Beyond its striking visuals and pulsating soundtrack, Sirât is a meditation on the human condition: what drives us to go on as our world collapses around us.
This strikingly composed documentary from director Miro Remo is less interested in profiling these characters than in artfully capturing their peculiar existence.
Slovak director Tereza Nvotová’s follow-up to her breakout Nightsiren is impeccably well-crafted, utilizing minutes-long single takes to heighten the tension.
Coming off the back of proficient actioners Day Shift and The Killer’s Game, this latest outing from stunt coordinator-turned-director J.J. Perry is an unfortunate dud.
This largely faithful adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 novel—with a few key story changes—pulls no punches and hits just as hard as it did upon release.
This third and final Downton Abbey film never really recaptures the magic of the beloved ITV series that ran from 2010-15, but it’s an improvement over the previous two movies.
Despite some terrific 1980s production design and a few memorable horror set pieces, this Conjuring movie isn’t nearly scary enough to compete with James Wan’s first two movies.
This crime thriller represents something of a departure for director Darren Aronofsky, but gorgeously captures a very particular late-1990s New York City aesthetic
This new version of the 1989 classic boasts a pair of engaging lead performances from Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman along with terrific production design and location cinematography.
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This fresh, funny, and wildly over-the-top screwball romance is bursting at the seams with inventive filmmaking techniques, and carries the invigorating spirit of American independent cinema from the 1970s and 1990s.
This spry, action-packed sequel carries over both the strengths and weaknesses of 2021’s Nobody, and while it may be a step down from its predecessor, it’s only a small one.
Materialists covers some similar thematic territory as director Celine Song’s previous film, the wonderful Past Lives, but in a much more simplistic, and far less emotionally resonant, fashion.
This scene-for-scene remake of Thomas Vinterberg’s 2020 film is so close in story, tone, and spirit that there’s little value for anyone who remembers the earlier film.
This diverting black comedy is cut from the same cloth, and serves as a career-launching showcase for debut writer-director and star Eva Victor.
This is the rare mainstream film that doesn’t just tell a story—it challenges how stories are told, and lingers in the mind long after the credits have rolled.
This one is packed with enough genuine laughs to succeed as a feature film comedy in 2025… even if it never really lives up to the original movies.
This affectionate portrait of the journey of immigrants in the Czech Republic has a raw authenticity and genuine nostalgia for a very particular time and place.
This stark parable about the bureaucracy of terror, and the terror of bureaucracy, feels distressingly relevant to the state of contemporary politics.
Director Ilya Naishuller (Nobody, Hardcore Henry) lends this one a little more style than it probably deserves—call it a guilty pleasure.
A serial killer employs sharks as his weapon of choice in Dangerous Animals, which played in the midnight movie section of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
The MCU’s latest take on Marvel’s First Family is stylish and fun, even if it doesn’t quite stick the landing.
Exiled Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi captures life in Gaza through intimate video calls with Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassouna.
Another group of teenagers pays the price for making a bad decision following a hit-and-run accident in I Know What You Did Last Summer, opening