September 2025 - Kevflix

Movie Review: One Battle After Another

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Kevin Wozniak

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another is an example of a master filmmaker in complete control of his technique and the story he wants to tell. Adapted from Thomas Pynchon’s novel Vineland, One Battle After Another is a timely and passionate film that looks at the state of the world while also being action-packed and thrilling, with a deeply felt emotional core and a perfect ensemble. One Battle After Another hits the ground running…

From the Collection: Shoeshine

Posted on September 21, 2025 by Kevin Wozniak

Vittorio De Sica’s 1946 film Shoeshine has been added to the Criterion Collection. An international breakthrough for neorealism, Vittorio De Sica’s Academy Award–winning film is an indelible fable of innocence lost amid the hardscrabble reality of 1940s Italy. On the streets of Rome, two boys—best friends Giuseppe (Rinaldo Smordoni) and Pasquale (Franco Interlenghi)—set out to raise the money to buy a horse by shining shoes. When they are inadvertently caught up in a robbery and…

Movie Review: The Conjuring: Last Rites

Posted on September 8, 2025 by Kevin Wozniak

The Conjuring: Last Rites details the final case of Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Verg Farmiga). It takes place in 1986 and brings the Warrens to Pennsylvania, where they face a terrifying evil that is possessing the Smurl family. But the evil they face is different than anything they faced before and puts the Warrens and the Smurls in grave danger. The Conjuring: Last Rites is the grand finale for the Warrens…