Reviews
Home Video Roundup: SUZZANNA: EMPRESS OF DARKNESS, SANGSTER DIRECTS HAMMER, More From Severin Films, Titan Books
More about Indonesian horror Suzzanna: Empress of Darkness below. But first ... In preparation for my recent Jimmy Sangster retrospective interview with Severin’s David Gregory and noted Hammer expert Marcus Hearn, Severin was kind enough to pass along links for their...
New York 2026 Review: BEHEMOTH!, Total Ungrip of the Heart
Pedro Pascal stars in director Tony Gilroy's new film.
MOUSE Review: Unassuming Crime Story Quietly Steals Your Heart
Kenny Riches writes, directs and stars in this pre-Recession tale of wanting a better life.
New York 2026 Review: FATHERLAND, Unrealized Utopia
Pawel Pawlikowski's new film revolves around a hefty subject, conveyed with visual grace and succinct editing with beautiful, subtle performances by both Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller.
Vlissingen 2026 Review: ISABEL Shows Mid-Life And Hangovers
Ten years ago, filmmaker Gabe Klinger released his debut feature with Porto (reviewed here by Shelagh), and in that film he put some serious question marks at the popular cinematic trope of people being destined for each other after having...
New York 2026 Review: HEIL JUPITER!, Experiment That May Surprise but Not Enthrall
Carlos Reygadas' new film.
APPOFENIACS Review: Nostalgic 90s Neo-Noir Grit Meets Present-Day AI Terror
The use of AI technology reaches its most violent and bloody conclusion after a series of deepfake videos are unleashed into the world.
BEWARE BOIÚNA Review: This Giant Snake Movie Needs Way More Giant Snake
It doesn’t take much for me to completely buy into your giant snake movie. Number one, show me the snake; number two, make the snake exciting; and number three, make the movie fun. Somehow, Mike P. Nelson’s Beware Boiúna comes...
VERITY Review: Erotic Thriller Pays Lots of Attention to Teeth, but Forgoes Having Its Own
Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett star.
DIGGER Review: Tom Cruise Acts His Ass Off In Iñárritu's Latest Big Budget Experiment
Too far is not far enough in Academy Award-winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s bombastic satire, Digger. Iñárritu guides an enthusiastic cast of Hollywood’s A-list through what is sure to wind up as one of the year’s loudest films. Tom Cruise leading...
New York 2026 Review: BUCKING FASTARD, Kate and Rooney Mara Dig a Tunnel of Love
Real life sisters Kate and Rooney Mara play sisters in Werner Herzog's modern fairytale.
New York 2026 Review: MY WIFE CRIES, Love Abstractions
Agathe Bonitzer and Vladimir Vulevic star in Angela Schanelec's new film.
New York 2026 Review: A LONG WINTER, Hauntingly Beautiful Drama of Longing for a Change
Director Andrew Haigh's new drama stars Fred Hechinger, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Caitríona Balfe.
New York 2026 Review: POSSIBLE LOVE Examines Class Divide
It's surely one of the finest films of the year, and yet another masterpiece by Lee Chang-dong.
Toronto 2026 Review: THE SMELL OF APPLES, Subtle, Unsettling Coming-of-Age Drama Under Apartheid
John Trengove adapts Mark Behr's novel into a restrained, disquieting coming-of-age drama that filters apartheid-era privilege, racial hierarchy and paternal idealization through a child's limited understanding.
Netherlands 2026: DOWNTOWN Opens Festival, Wins Dutch Film Critics' Award
There's something special going on with Michiel van Erp's new film. That the cast and crew received a standing ovation at the opening of the Netherlands Film Festival (NFF) last Friday isn't all that unusual (festival opening, enthusiastic audience), but...
Toronto 2026 Review: TEHRAN, UNDER THE SKIN Reveals the Politics Beneath the Promise of Transformation
Afsaneh Salari's formally controlled documentary examines cosmetic surgery in Iran as an unstable expression of conformity, resistance, consumer desire, and bodily autonomy.
New York 2026 Review: NAZA, AI-Assisted Genocide
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor directed the documentary. Once we delegate our moral obligation to AI, we've already lost whatever we are fighting for.
New York 2026 Review: ROSE By Any Other Name
Sandra Hüller and Caro Braun star in Markus Schleinzer's period drama.
New York 2026 Review: PAPER TIGER, No Crime, Yet Punishment
Adam Driver, Miles Teller, and Scarlett Johansson star in director James Gray's crime thriller.
