It seems an accepted truth these days that the only American franchise with consistent flair and lasting power is Tom Cruise's endless barrage of physics-defining stunt work and intrigue that… Read the rest of the article: The Mission: Impossible films, ranked

After Warner Brothers Chief (and poster child for anti-WGA sentiment) David Zaslav announced mass layoffs at the beloved institution of Turner Classic Movies, it was reported that the star-studded celebrity… Read the rest of the article: Spielberg, Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson to "curate" Turner Classic Movies

There's a ton of exciting films still to come out this year. Between Mission Impossible 7, the double whammy weekend of Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (Barbenheimer? Oppenbarbie?),… Read the rest of the article: The top films of 2023, thus far

In The Perfect Find, Netflix's new romantic comedy from Numa Perrier, Jenna (Gabrielle Union) feels positively plucked from the type of pre-code romance typically helmed by an Ernst Lubitsch or… Read the rest of the article: Netflix's "The Perfect Find" Is a Delightful Black Ode to Old Hollywood

Some films are little acts of revolution, simply in their very existence. Starting today on Max, The Stroll is available to stream for general audiences. A searing ode to the… Read the rest of the article: HBO's "The Stroll" is a testament to Trans strength

In 1961, Serbia was set to build a museum in Belgrade, an institution whose purpose was "to safeguard the truth about us." The never-completed Museum of the Revolution only got… Read the rest of the article: "Museum of the Revolution" documentary is a brutal monument to predatory capitalism

Back in 1970, documentarian extraordinaire Frederick Wiseman offered a glimpse into the wiring and stitching of the Metropolitan Hospital in New York City in the simply titled Hospital. A rare… Read the rest of the article: Experimental documentary "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" is a cinematic rarity

After watching Bezos, the painfully low-budget and overtly hagiographic biopic of the Amazon founder's early years, I have a few questions. My first question is why is this film, based… Read the rest of the article: The Bezos biopic is as boring as the man who inspired it

Following 2023's earlier docu-exploitation The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker, Netflix has continued a strange tradition of capitalizing off of older, viral news that's far beyond its expiration date. With Longest Third… Read the rest of the article: "Longest Third Date" is a Netflix documentary with a short shelf life

There's a number of strangely placed elements in Chupa, Netflix's latest sci-fi kids' adventure. Least of those issues is the film's title, which, in Spanish slang, can mean fellatio. Hardly… Read the rest of the article: Chupa: Netflix's latest sci-fi kids' adventure is a missed opportunity

Tetris is a game of simple, clean lines. Part of its pleasure derives from its cogent mathematics: make a line with a series of shapes that are all made of… Read the rest of the article: REVIEW: "Tetris" hits an Iron Curtain-sized wall

Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightley) has it rough. She's a woman journalist in the early 1960s, in smoke-filled rooms with clattering keyboards, where her gender covers the fluffier topics like lifestyle… Read the rest of the article: "Boston Strangler" offers genre delights over political truths

Chatbots and algorithmically created art are the hot topics of the day, so it feels only natural that Netflix's latest animated film would feel like its been created by a… Read the rest of the article: "The Magician's Elephant" Review: An Elephant-Sized Misfire for Netflix