“Queer” (2024) Review
Queer feels like the ultimate challenge for director Luca Guadagnino. He tries to adapt the William S. Burroughs novel in a way that explores something left unsaid about the author’s
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“Nightbitch” Review
Nightbitch is a film that kinda/sort of wants to be a creature feature. It wants to dabble in its weirdness of a mom turning into a dog as much as
“Small Things like These” Review
Evil not only triumphs when good men do nothing but when there are enough distractions for it to fester. What better time for that inhumanity to silently grow than Christmas.
“The Last Showgirl” Review
Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl is the type of film that feels tailor-made for someone like Pamela Anderson. This is a film all about the end of an era. When
“Cuckoo” (2024) Review
Sometimes, the right atmosphere can work wonders for a horror idea that can’t quite take flight. That is very much the case with Cuckoo, a film that succeeds at being
“Spellbound” (2024) Review
It’s weirdly fitting that Spellbound is an animated fantasy about divorce, considering the rocky road of this film’s production company. This is the second feature from Skydance Animation, which has
“Nosferatu” (2024) Review
Director Robert Eggers always has an ease for the accuracy in how he stages his many historical horrors. His take on Nosferatu is no different, staging the classic Gothic horror
“Anora” Review
Sean Baker’s films have always had a live-in quality of realism, but Anora goes the extra mile with its furious humanity that never relents. The energy is high enough that
“September 5” Review
The newsroom drama of September 5 works so well for focusing more on the nuts and bolts getting mixed with the real-world tragedy covered. It’s perhaps the most intriguing angle
“Dear Santa” (2024) Review
What the hell is Dear Santa trying to be? My initial perception was that staging a Christmas comedy of a kid-oriented, deal-with-the-devil scenario was meant to be akin to Bad