Reviews Fall uses form to rise above thriller formula By: Megan Sunday Grace Caroline Currey's quest to move through grief is familiar, but her doing so at over 2000 feet is welcomely intense.
Reviews Rogue Agent chills when focusing on James Norton’s multilayered monster and struggles otherwise By: Michael Frank When Gemma Arterton faces off against Norton's chameleonic con man, Rogue Agent compels, but most everything else about it is overly familiar.
Reviews A League of Their Own plays its game with skill and wit By: Shannon Campe Abbi Jacobson's take on wartime women's baseball teams isn't quite pitching a no-hitter, but its character work—especially from Chanté Adams—and comedy are quite strong.
Fantasia 2022 Fantasia 2022: Complex stories of complex women By: B.L. Panther Our final dispatch from Fantasia features a blend of powerful stories with dynamic female characters.
Reviews Hulu’s This Fool gives its South LA odd couple a new lease on life By: Diego Peralta Chris Estrada's semi-autobiographical dramedy pairs likable characters with the endearing specificities of Mexican-American life.
Reviews Bodies, Bodies, Bodies Drops In Final Third By: Shannon Campe A24's latest succumbs to excess as the body count and Twitter speak rise.
Reviews Day Shift has plenty of vampires, but lacks bite By: Gena Radcliffe The Netflix horror-comedy features an enjoyable cast & a handful of decent fight scenes, but relies on a dusty, outdated script.
Reviews I am pleased with the enjoyable humor of I Am Groot By: Lisa Laman Don’t expect any sequel teases or surprises and you’ll walk away from I Am Groot with a smile.
Reviews Children of the Underground profiles a complicated leader in the fight against child sexual abuse By: Marshall Estes FX's five part documentary about a controversial organization fighting an often ineffective justice system works more often than it doesn't.
Recap In Better Call Saul, Jimmy and Kim’s chickens come home to roost By: Andrew Bloom Visits to the past, present, and future for the couple mark the clearest differences between Kim Wexler and Saul Goodman.
Reviews Luck keeps tripping over its uninspired feet By: Lisa Laman The debut title from Skydance Animation is too in love with exposition and cutesy character designs for its own good.
Reviews I Love My Dad’s stranger-than-fiction tale succeeds through sheer will By: Michael Frank James Morosini enlists the great Patton Oswalt to bring the time his own dad catfished him to the silver screen.
Reviews Reservation Dogs returns with a stellar second season By: Ashley Lara Reservation Dogs' sophomore run layers drama and comedy to excellent effect.
Reviews Netflix’s Carter is chaotic, carefree, and continuous By: Nguyên Lê The Villainess director’s new actioner powers through flaws to score an extended combo of mind-melting antics.
Reviews They/Them has a clever title, and not much else to offer By: Gena Radcliffe An engaging young cast & a timely premise is wasted on a plodding script that stretches the definition of a “slasher film.”
Reviews Bullet Train delivers a bloody but intoxicating ride By: Sean Price This action-comedy goes off the rails in a good way, but some riders may get motion sickness.
Recap Better Call Saul returns to Breaking Bad to map out a bleak ending for Jimmy By: Andrew Bloom Saul’s choice to visit Walter White mirrors Gene’s choice to pursue one more cancer patient.
Features Nope & a brief, shameful history of live primates as entertainment A look back at the use of chimpanzees as clowns & sidekicks for humans, & how it relates to a strange & haunting subplot of Jordan Peele's hit sci-fi horror.
Interviews We Met in Virtual Reality: Joe Hunting on the Positives of VR The director opens up about the challenges of filming a doc entirely inside virtual reality and advocating for safe, positive communities in that space.
Reviews DC’s League of Super-Pets has just enough bite to be entertaining By: Sean Price This animated superhero film is a blast for kids and dog lovers but may be kryptonite to everyone else.
Reviews Lena Dunham’s Sharp Stick dulls its message with messy storytelling By: Sarah Gorr Dunham’s story of a young woman’s sexual awakening is a frustrating mess concealing some honest gems.