TUNER Review: Crime Does Not Play (Piano)
Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, Havana Rose Liu, Lior Raz, and Tovah Feldshuh star in director Daniel Roher's first narrative feature.
IS GOD IS Review: Playwright-Turned-Filmmaker Aleshea Harris' Remarkably Assured Debut Dazzles, Shocks, Impresses
It’s difficult, if not impossible, to imagine a bolder, more fearless feature-length debut this year than playwright-turned-filmmaker Aleshea Harris’ uncategorizable feature-length debut, Is God Is. Part righteous rampage of revenge (down, as always, with the patriarchy in all its...
San Francisco 2026 Review: EVERY CONTACT LEAVES A TRACE, Poignant, Thoughtful Cine-Essay
The latest project by filmmaker Lynne Sachs (Drift and Bough, The Washing Society, Film About a Father Who) opens with a quote from the French-born father of 20th-century forensic science, Dr. Edmond Locard: “Every contact leaves a trace.” The...
THE SHEEP DETECTIVES Review: Hugh Jackman Leads Winning Ensemble in Charming, Family-Oriented Murder-Mystery Comedy
For the big-brained, anthropomorphic sheep in director Kyle Balda (Despicable Me 3, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Minions) and screenwriter Craig Mazin's (The Huntsman: Winter's War, Identity Thief, The Hangover Parts II-III) charmingly realized adaptation of German author Leonie Swann’s 2005...
OMAHA Review: Grounded, Intimate, Ominous Family Drama
John Magaro, Molly Belle Wright, and Wyatt Solis star in director Cole Webley's coming-of-age drama.
LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY Review: An Old Monster, A New Nightmare, Courtesy of James Wan and Jason Blum
The "Dark Universe," Universal’s misguided, over-hyped, subsequently discarded attempt to create a Marvel-style shared universe centered on its classic monsters, may have been done and dusted after the failure of the Tom Cruise-led Mummy reboot nine years ago, but as...
INFILTRATE Review: Generic Actioner Elevated by Superior Stunt Work
James Mark directed the action thriller, starring Orphée Ladouceur-Nguyen, Tim Rozon, Mitra Suri, Alain Moussi, and Lisa Berry.
THE CHRISTOPHERS Review: Art Forgery Comedy-Drama Excels On Every Level
Steven Soderbergh's film stars Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel, with James Corden, Jessica Gunning.
BUNNYLOVR Review: Opaque Character Study of a Cam-Girl
Katarina Zhu stars in and directs a striking drama, co-starring Austin Amelio, Perry Yung, and Rachel Sennott.
THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST Review: Timely, Personal, Must-See Doc
To Daniel Roher, the documentary filmmaker behind 2022’s essential Academy Award winner, Navalny, AI (Artificial Intelligence) isn’t just an abstract construct or the latest technological wonder endlessly hyped by Silicon Valley CEOs, the mainstream media, and self-appointed tech influencers as...
Cinequest 2026 Review: HEARTWORM, Provocative, Poignant Sci-Fi Ghost Story
In the very near-future of husband-and-wife filmmaking duo Miriam Louise Arens and Mitchell Arens’ impressively realized feature-length debut, Heartworm, it could be the day after tomorrow. A family of three, Avena (Amber Gray), Mark (Juan Riedinger), and Zamira (Ellie...
PROJECT HAIL MARY Review: Lord and Miller Direct Stellar Adaptation of Weir's Sci-Fi Novel
Ryan Gosling stars in the space adventure, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.
ANDRE IS AN IDIOT Review: Richly Imagined, Deeply Affecting, Often Hilarious
Tony Benna's standout documentary follows advertising executive André Ricciardi as he confronts a fatal diagnosis.
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE Review: Pixar's Andrew Stanton's Underwhelming Return to Live-Action Filmmaking
As a writer and/or director of finely crafted, populist animated entertainments, Andrew Stanton (Finding Dory, WALL-E, Finding Nemo) has few, if any, equals. Stanton’s only foray into live-action filmmaking, however, John Carter, an expensive adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' titular character...
HOW TO MAKE A KILLING Review: Glen Powell Leads Surface-Deep Satire of the Rich And Not So Famous
Glen Powell, Jessica Henwick, and Margaret Qualley star in John Patton Ford's sophomore feature.
GHOST TRAIN Review: South Korean Horror Trods Overly Familiar Supernatural Ground
The translated title of Tak Se-woong’s (Devil in the Lake, A Stranger Dream) latest, feature-length film, Ghost Train (괴기열차), is something of a misnomer. While Tak’s intriguingly premised supernatural horror film involves unquiet specters (a handful, maybe more) and...
San Francisco's Original Movie Palace, The Castro Theatre, Reopens With Harry Melling's PILLION
The second movie palace to bear the name, the Castro Theatre in San Francisco opened more than a century ago (1922). Originally serving the working-class inhabitants of the area, the Art Deco-inspired Castro Theatre ran new and old theatrical...
WUTHERING HEIGHTS Review: Emerald Fennell Tackles Emily Brontë's Gothic Drama With Mixed Results
For filmmakers stuck in a creative lull or stall, there’s nothing better than taking a dip into the public domain, pulling out a work of fiction long past its copyright expiration, and adapting, revising, or reinterpreting it accordingly to match...
Sundance 2026 Review: UNION COUNTY, Will Poulter Leads Devastating Examination of Opioid Addiction
By one estimate, more than 550,000 people have lost their lives to the opioid epidemic over the first quarter of the 21st century. That number doubles or even triples when it includes those who’ve fallen prey to opioid addiction...
Sundance 2026 Review: THE GALLERIST, Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega Co-Star in Ambitious Art-World Satire
Art-world satires come (The Square); art-world satires go (Velvet Buzzsaw). Few, if any, art-world satires leave any impression whatsoever beyond the transient or the ephemeral. Writer-director Cathy Yan’s (Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn,...
