I Want Your Sex opens with a scene reminiscent of the classic noir Sunset Boulevard. We are introduced to Elliot (Cooper Hoffman) stumbling out of a luxurious mansion in lingerie with blood on his face. He sees the lifeless body of Erika (Olivia Wilde) floating in a pool and jumps in to try to save her. Elliot is arrested and questioned by the cops (Johnny Knoxville and Margaret Cho) and explains the story of…
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Jonathan Glazer’s sophomore feature, Birth, has been added to the Criterion Collection. Jonathan Glazer’s second feature film is a haunting cinematic enigma that explores the mysteries of the heart. Nicole Kidman delivers a masterfully multilayered performance as Anna, a widow still mourning the death of her husband a decade earlier, when she meets Sean (Cameron Bright), a ten-year-old boy who claims to be his reincarnation—leading her into a wrenching confrontation with her own unresolved grief…
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The simplicity of Beth de Araújo’s Josephine is the film’s biggest asset. The film follows 8-year-old Josephine (Mason Reeves), who, while on an early morning run with her father, accidentally gets separated from him and winds up witnessing a woman being attacked and raped. The movie focuses on Josephine after the event, the emotional toll on her and her family, and the push-and-pull advice she receives from her parents. Josephine is a movie about…
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As of writing this review, it is the end of January. 2026 is still fresh, and we have a whole year of new and exciting movies still to come out. However, I firmly believe that there will not be a more important movie in 2026 than Poh Si Teng’s American Doctor. This shocking, masterfully made documentary drops us right in the middle of the Palestinian-Israeli war and shows us the horrors of what is going…
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Petra Biondian Volpe’s Frank & Louis is one of the most disappointing movies I’ve seen at the Sundance Film Festival because of its unoriginality. The film takes place in a prison and follows Frank (Kingsley Ben-Adir), a man in jail for life for a murder her committed when he was younger. He gets a job caring for aging inmates with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Frank is tasked with looking after Louis (Rob Morgan), who used…
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The Huntress is a brutal and surprisingly inspirational tale about standing up to injustice when all hope seems lost. Writer/director Suzanne Andrews Correa takes us deep into the darkness of Juarez, Mexico to show us how one woman took a stand against violence in her community. Set over the course of a stressful day, The Huntress opens with a woman shooting a bus driver in cold blood in front of several people. This woman…
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Fair warning before diving into this review: as long as it was competently made, I was going to like The Disciple, Joana Natasegara’s documentary about the rap group Wu-Tang Clan and their mysterious and infamous 2015 album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. I love the Wu-Tang Clan. Their debut album, Enter the 36 Chambers, is one of my favorite albums ever, and any time I get to learn more about the group that…
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The 2026 Sundance Film Festival is here! I have been attending the festival since 2011, and it is my favorite festival in the world. I love the atmosphere, the focus and love of cinema throughout the festival, and of course, the movies. I love the diversity of films at the festival and being able to see a wide array of films from across the globe. I love discovering new, talented filmmakers, actors, and creatives throughout…
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I was not as over-the-moon for Danny Boyle’s 2025 28 Years Later as other critics, but there were elements that I did like. I liked Ralph Fiennes as a quietly deranged doctor who has built a shrine of bones to those who have perished in this apocalyptic zombie hellscape. I liked the idea of a seemingly indestructible zombie named Samson who terrified zombies as much as humans. I like the film’s grim tone, bold…
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2025 is officially over, and now it is time for my picks for the best movies of 2025. I thought 2025 was a great year for movies. Easily one of the best of the 2020s. I think I will remember 2025 as an epic year. It felt like there was a real effort to make movies on the biggest scale possible to bring people back to the theater. While we saw tentpole films like A…
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