Reviews Stop by “The Dinner Party”, but don’t stay for dessert By: B.L. Panther Miles Dolec’s low-budget thriller offers a horrifying dish to pass, but the ingredients are richer than the result.
Reviews “Dear” is a schmaltzy but earnest love letter to kindness By: Lisa Laman Celebrities read letters from people whose lives they've touched in Apple TV+'s treacly new series.
Reviews “I May Destroy You” is a staggering work from Michaela Coel By: Beau North The star of Chewing Gum returns with a riveting new series that illuminates society's indictment of Black bodies.
Reviews “Dreamland” is an incoherent, messy audience endurance test By: Gena Radcliffe Bruce McDonald’s crime drama/thriller/horror movie is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a NyQuil-induced hallucination.
“Tommaso” is the perfect cure for insomnia The only thing that saves Abel Ferrara's autobiographical drama is a typically excellent performance by Willem Dafoe.
Reviews “2040” is a pleasant and hopeful environmental documentary By: Lisa Laman Damon Gameau's look at what the planet will be like when his daughter reaches adulthood is a swift, engaging doc despite its cornier moments.
Features “Drugstore Cowboy” found beauty in the gutter Gus Van Sant's second feature is a stylish but sensitive and non-judgmental look at drug addiction.
Reviews “Spelling the Dream” sounds out a joyful documentary By: Sean Price A look at the Scripps National Spelling Bee tells a compelling story about both word power & the immigrant experience.
Features “Mala Noche”: A bad night makes for an auspicious beginning Gus Van Sant’s gritty, low-budget debut lays the groundwork for a successful career. And 35 years on, the subject matter seems eerily relevant.
Features June’s Filmmaker of the Month: Gus Van Sant For Pride Month, we highlight the work of America’s poet laureate for dirtbags, dreamers, and disaffected youth.
Features Thrilling, Absurd, and Poignant: Revisiting “Total Recall” 30 Years Later Paul Verhoeven's wild sci-fi action thriller remains a one-of-a-kind look at a bleak & plausible future.
Reviews “Debt Collectors” is a very good movie and a downright terrific sequel By: Justin Harrison Jesse V. Johnson's action dramedy boasts both dazzling fights sequences and compelling performances.
Filmmaker of the Month 2009’s “Friday the 13th” reboot turns Jason into a murderous pot farmer Marcus Nispel's confused, uninspired revamp of the franchise stresses the importance of not touching Jason's stash of sticky-icky.
Awards “Ramy” goes to messy places in its strong second season By: Dorothy Green Muslim-American actor and comedian Ramy Youssef returns for a bracingly funny, probing season about faith and purpose and failure.
Filmmaker of the Month How I learned to stop worrying and love “Freddy vs. Jason” Freddy vs. Jason is not a good movie - and that's not just okay, it may well be transgressive.
Reviews “Quiz” asks who wants to be a millionaire, and who will lie to get the prize By: Marshall Estes Stephen Frears' new miniseries is a deft three episodes that shifts perspectives and plots with ease, even if it doesn't completely pay off.
Interviews Phil Rosenthal spreads joy with joyful spreads in “Somebody Feed Phil” The acclaimed sitcom writer and food traveler talks about cultivating joy and hunger during challenging times.
Reviews “Love Life” is light fluff that doesn’t offer enough new material By: Beau North HBO Max's new series sees Anna Kendrick in a show that compounds quirky millennial clichés around her onscreen talents.
Reviews “The Hunt” is too safe to really be called a satire By: Matt Cipolla The once-controversial story of "liberal elites" hunting people for sport has a provocative premise, but it's far less than the sum of its parts.
Reviews “Confessional” commits the mortal sin of stupidity By: Gena Radcliffe The Shudder original about college students forced to admit their deepest darkest secrets is a tedious, absurd bore.
Filmmaker of the Month “Jason X” goes to space and sucks on so many levels New Line sends Jason to the final frontier, and sends all the thinly-drawn characters and low-budget kills of the franchise with him.