While it begins as a cat-and-mouse thriller, Strange Darling evolves (and genre-bends) into a psychological quasi-horror that keeps you guessing. Strange Darling is frenetic maximalist romp that murders your expectations at every turn. With its saturated cinematography bringing a mad technicolor world to life and crisp near-deafening sound underlined by Craig DeLeon's discordant bass guitar score…
Dìdi is an autobiographical romp through the life of a shy 13-year-old Taiwanese-American as he tries to find his place in the summer before high school. Continue reading Dìdi is a love letter to an Asian-American childhood | movie review
Crossing follows a retired schoolteacher who enlists the help of a young 20-something to find her trans niece who disappeared years ago. Continue reading Found family drama Crossing is one of the year’s best | movie review
A young FBI agent tasked with tracking down a mysterious serial killer called Longlegs is taken down a dark hole that she might not be able to crawl out of. Continue reading Longlegs is creepy but ultimately harmless | movie review
When escort Anora meets the son of a Russian oligarch it seems like a too-good-to-be-true Cinderella story—and it is. Continue reading Anora gives Mikey Madison her star-is-born moment | Cannes review
An aging Hollywood starlet gets another chance at stardom when she discovers a mysterious serum that generates a younger more beautiful version of yourself in The Substance. Even if I told you where Coralie Fargeat’s Palme d’Or-competing The Substance ends up, you’d probably order a psych evaluation before believing me. It’s impossible to understate how…
Amidst the First World War, The Girl with the Needle follows a young Danish woman forced to make difficult decisions when she discovers she's pregnant unaware of the dark secrets that lurk. The Girl with the Needle is a bleak, dread-filled film that blends psychological horror with real horror, highlighted by disturbing imagery and an…
Dance musical Illinoise takes the songs of Sufjan Stevens's album of the same name and reimagines them as a series of stories told around a campfire culminating in an emotional queer coming-of-age Amongst Justin Peck's impressive and high energy choreography for Illinoise, the final new musical of the overstuffed and *insert RuPaul “meh” gif here*…
Challengers follows a decade-long love triangle between three would-be tennis stars that culminates in a match nearly as intense as their entanglement. Continue reading Challengers is a winner. Game, sex, match. | review and analysis
A group of journalists and war photographers trek from New York to Washington, D.C. while the United States is in the throes of a civil war Writer-director Alex Garland's Civil War is an all-out assault on the senses that immerses you in a war zone that isn't just close to home, it is home. When…
