Reviews “Bill & Ted Face the Music” isn’t all that wyld By: Matt Cipolla The franchise's long-awaited third entry is a harmless jaunt that lacks its predecessors' novelty and surrealism.
Reviews Season 3 of “Aggretsuko” moves out of the office By: Jacob Oller The red panda keeps raging against the machine as the cartoon becomes even more painfully relatable.
Reviews “The Shed” is stuffed full of dumb, faux-retro horror By: Sean Price The homage to 80s vampire flicks commits the mortal sin of being boring.
Features “The Handmaiden” explored the passion of female friendship By: Andrea Thompson Park Chan-wook's most recent film is an erotically charged but non-salacious look at women finding shelter & understanding in each other.
Reviews “Pure” is an honest, sensitive look at OCD By: Ashley Bardhan Charly Clive stars as a twentysomething struggling with an often misunderstood mental illness.
Reviews “Lingua Franca” is a heartfelt tale of love at the fringes of society By: Oluwatayo Adewole Isabel Sandoval directs & stars in a layered story of a woman struggling to live in a hostile world.
Fantasia 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Dinner in America” says ‘fuck ’em all but us’ By: Clint Worthington Adam Rehmeier's punk-rock indie romance takes a while to get out of first gear, but its charming leads are fun to spend time with.
Filmmaker of the Month “Stoker” brought Park Chan-wook to America for a Gothic exercise in style The director's sole English-language film to date is a simmering, occasionally empty exercise in Hitchcockian style.
Fantasia 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Woman of the Photographs” takes the shine off our polished self-images By: Clint Worthington Takeshi Kushida's debut is a heartbreakingly dark love story about confidence and perception.
Fantasia 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Survival Skills” blurs the thin blue line between fiction and reality By: Clint Worthington Quinn Armstrong's debut is a clever riff on '80s police training videos that sneaks in some earnest reflection on domestic violence.
Anniversaries Guitars and gunplay: “Desperado” 25 years later Robert Rodriguez's official arrival on the major-studio film scene remains a riotous, stylish pulp actioner.
Reviews “Fatima” is a timely story of the endless battle between science & belief By: Dorothy Green Marco Pontecorvo directs a thoughtful look at why we often choose faith over fact.
Anniversaries 20 years on, “Bring It On” scores high on spirit and voice Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union's cheerful high-school comedy finds ways to pepper charming rivalry with digs at cultural theft.
Reviews “The Boys” blasts away superhero fatigue in season 2 By: Jon Negroni Amazon's anti-superhero show returns for a more assured sophomore run that gives its broad satire deeper character.
Columns P.S.H. I Love You: Enter the suck zone of 1996’s “Twister” Philip Seymour Hoffman livened up Jan de Bont's 1996 blockbuster -- and probably made Jack Black's career possible.
Fantasia 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Tiny Tim: King for a Day” is a loving portrait in eccentricity By: Gena Radcliffe Johan von Sydow directs a touching, engaging documentary of a true one-of-a-kind performer.
Reviews Lovecraft Country Episode 2 Recap: “Whitey’s On the Moon” By: Gena Radcliffe Atticus & the others learn the secrets of Ardham Lodge in an episode stuffed with enough plot for three episodes.
Reviews “Peninsula” sends the “Train to Busan” series screeching to a halt By: Clint Worthington Silly, goofy, and totally brain-dead, this South Korean zombie flick bears only a passing resemblance to its inventive forebear.
Fantasia 2020 Fantasia 2020: “The Undertaker’s Home” offers modest chills By: Gena Radcliffe Argentina’s haunted house movie has plenty of atmosphere, but feels underwritten.
Reviews “Chemical Hearts” explores the messy beauty of teenage limbo By: Beau North Lili Reinhart beams with bittersweet light in a surprisingly-nuanced teen romance that honors the complicated struggles of adolescence.
Reviews “Lucifer” builds up its black heart in season 5 By: Beau North The fan-favorite show celebrates its second season on Netflix with a stronger sense of self, and a devilish wit.