Reviews “Words on Bathroom Walls” handles mental illness as poorly as its romance By: Dorothy Green Charlie Plummer and Taylor Russell do their best to spice up an otherwise-creaky YA drama.
Reviews Dick jokes and free throws abound in the limp, unfunny “Hoops” By: Sean Price Netflix's latest animated show is a cheap-shot sports comedy that won't stop bouncing off the comedic backboard.
Features In “Thirst,” forever is a mighty long time Park Chan-wook’s take on vampire movies is bleak, creepy and undeniably sexy.
Fantasia 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Crazy Samurai Musashi” goes for one take, ends up with no stakes By: Clint Worthington Tak Sakaguchi slashes his way through nearly 600 bad guys in a single take, but the audience gets exhausted long before he does.
Reviews “The One and Only Ivan” is paint-by-numbers By: Theo Estes Strong CGI and an all-star cast fill a superbly mediocre family movie inspired by a real-life painting gorilla.
Fantasia 2020 Fantasia 2020: “La Dosis” nurses its characters through loneliness Martin Kraut's debut pits two tortured male nurses against each other in a tale dripping with horror and unexpected queerness.
Fantasia 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Monster Seafood Wars” is a light but pleasant snack By: Gena Radcliffe Minoru Kawasaki’s loving tribute to kaiju movies drags whenever the action moves away from the monsters.
Anniversaries Celebrating the silly but sumptuous “The Cell” Tarsem's sci-fi/horror/serial killer drama suffered from an implausible plot, but remains a feast for the eyes.
Fantasia 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Cosmic Candy” leaves a bitter taste By: Gena Radcliffe Rinio Dragasaki’s quirky comedy-drama about an unlikely parent-child relationship means well, but relies on a tiresome trope.
Anniversaries “It’s The Smiles That Keep Us Going” : “The Exorcist III” at 30 William Peter Blatty's third entry in the vaunted horror series had a rocky road to the screen, and deserves its own stab at salvation.
Anniversaries “Stab It And Steer!”: “Wild at Heart” at 30 David Lynch's 1990 thriller remains a scintillating, if inessential, piece of the filmmaker's gonzo catalog.
Columns P.S.H. I Love You: Beware “The Ides of March”, if you can remember it Try as he might, not even Philip Seymour Hoffman can't quite spice up George Clooney's warmed-over political drama.
Reviews Lovecraft Country Episode 1 Recap: “Sundown” By: Gena Radcliffe Monsters of all shapes and sizes are introduced in the gripping premiere episode of HBO’s new horror series.
Fantasia 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Free Country” is “True Detective” in the Eastern Bloc By: Clint Worthington Christian Alvart's remake of a 2014 Spanish thriller turns post-Wall German backwoods into a tense stage for murder and grit.
Fantasia 2020 Fantasia: “Life: Untitled” explores Japanese sex work By: Clint Worthington Kana Yamada's stage adaptation Life: Untitled offers a glimpse into the lives of women on the margins of Japanese sex work.
Reviews “Ted Lasso” is slow on the pitch but ends well by full time By: Tim Stevens Jason Sudeikis adapts his NBC Sports commercial character to a slow-burn comedy that eventually finds its groove.
Fantasia 2020 Fantasia 2020: “The Columnist” lashes back at online trolls Ivo Van Aart’s uneven black comedy/thriller about a vengeful writer is ultimately more style than substance.
Reviews In Soviet Russia, “Sputnik” scares YOU By: Michael Snydel Alien parasites wreak havoc on Mother Russia in this pulpy, viscerally effective creepfest.
Reviews “Boys State” peers at the intersection of politics and masculinity By: Clint Worthington Young men wade into the waters of Trump-era politics, showing a haunting, hopeful glimpse of our political future.
Reviews “Project Power” turns New Orleans into a superpowered battleground By: Oluwatayo Adewole Netflix's latest is a zany high-concept thriller that overcomes some ill-timed politics with well-staged action.
Filmmaker of the Month “Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance” offers no solace to the aggrieved Park Chan-wook kicks off his Vengeance trilogy with a mournful thriller that laid the groundwork for many of his tonal and class concerns.