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C+
See You When I See You (2026) Marshall Shaffer There’s a good movie about therapy and PTSD inside Jay Duplass’ "See You When I See You." The trouble is, it’s buried in a so-so family ensemble film about shared grief and recovery.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026) Marshall Shaffer Even the most hair-brained of Wain’s films have some quality elements, but it’s nevertheless a slight disappointment to see a luminary operating at the lower end of his power and promise.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
C
The Invite (2026) Marshall Shaffer For all the belabored artistry of this choppily cut enterprise, little in "The Invite" actually moves. It’s potential energy, unconvincingly trying to pass itself off as kinetic.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
Frank & Louis (2026) Marshall Shaffer Volpe spends a lot of time circling the obvious in both character dynamics and narrative direction. When coupled with the generally reserved tonality, a certain sluggishness sets in once the film’s basic trajectory becomes evident.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
Union County (2026) Marshall Shaffer In place of sensationalized story beats or pathologized characterization, Meeks’ screenplay stitches together mundane moments with an eye toward minutiae and procedure.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
B
The Shitheads (2026) Marshall Shaffer By the time The Shitheads arrives at its ultimate destination, the whole enterprise might feel like it’s hanging on by a string. But that string is the heartstring.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
B
The Incomer (2026) Marshall Shaffer Paxton makes explicit that this is a story about making decisions from an outlook that favors hope over fear. And, at least for the duration of the film, he creates an imaginary universe where such a choice feels both logical and lovable.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
D-
Anaconda (2025) Marshall Shaffer Let this film with no bite serve as rock bottom for the IP era.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
A+
Sentient (2026) Brian Farvour In the best possible way, director Tony Jones has created the documentary version of a car crash; you don’t want to look, but you can’t bring yourself to look away.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
A-
Joybubbles (2026) Brian Farvour By subverting expectations, “Joybubbles” becomes a delightful watch, a biography of a man whose talents on a telephone were just one of many that made him special.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
A-
Leviticus (2026) Gregory Ellwood You want them to find some semblance of a happy ending. Even if, like any queer person, they are always looking over their shoulder for the inevitable evil that's lurking around the corner. An inescapable evil that wants to destroy them.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
The Musical (2026) Gregory Ellwood While the kids are pretty fantastic overall, it’s the collaboration between Brill and Bonilla that takes Heller’s screenplay to another level.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Soul Patrol (2026) Christian Gallichio Like many Vietnam stories, the film openly contends with the futility of the war, questioning the larger purpose behind it and how it affected these specific men. The film’s greatest strength, then, is in that specificity and its historical corrective.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
A
Seized (2026) Brian Farvour The structure may not offer anything revolutionary outside the realm of the documentary playbook, but in doing so, it presents its subject matter in an easily digestible form, free of the baggage that might exist in the hands of another filmmaker.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
A
Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026) Monica Castillo ...“Once Upon a Time in Harlem” works on many fronts as both an exquisitely crafted reflection and a tribute to the time, both of the Harlem Renaissance and of Greaves’ generation, hungry to hear these nearly forgotten stories.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
B
zi (2026) Carlos Aguilar For all its entrancing imagery, “Zi” is ultimately contrived in how the few concrete details of the narrative come together. The result is more experiential than thematically substantial.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
Nuisance Bear  (2026) Brian Farvour It’s undeniably gorgeous, but what’s the greater message? If spotted, keep a safe distance. In the meantime, there’s always “Nuisance Bear.”
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
C-
Lady (2026) Lena Wilson Nwosu shows true visionary promise, and “Lady” offers a glimpse into a world rarely depicted on screen. This is an admirable debut, but it ironically loses sight of its characters as its humanitarian message develops.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
A+
Hanging by a Wire (2026) Brian Farvour ...“Hanging By a Wire” is a nail-biting watch, one that never allows itself to become bogged down in excessive setup or backstory while allowing time for the pace to catch its breath just as it ratchets back to edge-of-your-seat fear.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
I Want Your Sex (2026) Gregory Ellwood What’s fresh and compelling are Wilde and Hoffman. They are so stellar together that the film’s multiple endings work because they are front and center in them. In the end, almost despite Araki’s efforts, they make having "Sex" worth it.
Posted Jan 25, 2026  Edit critic review
C-
The Gallerist (2026) Gregory Ellwood Zeta-Jones simply steals every scene she's in. The "Chicago" star is serving top-tier intentional camp all while the movie has run out of steam and any semblance of plausibility minutes after she pops on screen.
Posted Jan 25, 2026  Edit critic review
C
Hot Water (2026) Gregory Ellwood Yes, there is a tender car ride at the end of the film that demonstrates Bashour’s talent, but it just isn’t enough to separate everything else from a long line of similar independent movies, let alone over 40 years of similar Sundance indies.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
A
Josephine (2026) Carlos Aguilar An audacious, potently unflinching, and profoundly humanistic gut-punch of a film.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
Extra Geography (2026) Gregory Ellwood Manners' feature debut is perfectly polished. Duggan and Clear are distinct talents who scream future stars. But as insightful as it all is as a portrait of those bumpy teenage years for young women, it does all feel a bit too familiar.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
B
The Moment (2026) Gregory Ellwood Zamiri has taken a very big swing with The Moment. So has Aitchison. The legacy of Charli's contributions to this particular era of pop culture are on the line. And while it's not a complete home run, in the end, it delivers.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
A-
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (2026) Gregory Ellwood Shake Your Booty! is primarily a showcase for Kikuchi. The movie simply wouldn't work without her quiet charisma. How she balances the highs and lows of Haru's mental state with so little dialogue is something of a minor miracle.
Posted Jan 23, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
Carousel (2026) Gregory Ellwood "Carousel" is another entry in a run of magnificent Jenny Slate performances. She continues to demonstrate how captivating she can be in a dramatic context. She almost single-handedly pulls the film across the finish line
Posted Jan 23, 2026  Edit critic review
B
The Rip (2026) Rodrigo Perez ...“The Rip”—Miami cop slang for a big takedown—plays like a going-to-work movie in the best and bluntest sense. It’s muscular, no-fuss-no-muss genre filmmaking...
Posted Jan 16, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) Rodrigo Perez DaCosta confidently eschews Boyle’s frantic visual vocabulary, opting for patience and stillness without losing intensity. The fear doesn’t come from the camera screaming in your face, and it’s a nice aesthetic relief.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
Greenland 2: Migration (2026) Simon Thompson It delivers more than its predecessor from a human perspective and offers enough spectacle to satisfy those who want to be on the edge of their seats, but I’m not sure we needed to take this journey.
Posted Jan 08, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
A Private Life (2025) Rafa Sales Ross “A Private Life” grasps at something real and raw. It’s a shame Zlotowski so willingly refuses to take her finger off that pulse, even if the result remains a pleasurable ride.
Posted Dec 31, 2025  Edit critic review
C
Goodbye June (2025) Warren Cantrell It’s not bad, per se; it’s just a bit of a waste.
Posted Dec 29, 2025  Edit critic review
C-
No More Time (2025) Brian Farvour [The film] leaves almost nothing but questions as the credits roll, but from which it’s also just as easy to move on, a film with a title one may be thankful to say aloud as the realization that the runtime has concluded sets in.
Posted Dec 29, 2025  Edit critic review
A-
Cover-Up (2025) Rodrigo Perez “Cover-Up” makes the eventual loss of a figure like Hersh feel immediate, not because he’s perfect, but because the conditions that produced a figure like him are being engineered out of existence.
Posted Dec 29, 2025  Edit critic review
A+
Marty Supreme (2025) Rodrigo Perez Safdie knows precisely how to orchestrate the anxious thrill of suspense and tension, building scenes until they’re practically vibrating and then punctuating them with some outrageous left turn that lands with shock, awe, and hilarious disbelief.
Posted Dec 18, 2025  Edit critic review
B-
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) Rodrigo Perez The sense of physical heft and velocity in the set pieces is still thrilling, and moment to moment, “Fire & Ash” is rarely boring. But the nagging sensation persists that you’ve already seen this exact movie, more or less, in “The Way Of Water”...
Posted Dec 17, 2025  Edit critic review
D
Ella McCay (2025) Marshall Shaffer But the screenplay is an otherwise calamitous creation that demonstrates more than just a lack of Brooks’ previous genius. It stands in complete disregard for the most basic principles of screenwriting.
Posted Dec 11, 2025  Edit critic review
C-
Merv (2025) Brian Farvour It’s enough to label “Merv” a film primarily about everything but our presumed hero, a truly forgettable jaunt, one in which its rom-com bark achieves a decibel level far louder than its furry bite.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
C-
Anniversary (2025) Brian Farvour It’s fitting, one might suppose, to give a movie a title with no significant connection to the greater story beyond the setting of the Taylors’ party, itself a background character in a film that sadly treats its near-endless components the same.
Posted Dec 02, 2025  Edit critic review
B+
Eternity (2025) Marshall Shaffer This level of thoughtful, intricate design never pulls focus from the main love stories. It only serves to enhance the experience of watching "Eternity" move toward its inevitable culmination.
Posted Nov 25, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Love+War (2025) Rodrigo Perez By the end, “Love+War” feels less like a career recap and more like a confrontation—with sacrifice, guilt, compromise, and the cost of devotion. Addario’s life is defined by her own conflicts, and the movie honors that without flinching.
Posted Nov 24, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Wicked: For Good (2025) Simon Thompson Breathtaking and bold, "Wicked: For Good" is an epic and emotional event that will delight and enchant fans.
Posted Nov 20, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Thoughts & Prayers (2025) Rodrigo Perez The film’s anger is muted but unmistakable. “Thoughts & Prayers” is about a nation that would rather teach children how to hide, how to bleed, how to die — than pass even the most modest gun reforms.
Posted Nov 17, 2025  Edit critic review
C-
Keeper (2025) Marshall Shaffer "Keeper" feels like sketches of a concept intimating at a grand idea that never fully coalesces into anything of substance.
Posted Nov 13, 2025  Edit critic review
C+
The Running Man (2025) Marshall Shaffer "The Running Man” settles for being good when, if the topline talent had leaned into their fortes, it could have been truly great.
Posted Nov 12, 2025  Edit critic review
C+
Predator: Badlands (2025) Rodrigo Perez A curious, half-successful mutation in the “Predator” bloodline, ‘Badlands’ wants to transcend the franchise’s primal instincts. Instead, it proves that sometimes survival means knowing what not to evolve.
Posted Nov 04, 2025  Edit critic review
C-
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (2025) Allyson Johnson ...while it’s hardly a catastrophic mess, the adaptation – based on the 1992 film of the same name – is a lackluster, at times aggravating, mess.
Posted Oct 22, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Black Phone 2 (2025) Simon Thompson It’s the film’s ability to embrace different styles and influences that truly excels and delivers. It plays with tropes as much as it plays with the audience’s expectations.
Posted Oct 15, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Is This Thing On? (2025) Rodrigo Perez It’s a sincere, soulful effort that aims to strike a balance between bruised vulnerability and crowd-pleasing warmth, although it doesn’t always manage to achieve a seamless blend.
Posted Oct 14, 2025  Edit critic review
C+
The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025) Brian Farvour Ultimately, this patchwork quilt of tried-and-true plot elements yields little more than a film with hardly a standout element beyond Knightley's genuinely excellent performance...
Posted Oct 13, 2025  Edit critic review
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