The Laundromat Review: Money, It’s a Gas Steven Soderbergh serves up a messy capitalist critique in the shell of a slick, simplistic essay film.
Features October’s Filmmaker of the Month: Martin Scorsese This month, we celebrate The Irishman by looking back on the works of one of New Hollywood's most enduring voices.
Joker Review: Let’s Put a Sneer On That Face Todd Phillips' seedy, 3edgy5me imagining of the Clown Prince of Crime is as artfully made as it is disturbingly retrograde.
TV On Becoming a God in Central Florida Recap: “Flint Glass” The lies & deception are piling up like FAM boxes as Cody dedicates himself yet again to the holy church of Obie.
TV Succession Recap: “Dundee” Reckons With Logan’s Legacy A trip to Logan's childhood home threatens to fracture the family even further, as Rhea continues to squeeze her way into the Roy's inner circle.
Festivals NYFF 57: “Synonyms” Is an Israeli Drama Packed With Meaning Nadav Lapid's latest film loads its narrative with impactful stories about masculinity, language, and nationality.
Festivals NYFF 57: “Pain & Glory” Is Sumptuous, Autobiographic Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar graces us with a shaggy but rewarding portrait of a middle-aged director wrestling with his demons, with an arresting turn by Banderas.
Filmmaker of the Month “The Dark Tower”: There Are Better Films Than These Childe Roland to The Dark Tower came, and unfortunately, he brought all of us along with him.
Filmmaker of the Month Society and Safety Get Lost in “The Mist” Frank Darabont's adaptation of the Stephen King story is one of the bleakest, most nihilistic takes on his material.
Filmmaker of the Month Check In To “1408”, No Reservations Needed 2007's Stephen King thriller is a wonderfully economic take on the horror writer's sensibilities, a real-time flytrap you can't help getting stuck in.
The Death of Dick Long Review: Fargo Goes South Daniel Scheinert scales back from his usual absurdist work for an ambitious medley of tones that doesn't quite land.
Festivals NYFF 57: “The Irishman” Is Scorsese’s Most Ambitious, Indulgent Film Yet Martin Scorsese returns with another long, sumptuous opus, whose crackling performances and scintillating script are held up by some wonky de-aging tech and a leaden runtime.
Festivals Reeling: “The Garden Left Behind” Is Powerful Trans Filmmaking Flavio Alves' story of a trans immigrant in New York City may be rough around the edges, but it serves as important advocacy.
Features Losers Fight “IT”, Losers Die: Love and Death in Derry, Maine IT star Dennis Christopher talks about Eddie Kaspbarak, Tim Curry, and the rest of his time in Derry, Maine on the set of the Stephen King adaptation.
Judy Review: Renée Zellweger Steals the Spotlight Like its subject, Judy has its good nights and bad nights, but it's always saved by a powerhouse Zellweger performance.
The Day Shall Come Review: Chris Morris Satire Lacks Bite Tone-deaf obviousness and blunt-force capitalist critiques plague Morris' latest, letting down its good intentions with disappointing bluntness.
William Friedkin’s “Cruising” Remains a Gloriously Messy BDSM Thriller The controversial sex-crime thriller starring Al Pacino gets a Blu Ray release, but its flaws in storytelling and representation remain.
Fantastic Fest 2019 Fantastic Fest: “In The Tall Grass” Is Lost And Going In Circles The Vincenzo Natali adaptation of Stephen King's short story is a repetitive struggle.
Columns Criterion Corner: “Polyester” “The Circus” Two masters of the absurd get new Criterion releases - one (The Circus) Chaplin's last great silent, the other (Polyester) uproarious John Waters vulgarity.
Filmmaker of the Month “Dreamcatcher” Is the Ideal Stephen King Movie, Ass Aliens and All For better or for worse, Lawrence Kasdan's adaptation of Dreamcatcher captures the strange, ambitious essence of a Stephen King novel.
TV Emergence Review: A Solid, But Familiar Sci-Fi Enterprise Allison Tolman brings warmth to an otherwise traditional pilot for ABC's new sci-fi mystery series.