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April 24, 2024April 24, 2024

Challengers is a winner. Game, sex, match. | review and analysis

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

April 11, 2024April 11, 2024

Civil War is a thriller at war with itself | review

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…

April 5, 2024April 5, 2024

The First Omen is a sinful delight | review

Preceding the 1976 classic, The First Omen follows a young nun-to-be who discovers an insidious plot to bring about the antichrist Continue reading The First Omen is a sinful delight | review

April 3, 2024April 3, 2024

Dev Patel’s Monkey Man is an action thriller with a lot on its mind | review

Dev Patel’s directorial debut Monkey Man follows an Indian man on a mission for revenge against the people and politics that wronged him Continue reading Dev Patel’s Monkey Man is an action thriller with a lot on its mind | review

March 10, 2023March 22, 2024

Late Night With the Devil is the best possession horror in years | SXSW review

A 70s late-night show goes awry when it invites a suspected possession case onto the show in Late Night With The Devil. Nothing like an exorcism to boost ratings. Continue reading Late Night With the Devil is the best possession horror in years | SXSW review

March 21, 2024March 22, 2024

Queer revenge thriller Femme slays | review

After a homophobic attack, a gay man sets out for revenge on his assailant when he discovers he is closeted in Femme Continue reading Queer revenge thriller Femme slays | review

May 21, 2022March 9, 2024

‘Armageddon Time’ reckons with a pre-Reagan childhood | movie review

Director James Gray analyzes his own family in his autobiographical drama Armageddon Time, set during his childhood in a pre-Reagan New York City Continue reading ‘Armageddon Time’ reckons with a pre-Reagan childhood | movie review

May 23, 2022March 9, 2024

‘Decision to Leave’ is a romantic mystery | Cannes review

In Decision to Leave, a picture-perfect detective's murder investigation slowly goes off the rails when he finds himself fascinated by the victim's enigmatic wife Decision to Leave finds South Korean director Park Chan-wook at the absolute top of his game as he breathes new life into a not-so-classic detective story. The fiercely paced first half…

May 24, 2022March 9, 2024

Cannes 2022: Boy from Heaven, The Eight Mountains, EO | movie reviews

Here is a round-up of three films competing for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival: Boy From Heaven, The Eight Mountains, EO Boy From Heaven Tawfeek Barhom in Boy From Heaven, which is competing for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Image Credit: Atmo Rights AB Boy From Heaven follows…

May 25, 2022March 9, 2024

‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ needed another wish | Cannes movie review

Tilda Swinton plays an academic who frees a Djinn (Idris Elba) from centuries-long imprisonment and is granted three wishes in Three Thousand Years of Longing. Continue reading ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ needed another wish | Cannes movie review