Camerimage 2025 Interview: SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE Director Scott Cooper and DP Masanobu Takayanagi Talk Defying Expectations
A biopic about one of the most famous musicians in rock, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere avoids the standard life story formula to focus on the trauma of creating the album Nebraska. With Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen, and...
KOKUHO Review: The Splendor of Kabuki
A hit in Japan, where it was selected to represent the country at the Academy Awards, Kokuho is a tougher sell elsewhere. Focusing on two kabuki rivals over a 50-year period, the film is nothing if not ambitious. Viewers unfamiliar with its...
Morelia 2025 Interview: IT WOULD BE NIGHT IN CARACAS Directors Mariana Rondón and Marité Ugas on Shooting Their Political Thriller in Secret
Set in 2017, It Would Be Night in Caracas depicts political upheaval through the eyes of a Venezuelan writer desperate to flee the country. As the city collapses around her, she is threatened by revolutionaries, the police, and paramilitary operatives....
Morelia 2025 Review: LA GLORIA, Texas Rancher Swept Up in Immigration Crisis
David Morse, Jaklyn Bejarano and Bill Heck star in J.T. Walker's film.
Morelia 2025 Review: IT WOULD BE NIGHT IN CARACAS, Political Crisis Endangers Writer
Directed by Mariana Rondón and Marité Ugás, the film stars Natalia Reyes.
New York 2025 Review: Bi Gan's RESURRECTION Rethinks Cinema History
With just his first two features, Bi Gan won a place in world cinema. Kaili Blues and Long Day's Journey into Night grabbed attention more for Bi's visual style than for what the movies were saying. With Resurrection, the writer...
Busan 2025 Review: KOKUHO, Heir Commits Himself to an Artist's Life
A hit in Japan, where it was selected to represent the country at the Academy Awards, Kokuho is a tougher sell elsewhere. Focusing on two kabuki rivals over a 50-year period, the film is nothing if not ambitious. Viewers unfamiliar...
Busan 2025 Review: ALL GREENS, High Schoolers Become Drug Dealers in Goofy Comedy
A bright, bouncy film about coed drug dealers, All Greens makes full use of its narrative contradictions. It employs a tone similar to the Baby Assassins franchise, only without violent stunts. Of the many coming-of-age films at this year's Busan...
Busan 2025 Review: In DEAR STRANGER, a Kidnapping Cracks Open a Troubled Marriage
Hidetoshi Nishijima and Gwei Lun-Mei star in director Mariko Tetsuya's suspense thriller.
HOT MILK Review: Sunny Vacation, Highbrow Tedium
Everything in Hot Milk is about to spoil. The movie unfolds in a low-rent resort in Almería on the southeast seacoast of Spain. There, Sofia (Emma Mackey) and her mother Rose (Fiona Shaw) are trapped in a "vacation" that shows no signs...
NOBODY 2 Review: Bob Odenkirk Returns as Suburban Dad Killer, Now on Family Vacation
Timo Tjahjanto directed the action thriller.
GHOST KILLER Review: Dead Hit Man Haunts College Coed
A college coed possessed by a hit man battles psychotic killers to regain her psyche in Ghost Killer, a thriller that wildly exceeds its pulp origins. Directed by Kensuke Sonomura (also the action director), this delivers exactly what action fans...
New York Asian 2025 Review: RAVENS Explores the Life of Japanese Photographer Masahisa Fukase
Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Masahisa Fukase is now regarded as one of the key Japanese photographers of the past 60 years. Ravens presents a kaleidoscopic account of his life, anchored by a riveting performance by Tadanobu Asano. The film's...
New York Asian 2025 Review: THE INFORMANT, Moles Turn Double Agents in Labored Korean Crime Farce
Opening night at this year's New York Asian Film Festival featured the world premiere of The Informant, a crime comedy from South Korea. Despite engaging stars, this ride hits a lot of potholes. Key to the plot is a ledger...
New York Asian 2025 Review: LAST SONG FOR YOU, Struggling Songwriter Faces His Past
Natalie Hsu, Ekin Cheng, Ian Chan, and Cecilia Choi star; Jill Leung directed.
ScreenAnarchy's Top 10 Films Of The First Half Of 2025
Due to February being so short, the second half of 2025 starts today (instead of on the first of July). Logic dictates that this means the first half of 2025 is over and done with... meaning we can make a...
Tribeca 2025 Review: THE SQUARE, Illicit Romance in North Korea Gets Animated
Swedish diplomat falls in love with a North Korean in Kim Bo-sol's animated feature.
Tribeca 2025 Review: THE ROSE: COME BACK TO ME Follows Indie Rock Group's Career
Director Eugene Yi's doc follows the fall and rise of an indie rock group from South Korea.
Tribeca 2025 Review: RE-CREATION Takes Another Look at a 1996 Murder
Vickey Krieps, Aidan Gillen, and Colm Meaney star as Jim Sheridan tackles the real-life trial of a journalist accused of murder.
Tribeca 2025 Review: THE SCOUT Tracks a Film Worker's Day
In Paula González-Nasser's debut feature, a location scout grapples with life.
