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2.75/5
Hunting Matthew Nichols (2024) Josh Goller Hunting Matthew Nichols blends scenes of found and archival footage with true-crime-style interviews, but despite artful attention to craft, everything here feels somewhat trite.
Posted Apr 10, 2026  Edit critic review
Faces of Death (2026) Tanner Gordon After nearly three years in distribution purgatory, writer-director Daniel Goldhaber’s revival of the Faces of Death franchise doesn’t seem sure about how to justify its own existence.
Posted Apr 10, 2026  Edit critic review
The Yeti (2026) Sparks Lowry The Yeti is the work of capital-P Producers, a handsomely-mounted but too-slick genre throwback piece for the Alamo Drafthouse crowd.
Posted Apr 09, 2026  Edit critic review
Living the Land (2025) Erik Reeds While a bit too studied and restrained, Living the Land nevertheless hints at an emerging directorial talent in Huo Meng.
Posted Apr 08, 2026  Edit critic review
The Blue Trail (2025) Ria Dhull Beautiful photography and a well-paced start are not enough to cover for this film’s weak final act.
Posted Apr 07, 2026  Edit critic review
A Great Awakening (2026) Joel Copling The message overpowers everything else in A Great Awakening.
Posted Apr 06, 2026  Edit critic review
The Stranger (2025) Charles Johnston An alluring adaptation and deeply engaging character study that recreates Algiers in the late ‘30s in exquisite detail.
Posted Apr 06, 2026  Edit critic review
The Drama (2026) Joseph Neff The Drama may be a satisfying watch, but with an ending that’s a little familiar and a tad too tidy, the experience falls short of excellence.
Posted Apr 03, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
undertone (2025) Alan Zilberman What makes all this so effective is the overwhelming patience. With limited resources, it has no choice but to heighten the audience’s collective anticipatory anxiety.
Posted Apr 02, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Project Hail Mary (2026) Alan Zilberman All the tropes, whether they are mysterious planets or a dangerous spacewalk, are in service of something far simpler. At its core, Project Hail Mary is a buddy comedy.
Posted Apr 02, 2026  Edit critic review
Kontinental '25 (2025) Erik Reeds While Kontinental ‘25 doesn’t reach the highs of Radu Jude’s more deliberate masterworks, it avoids many pitfalls that a weaker director would fall into, and is surprisingly heartfelt in a way that Jude hasn’t been since Barbarians.
Posted Apr 02, 2026  Edit critic review
Yes (2025) Ria Dhull Lapid’s Yes is an angry outburst of a film.
Posted Apr 01, 2026  Edit critic review
Our Hero, Balthazar (2025) Joel Copling If a movie can recreate the experience of doomscrolling, then this one has done it.
Posted Mar 31, 2026  Edit critic review
Forbidden Fruits (2026) Joel Copling Adapting a stage play written by the film’s co-writer, the main issue with Meredith Alloway’s debut feature is thinking it’s simply too cool to care.
Posted Mar 30, 2026  Edit critic review
She Dances (2025) Bill Cooper Despite some minor setbacks, She Dances is an enjoyable, affecting film that will connect with audiences through its relatable, universal themes.
Posted Mar 30, 2026  Edit critic review
Alpha (2025) Tanner Gordon Ducournau is simply too thoughtful and striking a craftsman to produce an unengaging film, but her script struggles to reconcile its intellectual focus with the demands of a coherent narrative.
Posted Mar 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Palestine '36 (2025) Erik Reeds Jacir succeeds where less passionate directors would have faltered, and the making of a work like this is, in some ways, a small miracle.
Posted Mar 26, 2026  Edit critic review
Vampires of the Velvet Lounge (2026) Charles Johnston This loathsome film is as if a Spirit Halloween store was a movie and barely qualifies as schlock entertainment.
Posted Mar 25, 2026  Edit critic review
Miroirs No. 3 (2025) Joseph Neff Miroirs No. 3 is a minor film, but this is deliberate; it gathers weight through the accumulation of small pleasures.
Posted Mar 25, 2026  Edit critic review
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) Josh Goller Yorgos Lanthimos' spare, absurd and tragic film explores the fragility of human constructs and the illusion of control through characters who suppress emotion until they crack and the world crumbles.
Posted Mar 24, 2026  Edit critic review
Touch Me (2025) Bill Cooper Though Touch Me’s concept is intriguing and potentially hard-hitting, the film is distracted from both a visual and storytelling perspective.
Posted Mar 24, 2026  Edit critic review
Late Shift (2025) Daniel Pemberton Late Shift is a rigorous and anxiety-inducing portrait of a nurse's grueling shift at an understaffed Swiss hospital, with unflinching depictions of the everyday calculus of hospital labor amid a failing system.
Posted Mar 24, 2026  Edit critic review
Two Prosecutors (2025) Ria Dhull Sergei Loznitsa’s return to fiction is a masterclass in technique.
Posted Mar 23, 2026  Edit critic review
Tow (2025) A.C. Koch While Tow is a compelling lesson in economic precarity in the teeth of crushing capitalism, it's less absorbing as a piece of cinema.
Posted Mar 23, 2026  Edit critic review
The Pout-Pout Fish (2026) Joel Copling The Pout-Pout Fish's simply defined characters inhabit a basic storyline, executed with equally basic computer animation.
Posted Mar 20, 2026  Edit critic review
Bushido (2024) Daniel Pemberton Shiraishi's film is a lovingly crafted, albeit inconsistent, samurai drama that fans of the genre will enjoy.
Posted Mar 19, 2026  Edit critic review
1/5
Scared to Death (2024) Josh Goller There might be the makings of a guilty pleasure buried deep within this material, but unfortunately, that’s something Scared to Death is nowhere near capable of conjuring.
Posted Mar 18, 2026  Edit critic review
Seasons of Glory (2024) Joseph Neff Jaafar’s film invites obvious comparisons to Hoop Dreams, although it is ultimately less impressive in its hybrid of competently executed documentary conventionalities.
Posted Mar 18, 2026  Edit critic review
Jimpa (2025) Sparks Lowry Jimpa functions as a chance to recapture memory, paint over experiences both possessed and eluded by director Sophie Hyde, but she seems to have no idea what to do with those experiences.
Posted Mar 17, 2026  Edit critic review
The Dreadful (2026) Sparks Lowry A quasi-remake of a much better Japanese horror film strips its source material of any complexity, idiosyncrasy and nuance.
Posted Mar 17, 2026  Edit critic review
The Gates (2026) Sparks Lowry The Gates does a perfectly adequate job as a vehicle for both James Van Der Beek, in his last role, and its true lead actors, but struggles with its vision.
Posted Mar 17, 2026  Edit critic review
Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead (2026) Joel Copling Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead is crushed by the weight of its own franchise aspirations, conflating lengthy exposition and omnipresent narration with worldbuilding.
Posted Mar 17, 2026  Edit critic review
Slanted (2025) Charles Johnston This ferocious cross between The Substance and Carrie, bolstered by top-notch performances, plays like a sustained primal scream.
Posted Mar 17, 2026  Edit critic review
Reminders of Him (2026) Joseph Neff Reminders of Him is far from a great movie, but neither is it a misbegotten failure.
Posted Mar 13, 2026  Edit critic review
André Is an Idiot (2025) Bill Cooper Tony Benna and André Ricciardi have created a humorous and poignant film about what it means to be human by covering a topic that many avoid talking about in modern society.
Posted Mar 12, 2026  Edit critic review
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) David Harris Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is less about ideology and more about the classic Schrader hero: a man who feels isolated from society and, with no other choice, destroys himself.
Posted Mar 11, 2026  Edit critic review
Pompei: Below the Clouds (2025) Erik Reeds A gorgeous but languorous exploration of Neapolitan everyday life, this documentary can sometimes spend a little too much time observing.
Posted Mar 11, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Dolly (2025) Alan Zilberman Too many horror movies nowadays attempt to recreate classics without really considering the context that made them special in the first place. Dolly is not shy about its influences, but at least it has the wherewithal and imagination to expand on them.
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026) Alan Zilberman It is a steampunk-adjacent kind of jukebox musical, with satisfying moments that alternate between ridiculous and sublime.
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
Youngblood (2025) Charles Johnston On the ice, the sports drama of Youngblood is immersive. Off the ice, it’s restrained and anemic.
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
Heel (The Good Boy) (2025) Joel Copling Heel might shout its themes directly at the audience, but that’s less important than the clever and thoughtful thriller it becomes.
Posted Mar 09, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
THE BRIDE! (2026) Alan Zilberman A bizarre assemblage of tics and feminine fury, Buckley gives the worst performance of her impressive career, although it is not her fault. Not entirely, anyway.
Posted Mar 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Operation Taco Gary's (2024) Joel Copling Despite an entertaining performance by a game Simon Rex, Operation Taco Gary’s doesn’t really have much of a point beyond its own, very silly jokes.
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
Undercard (2025) Ria Dhull Multiple storylines are packed tightly into the plot, but none are given nearly enough time to develop.
Posted Mar 04, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
The Napa Boys (2025) Alan Zilberman It has many satirical targets, and the method of attack often seems random – sometimes with the subtlety of a sledgehammer, sometimes with the precision of a surgeon’s scalpel.
Posted Mar 03, 2026  Edit critic review
Bring the Law (2026) Joel Copling This is far from the worst example of this type of movie, but one wishes that its makers would force their film out of its style-starved confines and give us something exciting and fresh.
Posted Mar 03, 2026  Edit critic review
For Worse (2025) Charles Johnston This low-budget rom-com was made with the spirit of nothing left to lose and comes with all the refreshing honesty that promises.
Posted Mar 02, 2026  Edit critic review
Dreams (2025) Tanner Gordon Issues notwithstanding, Dreams is effective enough as a thematic statement to be modestly successful.
Posted Feb 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Diabolic (2025) Joel Copling Diabolic is an ungodly, shockingly incoherent mess that falls flat even by the standards of empty genre exercise.
Posted Feb 26, 2026  Edit critic review
This Is Not a Test (2025) Ria Dhull Olivia Holt’s fantastic lead performance does little to save Adam MacDonald’s stilted screenplay and confused direction.
Posted Feb 24, 2026  Edit critic review
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