Five LGBTQ+ Films We Can’t Wait to See at the 36th Reeling Film Festival
The 36th annual LGBTQ+ film fest starts up this week in Chicago, and we talk about some of the queer films we most look forward […]
AuthorClint Worthington
The First TV Review: Hulu Ventures Into Space, Stays Disappointingly Earthbound
Despite brilliant performances and an intriguingly cerebral attitude, Sean Penn’s Hulu-set space race fails to reach for the stars, keeping its feet disappointingly on terra […]
The Predator Review: Shane Black’s Sequel Is One Messy Hunt
Shane Black returns to the macho 90s alien-hunter franchise he helped spawn, but his irreverent stamp (including a heaping helping of ableism) does more harm […]
INTERVIEW: Searching’s Aneesh Chaganty and Sev Ohanian on Building Suspense Through Screens
For the latest On Tap minisode, we air an interview Clint conducted for the new John Cho computer-screen thriller Searching – about a frantic father searching […]
Film Review: Searching Is a Riveting, Screens-Only Missing Persons Thriller
Anchored by a layered lead turn from John Cho, Aneesh Chaganty’s screens-only thriller explores the formal implications of laptop cinema in new and exciting ways. […]
Film Review: Oscar Isaac Hunts Nazis in Compelling, if Spotty, Operation Finale
Despite two incredible lead performances from Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley, this dramatization of the Mossad extradition of Adolf Eichmann feels a bit too safe. […]
The Trailer for Gaspar Noé’s ‘Climax’ Does the Danse Macabre: Watch
Gaspar Noe’s kaleidoscopic Cannes favorite gets a new trailer and poster promising all the Satanic dance mayhem the French provocateur can muster. Gaspar Noé is no […]
BlacKkKlansman is Spike Lee as His Most Confrontational, Outrageous, and Timely
Spike Lee’s latest is one of his best, a funny, soulful blaxploitation-infused take on the ways the racism of America’s past ripples through into its […]
The Meg is the Goofiest, Cheesiest, Most Sharktastic Fin-tertainment of the Summer
The shark schlock comes at you hard, fast, and fun, as Jason Statham battles giant sharks with an international cast in the Deep Blue Sea […]
Oscars Changes Add a “Popular Film” Category, Cuts Down to Three Hours
The Academy’s board of governors approves new changes for next year’s Oscars, including a three-hour telecast and the addition of new categories. Next year’s Oscars […]