Features A couple of lapsed Catholics talk about The Exorcist By: Gena Radcliffe Two of our writers discuss how a perhaps unhealthy fear of God makes William Friedkin’s most successful film so effective.
Reviews The Morning Show returns for more self-important nonsense By: Scout Tafoya The third season of Apple TV's daytime news series makes for some excellent hate-watching, & not much else.
Reviews The Swarm is rickety but seaworthy By: Chris Ludovici Beautiful settings, a pulpy premise & ominous atmosphere are more than enough to compensate for banal human subplots.
Reviews Welcome to Wrexham Season 2 largely sticks to its winning formula By: Tim Stevens Whiffs of royalty may make viewers anxious, but the series wisely keeps its spotlight on its strange mix of Hollywood celebrity, working-class residents, and football.
Reviews Da Vinci is the inventor, but The Inventor is no Da Vinci By: Peter Sobczynski Though beautifully animated and well-performed, Jim Capbianco's tale of the genius trips over its own feet due to its inability to balance its tones.
Festivals TIFF 2023: Copa 71, I Don’t Know Who You Are, Summer Qamp By: Clint Worthington Our first dispatch from the festival highlights an important milestone in women's sports history, and two tales of queer resilience.
Reviews ‘Sitting in Bars with Cake’ peaks at semi-sweet By: Nguyên Lê Friendship’s sugar and tragedy’s spice don’t quite whip up a film where everything’s nice.
Recap Star Trek: Lower Decks finds a true mentor for Mariner in the unlikeliest of places A routine mission to a menagerie leads to some adorable terror and a big epiphany for the series’ protagonist.
Features You’ll hate attending The Birthday Party, but it remains worth watching By: Tim Stevens Friedkin’s second film is a bruising affair that finds the fledgling director wielding style to produce maximum psychological damage.
Features Filmmaker of the Month: William Friedkin Upon his recent passing, we remember the feisty & controversial director & his wildly diverse filmography.
Recap Ray Stevenson elevates Ahsoka’s fourth episode Everyone chases a map to the end of the galaxy, but it is the actor's performance that proves the real prize.
Reviews Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is sincere and heartfelt By: Lisa Laman Though familiar, Aith Alberto’s adaptation of the acclaimed novel will satisfy fans and newcomers alike.
Recap Star Trek: Lower Decks visits Voyager, but finds something better than nostalgia in its season 4 premiere A greatest hits of Voyager’s lesser lights and most infamous moments shows how much our humble lower deckers have grown over the past three years.
Features Navigating the personal and political cinema of Natalia Almada A new set from Icarus Films invites us to explore the Mexican filmmaker's twenty-year-plus body of work.
Features Meg 2: The Trench is a soggy sequel that remembers to be fun too late By: Tim Stevens Wheatley’s latest ends on a gratifyingly silly monster movie third act, but viewers need to suffer through the rest of the film to get there.
Reviews The Wheel of Time Season 2 spins on By: Beau North Prime Video's fantasy series grows darker and more complex in its second go-round.
Features Ranking Criterion’s High School Horror collection The Criterion Channel dives into the unique hell of being a teenager & we’ll tell you which films not to miss.
Recap The New Republic clings to denialism in the face of mounting evidence in Ahsoka’s third episode "Time to Fly" keeps things moving, but might be failing to makes its case to viewers, not just Senators.
Reviews Who Is Erin Carter? Someone delightfully bad at her job By: Tim Stevens The Netflix thriller dares to give viewers a killing machine who isn’t frighteningly competent.
Features Interview: Park Chan-wook on the lingering colors of ‘Stoker’ The renowned director looks back at his unsettling yet stylish coming-of-age tale 10 years later.
Anniversaries Strange Brew is still potent at 40 By: Peter Sobczynski The good-natured 80s comedy celebrating beer & friendship has managed to survive the test of time.