TV Game of Thrones Recap: Dany Rings “The Bells” And The Show Throws Up Its Hands The Mad Queen rears her fire-breathing head in a visually stunning, but narratively baffling penultimate episode.
Long Day’s Journey Into Night Review: A Beautiful Ode to Sensation More than just its gimmicky 59-minute 3D long shot, Bi Gan's dreamlike drama is a delightfully challenging, exhilarating work of cinema.
Features Kiki’s Delivery Service: A Delightful Slice of Adolescent Magical Realism Miyazaki's animated classic effortlessly blends magical realism with a relatable coming-of-age story about building community.
Features “My Neighbor Totoro” and the Age of Innocence In 1988, Hayao Miyazaki found a bright, adorable way to explore the freedom and exuberance of childhood, and invites adults to see it anew.
Wine Country Review: Amy Poehler and Co. Go Full Wine Mom Amy Poehler's directorial debut is filled with hilarious women, but this attempt at a female Sideways doesn't quite hit the right notes.
The White Crow Review: Lots of Technique, But Not Enough Purpose Ralph Fiennes' tale of real-life Russian dancer and defector Rudolph Nureyev is stylish enough but fails to slip deeply into its' characters ballet flats.
Features “Castle in the Sky” Is Miyazaki’s Swashbuckling Steampunk Adventure While it doesn't have the reputation of Miyazaki's later works, Studio Ghibli's sophomore film serves as a lovely steampunk primer to the man's filmography.
John Wick Chapter 3 – Parabellum Review: The Best Kind of Overkill Keanu Reeves serves up another bloody helping of face-shooting mayhem in a third entry that cements the series' utter supremacy on the action movie stage.
TV Brooklyn Nine-Nine Recap: The Heist Returns In “Cinco de Mayo” A self-aware sixth heist instalment of the fan favorite narrative can’t help but deliver diminishing rewards.
“Albatross Soup” Is a Psychedelic Riddle Riddled with Clashing Tones Winnie Cheung's award-winning short is filled with trippy imagery, but might be too frenetic for its own good.
Charlie Says Review: The Ultimate Bad Trip, Man Mary Harron's take on the Manson Family features strong performances, but brings little else to the true crime table.
Tolkien Review: There and Back Again (and Again) Middle-earth or middle-of-the-road? Dome Karukoski's take on the Lord of the Rings author's early life doesn't even try to break the biopic mold.
Pokémon Detective Pikachu Review: The Maltese Talonflame The Pokémon franchise takes some crazy swings with a noir adventure that admirably commits to its universe, but might only be for hardcore Poke-fans.
Meeting Gorbachev Review: Herzog Makes the Political Too Personal Werner Herzog's look at the Soviet Union's last leader is fascinatingly apolitical, but lacks insight as a result.
TV Game of Thrones Recap: “The Last of the Starks” Backpedals As It Moves to the Show’s End Westeros finds itself divided on who should lead it, in a frustrating feature-length episode that walks back vital character development.
Features Years Before Studio Ghibli, “The Castle of Cagliostro” Set the Foundation for Hayao Miyazaki’s Work Before Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki honed his craft on one of the liveliest anime action-adventures of all time.
Features Sixteen Candles at 35: A Bittersweet Birthday Full of racist jokes & sexual assault subplots, John Hughes' teen rom-com classic has aged like bad cheese. But is there anything worth saving about it?
TV State of the Union Review: Fast-Talking Through a Marriage on the Brink Chris O'Dowd and Rosamund Pike exchange hyper-articulate, rapid-fire dialogue in an intimate, occasionally dry series from Stephen Frears.
UglyDolls Review: Cute, Cuddly, and Full of Fluff While this animated kid's film carries its titular dolls' message of loving your imperfections, the end result is still a little too safe.
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile Review: the Dreamiest Serial Killer in All the Land A surprisingly solid performance by Zac Efron is wasted on an uneven drama about why chicks dig Ted Bundy.
The Intruder Review: A Crazy, Potential So-Bad-It’s-Good Classic A bat-crap crazy home invasion thriller, The Intruder spices up its hokey script and brain-dead characters with a bug-eyed turn from Dennis Quaid.