Film Review: Sierra Burgess Is a Loser Mistakes Frumpy for Failure
Netflix updates Cyrano de Bergerac for the social media era in this clunky teen rom-com, which distastefully hinges on a young girl’s perceived unattractiveness. Now […]
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Film Review: Netflix Explores the Metaphysics of Love with The Laws of Thermodynamics
Mateo Gil’s Spanish rom-com mockumentary tumbles toward entropy with beautiful visuals, but a scattered story and weak protagonist. As any science fiction nerd can tell […]
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: Kin Misfires With Egregious Sci-fi Sequel Baiting
Jack Reynor keeps his brother and his big-ass gun safe in this tepid late-August shoot-em-up, its characters as mild as its ambitions. Detroit has had […]
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. […]
35 Years Later, Cujo Remains a Scary, Shaky Stephen King Adaptation
Lewis Teague’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Cujo turns thirty-five today, and is a perfect example of the thrills and pitfalls experienced by the average King […]
Alpha Stands Out from the Pack with a Prehistoric Boy and His Dog Story
Despite some familiar story beats, Alpha puts a novel, prehistoric spin on the classic tale of canine friendship, along with some stunning visuals. Alpha doesn’t […]
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before is Netflix’s Love Letter to Love Letters
Netflix’s latest dalliance in the teen rom-com genre is a real charmer, a sunny, bittersweet confection with plenty of welcome twists to high school romance. […]
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 […]