Tag: Film Criticism
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Redux Redux Review: A Multiverse Thriller About Grief, Revenge, and the Illusion of Control
In Redux Redux, directors Kevin and Matthew McManus strip the multiverse thriller down to its emotional core. What begins as a time-travel revenge story quickly transforms into an unflinching character study about grief, obsession, and the illusion of control. Michaela McManus delivers a gripping lead performance as Irene Kelly, a mother who uses a mysterious…
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Georgina Campbell’s 2026 Horror Double Feature: Psycho Killer & Cold Storage Review
In just weeks, Georgina Campbell headlines two 2026 horror releases — the brooding slasher Psycho Killer and the zany sci-fi creature feature Cold Storage. While neither film reinvents the genre, both showcase Campbell’s growing presence as one of horror’s most reliable modern leads. Here’s my full review of both films.
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The Alabama Solution Review: How Alabama’s Prison Crisis Exposes the Design of Mass Incarceration
In The Alabama Solution, directors Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman turn their lens toward one of the most overcrowded and controversial prison systems in the United States. What begins as a portrait of Alabama’s carceral crisis expands into a broader examination of mass incarceration, prison labor, parole reform, and systemic neglect. Through contraband footage captured…
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die Review: Gore Verbinski’s Bold AI Satire Is His Most Urgent Film in Years
Gore Verbinski returns to live action with Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, a dark comedy that feels less like science fiction and more like a warning. Starring Sam Rockwell, this AI satire explores tech addiction, youth alienation, and the fragile future of human connection — just in time for its theatrical release.
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Pillion (2025) Review: Harry Lighton’s Tender, Unorthodox Love Story About Power, Desire, and Self-Discovery
In Pillion (2025), director Harry Lighton explores queer love, power dynamics, and self-discovery within the world of a modern BDSM biker community. Anchored by performances from Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård, this unorthodox romance challenges expectations of intimacy, consent, and emotional growth.
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Nirvanna the Band – the Show – the Movie Review: A Time-Traveling Cult Comedy About Friendship, Failure, and Creative Ambition
Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol bring their long-running cult comedy to the big screen with Nirvanna the Band – The Show – The Movie, an inventive time-travel mockumentary that blends archival footage, absurd humor, and a surprisingly heartfelt exploration of friendship, ambition, and creative stagnation.
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My Father’s Shadow Review: A Coming-of-Age Story Set in Nigeria’s 1993 Crisis | Black History Month Spotlight
My Father’s Shadow marks a historic milestone as the first Nigerian film selected for Cannes, telling an intimate coming-of-age story set against Nigeria’s 1993 presidential election crisis. Through the eyes of two young brothers and their estranged father, Akinola Davies Jr.’s debut explores family, masculinity, and political memory. Part of our Black History Month spotlight…
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All That’s Left of You Review: Cherien Dabis’ Generational Portrait of Palestinian Loss and Resistance
In her five-star masterwork ‘All That’s Left of You,’ Cherien Dabis explores the intergenerational cycle of trauma and the ‘impossible calculus’ of survival. From the 1948 Nakba to a modern-day medical moral dilemma, this review examines how a family’s grief becomes a radical assertion of Palestinian identity.
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Send Help Review: Sam Raimi Turns Workplace Toxicity Into Savage Survival Horror
What begins as a familiar corporate nightmare quickly mutates into something far more vicious. In Send Help, Sam Raimi transforms workplace toxicity, inherited power, and gendered labor into a brutal survival horror, where hierarchy collapses the moment it can no longer be performed. With Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien locked in a razor-sharp power struggle,…
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Sound of Falling Review: Mascha Schilinski’s Haunting Portrait of Women, Memory, and Witnessing
Mascha Schilinski’s The Sound of Falling is a haunting, non-linear meditation on women, memory, and the quiet violence of witnessing. Spanning generations within the same farmhouse, the film examines curiosity, abuse, and identity through fragmented vignettes that echo across time. It’s a work that lingers—less something to solve than something to feel.