Reviews
Thrilling though it may be, Denis Villeneuve’s second adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novels presents war as a distressing yet inevitable reality.
Jonathan Glazer’s historical drama is a groundswell indictment of genocidal complacency. But should it win an Oscar?
The exquisite latest work from writer-director Andrew Haigh embodies the best in what queer commercial filmmaking might offer.
Bradley Cooper’s biopic of Leonard Bernstein is a coup of a performance that ultimately acquiesces to its subject’s overblown ego.
Neither Hayao Miyazaki’s animation nor William Oldroyd’s psychological drama is very good, though both arise out of compelling scenarios.
Kristoffer Bogli’s dark comedy appears to be a commentary on the fickle nature of modern celebrity, but also betrays a lurking paranoia towards cancel culture.
The global music superstar directs a documentary that centers on her live performances, but also unveils a handful of personal quirks.
Directors Sofia Coppola and Todd Haynes have both crafted unsettling dramas about audience complicity in famed cases of statutory rape.
For all its concern towards the people of the Osage, Martin Scorsese’s new historical drama is primarily interested in watching its subjects die.
Writer-director Justine Triet’s psychological mystery is a meditation on our cultural predilection for interpreting women’s agency as deviant or offensive.