Reviews Cobweb is a solid but mostly familiar spooky house full of secrets tale By: Gena Radcliffe Samuel Bodin’s thriller has a nice twist but lifts too much from the child-in-peril playbook.
Recap Star Trek: Strange New Worlds sees the good in confronting, not ignoring, our grief A high concept sci-fi phenomena helps Ensign Uhura make peace with the deep losses she faced before and after joining Starfleet.
Reviews With Barbie, Greta Gerwig shows how well she can play with dolls By: Shannon Campe Margot Robbie fills the plastic heels of the iconic girls' doll in Gerwig's bubbly, socially-conscious comedy.
Reviews Happer’s Comet is a strange & very watchable journey By: Scout Tafoya It's a challenge to explain what exactly Tyler Taormina's movie is about, but it's deeply fascinating.
Reviews The YouTube Effect browses for a purpose By: Michael Snydel Alex Winter's cautionary documentary is well-made but preaching to the choir.
Fantasia 2023 Fantasia 2023: Our 15 Most Anticipated Films From werewolves to stop motion puppets to Don Lee punching folks, these are the Fantasia picks we're most looking forward to.
Reviews Minx Season 2 explores the complications of success By: Tim Stevens Abandoned by Max, the dramedy lands at Starz, boasting more complexity and much of the charm still intact.
Reviews Survival of the Thickest treats weight as a fact of life By: Megan Sunday Michelle Buteau writes & stars in a refreshing sitcom where the main character's size isn't the most important thing about her.
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.