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A Sad and Beautiful World | Review
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No Man is an Island: Aris Explores Childhood, Couplehood and Parenthood with Flip Book Speeds Lebanese filmmaker Cyril Aris utilizes the three distinct yet related measurements of time elapsed, time apart, and time away to craft an ode to the invisible, happy-chance forces that...
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Rosebush Pruning | Review
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The Killing of a Sacred Dogtooth: Ainouz Paints with Contempt Karim Aïnouz doesn’t so much eat the rich as he does regurgitate them in his latest feature, Rosebush Pruning, a hyper stylized rehash of Marco Bellocchio’s breakout classic, Fists in...
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With “The Odyssey,” Christopher Nolan Has Crafted The Best Horror Film of The Year
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On how horror shaped Christopher Nolan's masterful epic.
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New to Streaming: Disclosure Day, Blue Heron, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie & More
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Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. April (Dea Kulumbegashvili) Like Beginning, April also carries the mark of reality, mediated. The director is inspired...
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Fantasia 2026 Review: YOU ARE THE FILM, A Meta-Cinema Romance That Tears a Hole in the Universe
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As someone who typically goes to the movies on a Sunday night for the 10:30pm show, and typically to go watch the stranger side of cinema, I am often given a ‘private screening’ from the local Cineplex chain.   Because,...
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“72 HOURS”
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THE STORY – A 40-year-old executive ends up at a three-day bachelor party with twenty-somethings after being mistakenly included in their chat group. THE CAST – Kevin Hart, Marcello Hernandez, Kam Patterson, Ben Marshall, Mason Gooding, Teyana Taylor & Zach Cherry...
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SHEEP IN THE BOX Review: Tale of Not So Artificial Intelligence
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It is indeed a perilous fate to be a film festival darling. On the one hand, sure, you might have a standing invitation for your next work in one of the “Big Five”. The downside is that, after a while,...
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Fantasia 2026: You Are the Film, Someone’s Daughter, Los Vampires
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The lines between cinema, survival, and truth are blurred in three entries from this year's festival.
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Fantasia 2026 Review: PERMANENT DAMAGE, A Loosey-Goosey, Drug-Addled, Hanging-Out Thriller On Housing Insecurity
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Reborn in the opening scene by tearing his way out of a black garbage bag after being tossed in the trash from a prison van, Tommy irrevocably changes his life through a chance encounter in a Dollarama, the house of...
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NYC Weekend Watch: Masked and Anonymous, The Piano, Maggie Cheung & More
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NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaLarry Charles and Bob Dylan’s Masked and Anonymous plays on 35mm this Friday and Sunday; a print of Johnny Guitar screens on Friday and Saturday, the latter day also...
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