Christmas movies: a sacred genre built on warm fuzzies, timeless charm, and maybe, just maybe, a dash of magic. So when Red One rolls onto the scene with its loud, sugar-soaked action-comedy aesthetic, you know it’s going to be different. But is “different” good? For Red One, the answer is complicated. This Jake Kasdan-directed, star-powered…
Elton John’s life is a tapestry woven with flamboyant performances, staggering fame, personal heartaches, and eventual redemption. Never Too Late, a film biography co-directed by David Furnish (John’s husband and manager) and RJ Cutler, ventures into the intricate layers of this icon’s life. It feels grand, yet oddly restrained—like it wants to dive deep but…
Dawn Porter’s Never Too Much isn’t merely a stroll down memory lane of Luther Vandross’s career, nor is it just another documentary full of the usual facts and figures. Instead, it’s a heartfelt invitation to meet the man behind the music. For those of us who have a special place for Luther’s voice and vision,…
There’s something almost hauntingly tranquil about Youth (Homecoming). It’s not an easy movie, not something you watch in passing or put on for background noise. Wang Bing’s film—part of a larger trilogy that digs deeply into working-class life in modern China—is almost a meditation on what it means to live, to labor, and to be…
Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point is not your typical holiday flick. It’s one of those movies you stumble upon thinking, “Alright, let’s see what this has to offer,” and then realize you’re getting something entirely different—and better—than what you expected. Directed by Tyler Taormina, it takes everything you think you know about Christmas movies, flips…
Imagine watching a movie that feels like a half-remembered dream. You’ve seen versions of it before—the gritty setting, the desperate fight for survival, the eerie silence broken by the sounds of unseen dangers. Welcome to Elevation, a film that seems to settle comfortably into its genre without much ambition to transcend it. At a brisk…
When a Christmas movie has “pageant” in the title, it might not instantly grab your attention. After all, we’ve seen Christmas pageants, attended them, and probably daydreamed through a few. But The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is a movie that brings something surprisingly fresh to a well-worn holiday tradition. It’s more than a retelling of…
When a film like Heretic comes along, it doesn’t just walk a line between horror and thriller—it practically dances on it, delivering that unnerving feeling that only the best psychological thrillers can manage. It’s more than jump scares or dark hallways, though the film has its fair share of both. Instead, Heretic taps into something…
Watching Andrea Arnold’s Bird is like plunging into a story that pulls no punches, a journey through broken lives held together by threads of resilience and moments of tenderness that catch you off guard. It’s intense, harrowing even, yet undeniably compassionate—a film that lives in the spaces between violence and love, hope and despair. For…
Jérémy Clapin’s Meanwhile on Earth feels less like a film and more like an atmospheric dive into grief’s darkest waters, a place where faith and longing wrestle with silence. This isn’t the type of movie that hands you answers or clean resolutions; instead, it nudges you to sit with a world of feeling, of questions…
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