Reviews “Artemis Fowl” is slapdash, snoozy, and stuck in the early 2000s By: Matt Cipolla The adaptation of the first in Eoin Colfer's series is alarmingly messy for a project that's been in the works for almost two decades.
Reviews Spike Lee heads to Vietnam in the bracing, powerful “Da 5 Bloods” By: Oluwatayo Adewole Spike Lee explores the painful history of Blackness in American warfare with this lengthy, but gripping, Vietnam epic.
Filmmaker of the Month Reclaiming the queerness of “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” Gus Van Sant's queer Western was received with scorn by critics when it first came out, but its celebration of the abject deserves reconsideration.
Reviews “What We Do in the Shadows” suddenly became the best sitcom on TV By: Gena Radcliffe The good-natured, cheeky comedy about vampire roommates concludes a hilarious, surprisingly touching at times second season.
Reviews “Warning: Do Not Play” is a limp “Ring” retread By: Clint Worthington Shudder's latest is a slick but familiar K-horror exercise too thin to land its big narrative twists.
Reviews “Crossing Swords” is a historically unfunny parody of medieval times By: Sean Price John Harvatine IV & Tom Root's attempt at recapturing the goofy joy of "Robot Chicken" is a disappointing mess.
Reviews “F Is for Family” again in its fourth season, but F is no longer for funny By: Tim Stevens The return of Netflix's adult animated sitcom brings with it a few moving moments and arcs, but it's too lacking in laughs.
Features Ambition is the eighth deadly sin in “To Die For” Gus Van Sant and Buck Henry's darkly funny satire about toxic self-obsession features a memorably villainous turn by Nicole Kidman.
Reviews “The King of Staten Island” tries to get Pete Davidson to grow up By: Clint Worthington Judd Apatow's latest is just as overlong and meandering as his usual fare, but boasts a surprising turn from Pete Davidson.
Features 25 years ago, Laura Linney shot lasers at evil gorillas in the apeshit “Congo” Far from good but definitely not boring, Frank Marshall's adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel is a sick day viewing that deserves its due.
Interviews Jeffrey McHale discusses his “Showgirls” documentary “You Don’t Nomi” Director Jeffrey McHale talks about his latest documentary and his experiences with Paul Verhoeven's cult classic Showgirls.
Features “Young Soul Rebels” is an essential piece of Black Queer Resistance Isaac Julien's British coming-of-age drama centers Black and Queer people in all their complexities.
Reviews You don’t know shit about “Showgirls” until you’ve seen “You Don’t Nomi” By: Theo Estes Jeffrey McHale explores the circuitous route the NC-17 flop took from Razzie shame to midnight fame.
Features Reexamining the anti-racist messaging of HBO’s “Whitewash” Lambasted at the time for not being direct enough about race, HBO's animated short takes on new significance in a post-BLM America.
Reviews Netflix dramedy “Can You Hear Me?” is worth listening to By: Megan Sunday A French-Canadian export weathers the challenges of girlhood with remarkable alacrity.
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.