Reviews Theater Camp is fun, fluffy, and fierce By: Marshall Estes While the mockumentary lacks focus, its stellar cast and humor make it a deft exploration on the joy (and despair) of the theater.
Reviews Not even the supernatural can elevate Falcon Lake By: Soham Gadre Charlotte Le Bon’s debut feature suffers from offering familiar beats with almost methodical proceduralism.
Reviews Well, Bird Box Barcelona exists By: Gena Radcliffe The least essential sequel of 2023 moves things over to Europe for no particular reason.
Recap Star Trek: Strange New Worlds brings big laughs, and something deeper, when Spock becomes human A hilarious high-concept farce gives way to a subtle commentary on prejudice, self-acceptance, and quiet strength.
Features An impossible list: the top 10 best episodes of What We Do in the Shadows With season 5 starting this week, we attempt the fool’s errand of narrowing down the greatest episodes (so far) of the greatest sitcom.
Reviews Full Circle closes the loop a bit too perfectly By: Tim Stevens Skilled performances overcome all too convenient plotting in the new Ed Solomon-Steven Soderbergh collaboration.
Reviews Lakota Nation vs United States makes a powerful case for land back By: B.L. Panther Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli craft a damning case against settler colonialism and its pernicious, inescapable role in American history.
Reviews Afire mercilessly skewers the suffering artist By: Scout Tafoya Christian Petzold writes & directs a dark comedy about a writer who's forced to let life get in the way of his creative process.
Interviews Alex Winter on the societal ills of “The YouTube Effect” — and a few benefits The filmmaker breaks down the rise of the Internet's most popular streaming platform, and how it got away from its well-meaning creators.
Reviews Biosphere’s warm core saves a stretched premise By: Michael Frank Sterling K. Brown & Mark Duplass play friends facing the end of the world in a smart & timely comedy-drama.
Reviews The Out-Laws barely qualifies as a movie By: Michael Frank A game cast of funny people brings scant sparks to what is otherwise a Genuine Artificial Cinema Product.
Reviews Despite some bumps in the road, Joy Ride is the best multiplexes have to offer now By: Peter Sobczynski The crude comedy outdoes competitors with undeniably funny jokes, interpersonal dynamics, and genuine heart.
Reviews The Witcher Season 3 finds its way back to the trail By: Beau North After an unfocused second season, the Netflix fantasy series gets Geralt back in fighting shape.
Recap Star Trek: Strange New Worlds feels like the 60s series, for better & worse By: Andrew Bloom A visit to a familiar planet, a peculiar case of memory loss, and a B-Teamer rising to the occasion make for a mixed bag in this franchise throwback.
Reviews The Horror of Dolores Roach lacks bite By: Tim Stevens The play turned podcast turned Prime Video series is appealing but lacks the killer instinct to become a must-eat…err…see.
Reviews Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’s action stuns By: Sarah Gorr Despite a script bogged down by the extended set-up of its villain, Tom Cruise and company remain unmatched thrillmasters.
Reviews The League is essential viewing for sports & history buffs alike By: Peter Sobczynski Questlove executive produces an expansive, vital documentary about the rise of Negro baseball leagues.
Reviews Bad Girl Boogey puts a fresh & relevant shine on the slasher genre By: Gena Radcliffe 18 year-old filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay directs an indie horror whodunit with style & confidence.
Features Kaboom goes the world but does anyone care? By: Tim Stevens Gregg Araki revisits and literalizes the apocalypse, with mixed results.
Reviews A delayed Afterparty Season 2 still deserves an RSVP By: Tim Stevens An awkward opener and a few months late arrival do little to dampen AppleTV+’s extremely fun murder-mystery series.
Recap Star Trek: Strange New Worlds asks whether we can ever be freed from our families’ legacies La’an’s trip to the past and her team-up with none other than Captain Kirk gets at big questions both historical and personal.