Reviews

Yesterday, 7:00 pm by Michele "Izzy" Galgana

UGETSU 4K Review: Kenji Mizoguchi's Masterpiece

Our friends at the Criterion Collection continue to be champions of world cinema and film preservation. They recently released the new 4K/Blu-ray combo pack for Kenji Mizoguchi’s 1953 masterpiece, Ugetsu. I reviewed Ugetsu the last time around in 2017, back...

Yesterday, 2:02 am by Peter Martin

YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS Review: Sad Eyes and the Ugly Rich

Jon Hamm, Amanda Peet, Olivia Munn, Hoon Lee, and Lena Hall star in creator Jonathan Tropper's surly new series, debuting globally on Apple TV+.

Thursday, 10:02 am by Daniel Eagan

THE AMATEUR Review: First-time Spy vs. CIA Conspiracy

Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Jon Bernthal, and Laurence Fishburne star in director James Hawes' action thriller.

Wednesday, 1:00 pm by Shelagh Rowan-Legg

SOME LIKE IT HOT Blu-ray Review: Criterion Re-issues the Perfect Comedy

Some Like it Hot is one of those films that I can't remember not having seen; and yet, every time I watch it, it still feels fresh and funny. There is so much I learned from it for the first...

Wednesday, 12:02 pm by Peter Martin

CHUNGKING EXPRESS 4K Review: Loneliness, Yearning, Loss, Romance, Joy, Bliss

Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, and Faye Wong star in Wong Kar Wai's masterpiece.

Tuesday, 10:02 pm by Daniel Eagan

REVOLVER Review: Character Story in a Smoldering Thriller

Jeon Do-yeon, Ji Chang-wook, and Lim Ji-yeon star in Oh Seung-uk's slow-burn thriller.

April 5, 4:00 am by Theodoor Steen

Rotterdam 2025 Review: THREE DAYS OF FISH Proves You Can Never Go Home Again

Peter Hoogendoorn debuted very strongly almost ten years ago with Tussen 10 en 12 (Between 10 and 12), a rigidly structured movie set in a limited time-space. In it, a family one by one get told bad news by two...

April 4, 10:00 pm by Theodoor Steen

Rotterdam 2025 Review: VIDEOHEAVEN, Alex Ross Perry's Juggernaut Essay About Video-stores

Alex Ross Perry's new film is a video-essay in the style of Thom Andersen's seminal Los Angeles Plays Itself, in that it focuses on a place and location, and explores this place solely through deep analysis of footage from films...

April 4, 3:02 pm by Peter Martin

Now Streaming: THE BONDSMAN, Diabolical Comedy Goes for the Gore with Gusto

Kevin Bacon becomes a bounty hunter for the Devil in Blumhouse Television's horror comedy series.

April 4, 11:02 am by Mel Valentin

THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND Review: Delightful Oddball Musical Drama

Win the national lottery once and you’d be considered one of the luckiest people currently alive. Win the national lottery twice and you’d be firmly in a reality-adjacent world where the whimsical isn’t just an abstract idea, but the...

April 4, 9:02 am by Olga Artemyeva

GAZER Review: Atmospheric Neo-Noir Crumbles Under Its Own Style

Frankie (Ariella Mastroianni) is already having a rough night, having just been fired from her gas station job, when it gets even more complicated as she starts to believe that she witnessed an act of violence. "Believe" is an operative...

April 3, 10:30 am by J Hurtado

FREAKY TALES Review: Four Freaky-ish Tales From The East Bay

A mysterious green fog leads to a wild week in the East Bay in Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck’s Freaky Tales. Narrated by legendary Oakland rapper, Too $hort, Freaky Tales is an interconnected anthology of bizarre, violent goings-on occurring over...