Reviews “Robin’s Wish” reclaims the legacy of the late, great Robin Williams By: Megan Sunday Robin Williams receives a heartfelt ode, wrapped in a PSA about the disease that led to his unique struggles.
Columns August DVD Releases: Agnes Varda, Swallow, Gamera and more Criterion compiles a legend's filmography into a single set, Gamera gets a big box, & more in our rundown of August's DVD & Blu-ray releases.
Columns “Synecdoche, New York” is an excruciating, exciting trip to nowhere Charlie Kaufman's minimalist meditation on mortality is as hard to get through as it is oddly rewarding.
Reviews Lovecraft Country Episode 3 Recap: “Holy Ghost” By: Gena Radcliffe Phantoms trouble the survivors of Ardham in an outstanding episode that pays homage to classic haunted house movies.
Reviews “Love Fraud” presents a tale as old as time By: Marshall Estes Showtime's docuseries about a love 'em & leave 'em con artist looks good but suffers from a lack of focus.
Reviews “All Together Now” is a sweet treat for a dark time By: Sarah Gorr Netflix's latest film for teens isn't trying for anything deep or important, but it doesn't have to.
Reviews “Centigrade” is a case study in wasted potential By: Oluwatayo Adewole An interesting concept is buried under limp writing and under developed characters.
Reviews “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” will shake you to your core By: Sarah Gorr Charlie Kaufman directs one of the most subtly horrifying movies of the year.
Reviews “Bill & Ted Face the Music” isn’t all that wyld By: Matt Cipolla The franchise's long-awaited third entry is a harmless jaunt that lacks its predecessors' novelty and surrealism.
Reviews Season 3 of “Aggretsuko” moves out of the office By: Jacob Oller The red panda keeps raging against the machine as the cartoon becomes even more painfully relatable.
Reviews “The Shed” is stuffed full of dumb, faux-retro horror By: Sean Price The homage to 80s vampire flicks commits the mortal sin of being boring.
Features “The Handmaiden” explored the passion of female friendship By: Andrea Thompson Park Chan-wook's most recent film is an erotically charged but non-salacious look at women finding shelter & understanding in each other.
Reviews “Pure” is an honest, sensitive look at OCD By: Ashley Bardhan Charly Clive stars as a twentysomething struggling with an often misunderstood mental illness.
Reviews “Lingua Franca” is a heartfelt tale of love at the fringes of society By: Oluwatayo Adewole Isabel Sandoval directs & stars in a layered story of a woman struggling to live in a hostile world.
Fantasia 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Dinner in America” says ‘fuck ’em all but us’ By: Clint Worthington Adam Rehmeier's punk-rock indie romance takes a while to get out of first gear, but its charming leads are fun to spend time with.
Filmmaker of the Month “Stoker” brought Park Chan-wook to America for a Gothic exercise in style The director's sole English-language film to date is a simmering, occasionally empty exercise in Hitchcockian style.
Fantasia 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Woman of the Photographs” takes the shine off our polished self-images By: Clint Worthington Takeshi Kushida's debut is a heartbreakingly dark love story about confidence and perception.
Fantasia 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Survival Skills” blurs the thin blue line between fiction and reality By: Clint Worthington Quinn Armstrong's debut is a clever riff on '80s police training videos that sneaks in some earnest reflection on domestic violence.
Anniversaries Guitars and gunplay: “Desperado” 25 years later Robert Rodriguez's official arrival on the major-studio film scene remains a riotous, stylish pulp actioner.
Reviews “Fatima” is a timely story of the endless battle between science & belief By: Dorothy Green Marco Pontecorvo directs a thoughtful look at why we often choose faith over fact.
Anniversaries 20 years on, “Bring It On” scores high on spirit and voice Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union's cheerful high-school comedy finds ways to pepper charming rivalry with digs at cultural theft.