Festivals Reviews
Brooklyn Horror 2026 Review: PATHETIC FALLACY, True Big Bold Beautiful Journey
Every film festival program, no matter how expansive and diverse, usually has a bunch of movies that objectively aren’t bad, but aren’t particularly great either. When thinking about such films and what might be weighing them down, the conclusion you...
Toronto After Dark 2026 Short Film Short Review: MOIRA, An Ambiguous European Arthouse Gem
A patient shot of a damp London metro platform opens Anastasia Mischenko's superlative short film Moira. It's a shot that instantly evokes the static-adroit Euro-cinema of early 2000s Bruno Dumont, and the more recent work of Milagros Mumenthaler (The Currents). A...
Toronto After Dark 2026 Review: MY LOVE FOR YOU IS DEEP, BUT THE DEVIL LOVES ME DEEPER
Alice is a dreamer. She wants true love, intense love, and reciprocated love. She is not finding it in the clubs with her girlfriend, though, and her current boyfriend is clearly not into her. You can hear it in his...
Chicago 2026 Review: A CITY IN THE FOREST, Rallying Cry for the American Left
Throughout A City in the Forest, which tracks various forms of opposition to Atlanta's "Cop City" from 2020 to 2023, the filmmakers shout that they are press to ensure that they are not attacked by police who are violently arresting...
Camera Japan Rotterdam 2026 Review: CHIMNEY TOWN: FROZEN IN TIME
Six years ago, CGI-special effects specialist Hirota Yuusuke directed his first feature film, the anime Poupelle of Chimney Town, which I happened to like a lot. He just released his second feature, and it is... a sequel to Poupelle of...
Camera Japan Rotterdam 2026 Review: RHAPSODY, RHAPSODY, A Rom-Com Which Keeps It Real
It's the question which pops up in any interview with a director: "What will your next film be?" It is so common a question that if the mood allows for it, I will add "A romantic comedy perhaps?" and that...
Sitges 2026 Review: KICK ON, Aussie Survival Thriller Asks, Et Tu, Brute?
Colourful, entertaining, and exuberantly violent, Nick Kozakis’s debut feature makes the most of the geography and the opportunities of its single location to squeeze maximum tension and maximum gore out of its ultra-lean scenario. After running out of coke and...
London 2026 Review: INK, Danny Boyle's Unruly and Troublesome Free Press Polemic
Who freed the press? It's been a democratic right that's built civilisations and chipped away at them when they've crumbled, but in today's age of near-limitless information at the palm of your hand, who were the people who gave it...
New York 2026 Review: A MAN OF HIS TIME, Timely and Sad Tale of Moral Compromises and Banality of Evil
In September of 1940, Henri Marre (Swann Arlaud), a writer, engineer, and a man of great ambition, arrives in the Vichy France, controlled by the Nazi collaborator, Philippe Pétain. Even though Henri despises the current state of affairs, his aspirations,...
New York 2026 Review: ARTIFICIAL Doesn't Make a Bigger Splash
The NYFF premiere of Luca Guadagnino ‘s Artificial, which is set for a theatrical release in December, comes one year after the NYFF premiere of the director’s previous live-action feature, After the Hunt. Unlike the previous film, which was highly...
London 2026 Review: MAKING MARIE ANTOINETTE, The Godmother of the Making-Of Doc Bids a Moving Farewell
Eleanor Coppola's kind-hearted chronicle of her daughter Sofia's epic is a delightful swansong.
New York 2026 Review: THE DREAMED ADVENTURE, Once Upon a Time in Bulgaria
A middle-aged man, Said (Syuleyman Alilov Letifov), comes back to his small Bulgarian hometown, situated not far from the borders of both Turkey and Greece. He is here to conduct some shady deal involving diesel fuel, but when his car...
New York 2026 Review: 9 TEMPLES TO HEAVEN, Obtaining Merits
Apichatpong Weerasethakul's long time assistant director, Sompot Chidgasornpongse, makes a directorial debut.
New York 2026 Review: AT NIGHT, The Great Equalizer
Beatrice Gibson's feature debut is a beauty to behold.
New York 2026 Review: A STATEMENT, One of the Timeliest Films You'll See This Season
Tom McCarthy directs Paul Rudd, Amy Ryan, Paul Giametti, and more.
New York 2026 Review: THE DAY SHE RETURNS, Hong Sang-soo's Multi-Take Continues
Hong Sang-soo can find inspirations for his films anywhere.
New York 2026 Review: BITTER CHRISTMAS, Weird Act of Artistic Self-Deprecation
Pedro Almodóvar's latest feature film.
New York 2026 Review: DOUBLE FREEDOM Asks If We Were Ever Truly Free
Argentine director Lisandro Alonso makes a sequel to his debut film, a quarter century later.
New York 2026 Review: BEHEMOTH!, Total Ungrip of the Heart
Pedro Pascal stars in director Tony Gilroy's new film.
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.
