“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” Review
There’s a discomforting realism to how director Mohammad Rasoulof stages this vicious critique of Iran’s political unrest. Rasoulof has experienced Iran’s most hideous censorship and faced so many critical charges
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“2073” Review
It is not uncommon these days to hear someone muttering about how our current world now appears as dysmal as the dystopian depictions of sci-fi movies. The invasion of privacy
The Best Movies of 2024
2024 was a remarkable year for films if you knew where to look. While the animated blockbusters of Inside Out 2 and Moana 2 were underwhelming, animated films abroad like
“Sing Sing” Review
The Sing Sing Maximum Security Prison walls house something far more than a longing for freedom. It’d be so easy for a movie centering around this prison’s Rehabilitation Through the
“Red One” Review
I’m not opposed to the idea of Red One posing as a Fast & Furious Christmas special. In fact, I was hoping for that level of momentum to carry this
“The Six Triple Eight” Review
Tyler Perry is a name closely associated with melodramas that range from light comedy to trashy thriller. That tone is still present in The Six Triple Eight, a true story
“A Complete Unknown” Review
What helps James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown not feel like a standard musical bio-pic is that it never tries to be all-encompassing. In a year with such sprawling musician biographies
“The Brutalist” Review
There’s something so grand about Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist that the notion kept crossing my mind that it must’ve been plucked from something else. It’s an ambitious and intricate film
“Sonic The Hedgehog 3” Review
I suppose I should’ve felt something when this film references the classic blow-in-the-cartridge technique and two Millenials declare that the 1990s were the best decade. I grew up in that
“Mufasa: The Lion King” Review
Mufasa is spoken of in this prequel film as the fastest lion around. That much is true of this film, never slowing down to take a single breath in its