Some films demand patience; The Return asks for your soul. This isn’t a movie that casually entertains on a Friday night while popcorn kernels pop in the microwave. Instead, it’s a cinematic wilderness, stripped down and stark, where each gust of wind carries weight, and every pause between words is filled with tension. This is…
What happens when you take the anxiety-riddled turn of the millennium, throw in a group of misfit teens, and let a rogue toaster lead a robot uprising? You get Y2K, a movie so chaotic and steeped in nostalgia it feels like someone dumped a Blockbuster Video into a blender and hit “apocalypse mode.” Directed with…
Carrie Coon steps into Lake George like a hurricane disguised as a summer breeze—subtle at first, yet unstoppable by the time you feel its full force. Her portrayal of Phyllis, a woman teetering on the edge of control, spins Jeffrey Reiner’s neo-noir crime comedy into something more profound than its premise suggests. As much a…
There’s something inherently chaotic about Get Away. You can’t pin it down to a single genre or vibe—it zigzags between a dark comedy and a folk-horror fever dream like a wayward tourist on a sketchy detour. And that’s exactly the point. Steffen Haars has taken a classic trope—the naïve vacationers stumbling into a nightmare—and spun…
The End isn’t the kind of movie you watch lightly. It sneaks up on you, gets under your skin, and demands you wrestle with it long after the credits roll. Joshua Oppenheimer, a director known for tackling the unspoken, doesn’t just invite you into a story—he traps you inside it, giving you no choice but…
Paul Schrader’s Oh, Canada doesn’t ask for your approval. It doesn’t beckon you into its world with open arms or glossy promises of escapism. Instead, it stares you down, weathered and unapologetic, daring you to grapple with its themes. This is Schrader at his most pared-back, vulnerable, and personal. And while the film is imperfect…
Some movies don’t strive to revolutionize cinema. They don’t swing for the fences with groundbreaking storytelling or experimental visuals. Instead, they aim for the heart, relying on raw sincerity and universal truths. Unstoppable is one of those films. It’s predictable in structure, sometimes too on-the-nose in its messaging, yet deeply moving in its portrayal of…
Every so often, a film comes along that lingers. Not like a cheerful aftertaste, but like a faint echo you can’t quite shake. Sujo is one of those films. It doesn’t leap off the screen with dazzling visuals or bombastic storytelling. Instead, it creeps in, quietly staking its claim on your thoughts and emotions long…
There’s a peculiar charm to films that seem old and new at the same time, as though they’re straddling two eras, holding fast to the grit of the past while teasing something fresh out of the well-worn. Day of the Fight sits squarely in this peculiar middle, a boxing movie that doesn’t try to dodge…
Sometimes, a movie doesn’t quite let you settle in your seat. It grips, jostles, and leaves you a little unsure of where you stand by the time the credits roll. That’s Hounds in a nutshell—a gritty debut by director Kamal Lazraq that takes you deep into the shadowy, chaotic streets of Casablanca. It’s visceral, moody,…