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The Second Civil War (1997) John Doyle The broad elements of the satire don't click but there are great, off-handed jokes here.
Posted Mar 20, 2026  Edit critic review
Nika & Madison (2025) Barry Hertz A Canadian spin on Thelma & Louise, the ambitious new drama Nika & Madison has all the fiery spirit of its made-in-Hollywood inspiration, if not quite the narrative dynamism and endless resources.
Posted Mar 19, 2026  Edit critic review
The Things You Kill (2025) Barry Hertz In its bold aesthetic courage and rigid thematic spine, Khatami’s movie is a full-body experience that leaves you fully alive.
Posted Mar 19, 2026  Edit critic review
The Howling (1981) Carole Corbeil The ironic use of every seventies psychological cliche in an unapologetic, unabashed B-movie elevates The Howling to irresistible silliness.
Posted Mar 17, 2026  Edit critic review
undertone (2025) Barry Hertz While writer-director Ian Tuason’s feature debut boasts an eyebrow-raising -- or rather, ear-twitching –--concept, the movie never quite manages to turn up the volume loud enough to drown out the skeptics.
Posted Mar 12, 2026  Edit critic review
Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere (2026) J. Kelly Nestruck Inside the Manosphere is undercut by questions of who exactly is creating content for whom.
Posted Mar 12, 2026  Edit critic review
Southern Comfort (2001) Catherine Dawson March For many there's a voyeuristic fascination, especially when Max and Cori talk about their sex lives and inject themselves with hormones, but Southern Comfort is a poignant and engaging story.
Posted Mar 11, 2026  Edit critic review
RoboCop 2 (1990) Jay Scott For fans of violent but clever action films, RoboCop 2 may be the sultry season's best bet.
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
Project Hail Mary (2026) Barry Hertz It goes, in other words, where plenty of men have gone before. The good news, again, is that the film moves so impressively fast that you won’t mind much of anything.
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
Phantom Lady (1944) Roly Young Ella Raines does an excellent job as the sleuthing secretary.
Posted Mar 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Hair of the Bear (2025) Barry Hertz Hair of the Bear never fully realizes its potential at the same time that it fails to escapes its own self-imposed limitations.
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
Youngblood (2025) Barry Hertz For a game of fire and ice, this new Youngblood feels decidedly lukewarm.
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
Sweetness (2025) Barry Hertz A movie that is half locked-room thriller, half enjoyably bitter coming-of-age drama, Higgins’s film zeroes in on what can happen when young people grow up in an environment that encourages, even rewards obsession.
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs & Who Has Control (2026) J. Kelly Nestruck While Chin-Yee's film makes this case convincingly enough, the candid testimonials from women (and their partners) about the significance of their sex lives elevate it above pharmaceutical ad. Watch the doc -- but talk to your doc afterward.
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
THE BRIDE! (2026) Barry Hertz The Bride! is the kind of big-budget swing that everybody in Hollywood secretly wishes that they could make, too.
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
RoboCop (1987) Chris Dafoe Robocop isn't going to win Verhoeven any medals but it's a flashy movie with just enough wit to be more than just another dumb bucket of bolts.
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Martin Knelman As soon as he comes on the screen, Nicholson removes all doubts about the wisdom of his taking the part. This is a lovely, remarkably restrained performance.
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Martin Knelman It's a rewarding, richly detailed film -- not only the best work Sidney Lumet has ever done but also possibly the most perceptive movie ever made on the intriguing subject of New York City's collapse.
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
Jaws (1975) Martin Knelman Jaws is undoubtedly trash, but it is trash of a particularly gratifying order; Jaws is absolutely top-drawer trash.
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
Barry Lyndon (1975) Martin Knelman You feel no expense or effort has been spared in exhibiting things with formal correctness. You feel called upon to murmur approval of the extreme decorum and esthetic detail, yet the over-all effect is excruciating.
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) Frank Morriss This is the way all fairytales should end, and Breakfast at Tiffany's is a fairytale to be sipped with vintage brandy.
Posted Mar 04, 2026  Edit critic review
Hoppers (2026) Aparita Bhandari Like many of its Pixar predecessors, Hoppers manages to thread the needle between a charming story for a young audience and a considered take on the climate crisis that will also resonate for their adult caregivers.
Posted Mar 02, 2026  Edit critic review
Braveheart (1995) Rick Groen Despite a formidable effort and occasional grace, there's something cowardly about Braveheart -- it's an aspiring giant with a diminutive soul.
Posted Feb 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Paul McCartney: Man on the Run (2025) Amber Dowling Paints the picture of a man looking to distinguish himself from the band that defined him, and a strong through-line of family, perseverance and love of music that will keep you hooked.
Posted Feb 26, 2026  Edit critic review
The President's Cake (2025) Barry Hertz Shot entirely in the director’s home country with a largely amateur, untrained cast, the film blends a striking sense of street-level realism, political commentary and poetic nostalgia for the naive innocence of youth.
Posted Feb 26, 2026  Edit critic review
Scream 7 (2026) Radheyan Simonpillai It’s as if they couldn’t figure out any other justification for Scream 7 to exist, beyond paying Campbell what she’s worth, or rather what it cost to fire Barrera.
Posted Feb 26, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Sense and Sensibility (1995) Liam Lacey Sense and Sensibility is a banquet of counterbalanced qualities: Poised, delicate, powerful, hovering between poignancy and pealing laughter, it is a feast formed by skill and serendipity.
Posted Feb 26, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Postman (1994) Elizabeth Renzetti Gazing at the surface, it would seem to have "dogerrel" written all over it. By some wondrous alchemy -- the same process that joins dull words and turns them into poetry -- the disparate parts have been fashioned into a sublime whole.
Posted Feb 23, 2026  Edit critic review
How to Make a Killing (2026) Barry Hertz How to Make a Killing is a Rian Johnson-lite concoction that is neither all that funny nor moderately twisty, the entire affair landing too close to its title and feeling, simply, DOA.
Posted Feb 23, 2026  Edit critic review
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2025) Brad Wheeler Watching prime Elvis Presley in all Baz Luhrmann’s IMAX-dimensioned glory is not just entertainment, it is a revelation that suggests the unthinkable: The King, as a pure rock ‘n’ roll animal, was actually underrated.
Posted Feb 20, 2026  Edit critic review
Midwinter Break (2026) Aparita Bhandari Fortunately, Midwinter Break stars two seasoned actors who are not even close to the winter of their careers. Both bring grace and gravitas to their characters, conveying their personal crises with humanity.
Posted Feb 20, 2026  Edit critic review
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) Barry Hertz Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is neither lucky nor fun ... although it might make you want to play dead for at least a few minutes.
Posted Feb 20, 2026  Edit critic review
THX 1138 (1971) Martin Knelman THX 1138 has so little spark that it's as if the movie had been conceived as an entertainment for the humorless, glum machine creatures on the screen.
Posted Feb 20, 2026  Edit critic review
Pretty in Pink (1986) Jay Scott ...it's only a movie.
Posted Feb 13, 2026  Edit critic review
Honey Bunch (2025) Amber Dowling It’s a unique story that makes for fun alternative viewing to the same-old love stories populating screens this weekend.
Posted Feb 12, 2026  Edit critic review
Love Me, Love Me (2026) Amber Dowling Come for the international locations, stay for the coming-of-age story and slow-burn love.
Posted Feb 12, 2026  Edit critic review
Crime 101 (2026) Barry Hertz It will steal you away for an evening, but you can’t retire on it.
Posted Feb 12, 2026  Edit critic review
Wuthering Heights (2026) Barry Hertz No amount of meticulously composed shots trained on aspic-entombed prawns or freakishly large glazed strawberries can distract from the gaping holes in absolutely everything else on the screen, including its frequently drenched stars.
Posted Feb 12, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Muppet Treasure Island (1996) Liam Lacey Mostly, the rewards belong to the area of dutiful satisfaction, like sorting out your sock drawer: You have taken your children to an ethically benign entertainment; one that embraces monsters of all shades and textures of fur.
Posted Feb 12, 2026  Edit critic review
Matter of Time (2025) Brad Wheeler Not all the patients in the film survive. Though there is a sense of quiet urgency to the documentary, a Greek proverb, about old men planting trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in, comes to mind.
Posted Feb 10, 2026  Edit critic review
Pillion (2025) Barry Hertz Even the most Netflix-gagged romcom fan will realize that Lighton’s film is exactly the shot in the arm the genre needed. May we all live so happily ever after.
Posted Feb 10, 2026  Edit critic review
The Muppet Show (2026) J. Kelly Nestruck It's a little overly reverent in its nostalgia, but has an excellent running gag involving Gonzo.
Posted Feb 05, 2026  Edit critic review
Sirāt (2025) Alexander Mooney Laxe stages a deathly pas de deux between humanity and nature, with technology -- embodied here by worn-down speakers and rusted vehicles -- as a mediator that begets both agony and ecstasy.
Posted Feb 05, 2026  Edit critic review
A Face in the Crowd (1957) Ronald Johnson It is an exceedingly dynamic film with few letdowns during its nearly two hours. It is also a frightening film. Frightening in that it shows all too clearly the influence wielded by the living room Cyclops.
Posted Feb 05, 2026  Edit critic review
The Moment (2026) Barry Hertz The Moment feels alternately janky and staid, as if a late-stage Vice magazine photo spread came to life.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
Kokuho (2025) Aparita Bhandari What makes an artist? Is one born with a gift or can you train to bewitch onstage? How does an artist become a national treasure? These are questions that Kokuho does not necessarily answer. Nevertheless, it's an evocative film that poses those queries.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
Days of Heaven (1978) Jay Scott One does not, then, like this movie, and it does not ask to be liked, any more than The New Yorker's short stories request applause, but one appreciates it with the partially objective, partially self-conscious response one brings to abstract painting.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
Arabesque (1966) Ralph Hicklin ...Miss Loren and Mr. Badel - okay, then, and Mr. Peck - cancel out a lot of weak factors.
Posted Feb 03, 2026  Edit critic review
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Roly Young Best Years is a long picture that never hurries itself, goes into a great deal of extraneous detail, but never allows your interest to lag.
Posted Feb 03, 2026  Edit critic review
Iron Man (1951) Herbert Whittaker This is a prize-ring story, and while not matching Champion or The Big Sleep, is certainly no B-product. And its biggest asset is Jeff Chandler, who fills the title role most convincingly, in personality, performance and appearance.
Posted Feb 03, 2026  Edit critic review
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