Franz (2025) movie review: Veteran filmmaker Agnieszka Holland and screenwriter Marek Epstein have created an appropriately Kafkaesque Kafka biopic.
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It Ends (2025) movie review: Inspired by Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit, Alexander Ullom’s horror road movie will leave viewers alternately puzzled and unsettled.
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Tony (2026) movie review summary: The tale of 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain’s summer of ’75, Matt Johnson’s dramedy offers an great portrait of an ‘ordinary’ life.
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Motor City (2025) movie review: This very good flick tells its noirish story by way of its excellent cast – notably Shailene Woodley and Ben Foster – and extensive song …
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The Odyssey (2026) movie review: Christopher Nolan’s latest cinematic event is perfectly ‘good.’ Yet its one truly notable achievement is its … sound design.
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The Invite (2026) movie review: In this witty, thoughtful dramedy, Olivia Wilde proves herself as adept – as performer and director – as the younger Woody Allen.
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Renoir (2025) movie review: Inspired by events in her own childhood, Chie Hayakawa’s surrealistic coming-of-age drama is both esoteric and memorable.
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The Propagandist (2024) movie review: Luuk Bouwman’s sober documentary traces the rise and fall of the Dutch Nazi Party’s Film Service head Jan Teunissen.
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Is God Is (2026) movie review summary: Issues of power (and its abuse) and ethics (and its inapplicability) are at the core of Aleshea Harris’ psychological family drama.
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The Alternate (2021) movie review: Alrik Bursell’s clever and gripping sci-fi thriller is partly set in a deceptively rosier parallel universe. Patrice Binaisa stars.
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Sylvie of the Sunshine State (2022) movie review: Sasha Levinson’s documentary depicts the difficulties of parenting during the COVID-19 era.
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Pandemic Pillow Talk (2022)web series review: Eric Roberts is featured in this clever comedy about the difficulties of dating during the COVID pandemic.
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The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020) movie review: Radha Blank directs and stars in a midlife-crisis tale reminiscent of Woody Allen and Paul Mazursky.