that happens to include a few hentai scenes. Oh, and it’s a very horny movie.
Read MoreSeptember 5, directed and co-written by Swiss filmmaker Tim Fehlbaum, is a tricky movie to talk about. But, he makes his point clear: this is the world’s first televised terrorist incident and ultimately a failure of journalism.
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