Festivals TIFF 2022: Fixation takes the viewer on a long, strange trip through a fragile woman’s mind By: Peter Sobczynski Mercedes Bryce Morgan directs an uneven but fascinating psychological drama about a woman who undergoes an unorthodox version of therapy.
Reviews The Woman King brings back the old-fashioned historical epic with style By: Shannon Campe Viola Davis heads an excellent cast in Gina Prince-Bythewood's exhilarating action movie.
Reviews Moonage Daydream hits a cinematic high note reflecting the mind of David Bowie By: Lisa Laman The unforgettable musician is the centerpiece of an appropriately maximalist documentary.
Recap The Rings of Power starts making big moves "The Great Wave" pushes the story as the show finds momentum.
Reviews X prequel Pearl is a candy-colored origin story soaked in Technicolor blood By: Clint Worthington Ti West and Mia Goth follow up their '70s porn slasher six months prior with a bloody, fascinating mashup of Psycho and The Wizard of Oz.
Reviews Goodnight Mommy is a serviceable but superfluous remake By: Gena Radcliffe While building solid tension, the Austrian cult horror film is toned down for an American audience.
Reviews God’s Country takes viewers to a place too often ignored By: Michael Frank Thandiwe Newton delivers a career-best in a thriller bristling with racial tension.
Recap She-Hulk: Attorney at Law doesn’t skip cardio “Mean, Green, and Straight Poured Into These Jeans” keeps She-Hulk on a rapid pace.
Recap Star Trek: Lower Decks keeps the stakes low but the spirits high A race for comfy new quarters and a chance for nerds to relax leave things light but entertaining.
Reviews See How They Run wastes a great ensemble with a humdrum murder mystery By: Sean Price While impressive to look at, this stodgy attempt at an Agatha Christie whodunnit belongs in a dusty old attic.
Reviews ‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’: TRIGGER goes gloriously downbeat By: Justin Harrison 'Promare' director Hiroyuki Imaishi's ultraviolent action is colorful and kinetic, but it's the quiet moments—lovely, sad, and otherwise, that make this Night City story sing.
Reviews Confess Fletch, confess that Jon Hamm rocks an ok comic mystery By: Justin Harrison Adventureland director Greg Mottola goes for laughs and gets them, sometimes to the rest of the movie's detriment.
Recap This week’s House of the Dragon plays with sex and perception By: Clint Worthington Daemon plays some nasty games, as Rhaenyra comes face to face with the double standards of royal patriarchy.
Reviews Mark Rylance stitches together the theatrical thrills of The Outfit By: Diego Peralta Graham Moore's directorial debut effectively uses a wily cast and the script's innate staginess.
Festivals TIFF 2022: Sisu says don’t just punch Nazis, throw a land mine at their face By: Clint Worthington Jalmari Helander's WWII action flick glues Inglourious Basterds to Mad Max Fury Road, and it's a fist-pumping blast.
Reviews “He’s An Artist!” Pink Floyd: The Wall at 40 By: Peter Sobczynski Alan Parker's psychedelic edifice to the music of Pink Floyd is just as gripping and relevant as it was four decades ago.
Reviews Clerks III is Kevin Smith’s love letter to himself By: Kevin Tudor The sound of giving up rings loud & clear in this exercise in empty nostalgia.
Reviews Monarch is a good old country-loving drama By: Ashley Lara Fox’s new primetime drama features starring turns from Anna Friel, Beth Ditto, and screen queen Susan Sarandon, with hits songs and remixes.
Recap The Rings of Power does overnights at Orc Camp "Adar" places the protagonists in various forms of imprisonment as hope takes a beating.
Reviews American Gigolo is a pretty disappointment By: Megan Sunday Showtime’s gritty reimagining of the ‘80s neo-noir is a lackluster look at the life of a male escort.
Reviews Pinocchio is another misfire from Disney & Robert Zemeckis By: Lisa Laman The strings of the past and present tangle up this misguided remake of an animated classic.