‘How to Have Sex’ is the best movie of the year | movie review
How to Have Sex follows a trio of friends on a drunken debauched island holiday that leads to trouble Continue reading ‘How to Have Sex’ is the best movie of the year | movie review
Karl Delossantos
Hey, I'm Karl, founder and film critic at Smash Cut. I started Smash Cut in 2014 to share my love of movies and give a perspective I haven't yet seen represented. I'm also an editor at The New York Times, a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, and a member of the Online Film Critics Society.
In an effort to update a classic, ‘Mean Girls’ feels dated | movie review
Modern classic Mean Girls returns in musical form to the big screen after a hit Broadway run. So fetch. Continue reading In an effort to update a classic, ‘Mean Girls’ feels dated | movie review
Best Movies of 2023
From Beyoncé and Bernstein to Godzilla and Frankenstein, here are the best movies of 2023 that made us, as Nicole Kidman said, laugh, cry and care. Continue reading Best Movies of 2023
‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ is a shimmering documentary stunner | review
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé takes us onstage and behind the scenes of her record-breaking tour with intimate vignettes that uncover how the show and album came together. Continue reading ‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ is a shimmering documentary stunner | review
Colman Domingo gives ‘Rustin’ the megaphone | review
In Netflix’s new biopic, Colman Domingo plays civil rights activist Bayard Rustin as he plans the March on Washington in just eight weeks Continue reading Colman Domingo gives ‘Rustin’ the megaphone | review
‘Perfect Days’ is day-in-the-life bliss | review
A Tokyo toilet cleaner enjoys his routine-driven simple life. But unexpected detours force him to face what is simple and what is safe. Continue reading ‘Perfect Days’ is day-in-the-life bliss | review
Natalie Portman and Julianne spar in high camp melodrama ‘May December’ | review and analysis
May December follows an actress (Natalie Portman) as she prepares to play a notorious tabloid figure (Julianne Moore) by shadowing her dredging up old wounds Continue reading Natalie Portman and Julianne spar in high camp melodrama ‘May December’ | review and analysis
Foe is its own worst enemy | review
NYFF 2023 | Foe follows the fallout after a young couple receives news that one of them will be sent to space with a clone to keep the other company The collective star power of Academy Award nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal isn't enough to save this sweaty (both literally and figuratively) lo-fi sci-fi…
‘American Fiction’ satirically rewrites race into Hollywood | review
American Fiction follows a fed-up Black author who sarcastically writes a “Black novel” to poke fun at the media’s hypocrisy only to find himself with his most success to date Continue reading ‘American Fiction’ satirically rewrites race into Hollywood | review
‘Dream Scenario’ puts Nicolas Cage in an internet-age nightmare | review
A woefully average middle-aged professor garners overnight fame after he appears in the entire world’s dreams in Dream Scenario Continue reading ‘Dream Scenario’ puts Nicolas Cage in an internet-age nightmare | review