The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf is best at its bleakest
Nightmare of the Wolf is a gorgeously animated, narratively lumpy prequel to The Witcher that boasts an excellent, harrowing climax.
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Hydra Blu-ray review: strong acting, great fights, killer mood
Hydra, from master action director Kensuke Sonomura, boasts both thrilling duels between lethal assassins and warm, skillful character work.
Berlinale 2021: “Drift Away” is a riveting but frustrating police thriller
Xavier Beauvois’ procedural offers intriguing day-in-the-life police work, despite an abrupt late-film shift into melodrama.
“Saint Maud” and the horror of utter devotion
Rose Glass writes and directs an unforgettably creepy story about a troubled young nurse’s efforts to save her patient’s soul.
“The Dig” explores our aching need to be remembered
Simon Stone crafts an exquisite drama about the importance of history on our personal and societal stories, anchored by beautiful turns from Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes.
“Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love” is Mira Nair’s inane misadventure
Mira Nair crafts a messy, regressive tale of sexual liberation filtered through a heteronormative gaze, giving us sex without tempering it with love.
“Monsoon Wedding” is a warm-hearted ode to family and Indian culture
Mira Nair’s breakthrough international hit both draws from Bollywood tradition and breaks out of its restrictions, creating something wholly new and endearing in the process.
For the love of “The Game”, David Fincher’s secret masterpiece
David Fincher’s Hitchcockian thriller is one of his twistiest, best early works.
“Divine Love” feels oddly platonic
Gabriel Mascaro’s sci-fi drama is an eye-catching effort that doesn’t have as much to say as it thinks it does.
“Rebecca” is a glamorous vacation for the eyes
Ben Wheatley’s take on the Daphne du Maurier gothic romance doesn’t surpass Hitchcock’s, but it’s a well-made mental getaway.
“The Glorias” is a run-of-the-mill biopic about a living legend
Julie Taymor directs Julianne Moore in a frustratingly muted look at the feminist movement icon.
I’m thinking of composing things: Jay Wadley on the score for “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
The composer for Charlie Kaufman’s latest talks to us about dream ballets, the strangeness of small towns, and the business of film composing.
Lovecraft Country Episode 4 Recap: “A History of Violence”
Atticus & the others return to Massachusetts in a shaky episode that swaps out horror for high adventure.
“The Secret Garden” is just lively enough
Marc Munden’s adaptation of the Frances Hodgson Burnett novel is too myopic to fully bloom, but it has just enough flourishes to work.
Ghostly justice comes for Guatemalan tyrants in the atmospheric “La Llorona”
A genocidal general is haunted by the women he’s wronged, both living and dead, in this eerie historical chiller.
“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness” puts the women front & center
Season 2 of TNT’s Victorian era crime thriller turns the spotlight on Dakota Fanning & an eerie plot about kidnapped infants.
“What We Do in the Shadows” suddenly became the best sitcom on TV
The good-natured, cheeky comedy about vampire roommates concludes a hilarious, surprisingly touching at times second season.
“Belgravia” Is Sumptuous Stay-at-Home Period Drama
Julian Fellowes brings his Downton Abbey sensibilities to this warm, comforting costume piece.
Finding Empowerment Amid Orthodox Judaism in “Unorthodox”
Netflix’s adaptation of Deborah Feldman’s memoir is cinematic and inspiring.
“The Outsider” Ends on a Subdued Note With “Must/Can’t”
Viewers expecting the season finale to have an exciting climax will be disappointed, as characters and grim reality drive the ending.
Make Room for “Shrill” Season 2, or Get Out of the Way
Annie makes amends & demands a place in the world in a quietly powerful sophomore season of the Hulu comedy-drama.