MoviesDerek Cianfrance’s Roofman hides Channing Tatum in a light-hearted drama with a troubling core Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesBenny Safdie’s unconventional biopic The Smashing Machine can’t choose which punch to land Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
CultureAtlas9 brings a surreal interactive world full of neon and time travel to Legends Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesA Big Bold Beautiful Journey is neither big nor bold, but it is (kind of) beautiful Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesKansas City Underground Film Festival returns Sept. 12-20 with weird, wild, and fascinating ultra-indies Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesSpike Lee makes crime thriller Highest 2 Lowest all about himself (and not in a fun way) Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesKC’s cinema scene share our ballots for Best Films of the 21st Century Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
Movies, MusicMockumentary musicology: Local love looms large in American Comic Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesAkiva Schaffer’s reboot of The Naked Gun delivers a barrage of stupid jokes, deployed in smart ways Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesAnimal dating antics, high-stakes heists, and lucha libre! The Bad Guys 2 is a satisfying sequel. Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesJurassic World: Rebirth is schlocky, disposable fun. You’ll have forgotten it exists by next week. Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
CultureComedian Sheng Wang talks intergenerational audiences, small joys ahead of headlining Folly Theater Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesLive-action retread of How to Train Your Dragon is an unnecessary two-hour PR stunt for a theme park Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesJohn Wick gets a pleasantly satisfying, ultra-violent spinoff in Ballerina Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesMission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning almost forgets what makes the franchise special Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
CultureGenerative AI doesn’t have real books to recommend for your summer. Thankfully, we do. Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesKC-area filmmaker sees Aldous Huxley’s vision of the future hiding In Plain Sight Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesA24’s fantasy adventure The Legend of Ochi mistakes good vibes for good storytelling Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesOn Swift Horses is a mid-century period drama that has Jacob Elordi but little else Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesAlex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s Warfare is a masterclass in tension built atop a facts-only foundation Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesColumbia’s True/False Film Festival keeps growing, but remains as special as ever Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesPanic Fest 2025: David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds might just exist for David Cronenberg Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesPanic Fest 2025: R.T. Thorne’s 40 Acres confirms Danielle Deadwyler is the latest iconic star in horror Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesPanic Fest 2025: Addison Heimann’s Touch Me is 31 flavors of weird Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesPanic Fest 2025: Marshmallow isn’t your standard summer camp slasher. It’s the soft launch of several promising careers. Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesPanic Fest 2025: Hell of a Summer blends a teen comedy/throwback slasher to (mostly) satisfying results Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
With The Actor, St. Louis native Duke Johnson makes the jump from directing animation to live-action Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
Movies2025’s Street Trash reimagines the 1987 cult classic for new audiences and broken politics Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesTrue/False 2025: Middletown is the latest story of youthful empowerment from the filmmakers behind Boys State and Girls State Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesTrue/False 2025: Deaf President Now! is a crucial reminder of the power of collective action Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesTrue/False 2025: Charlie Shackleton’s cheeky meta-documentary Zodiac Killer Project wants true crime to do better Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesA Document of Its Own Unmaking: Filmmaker Brian Rose on his reconstruction of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesTimestalker is a disappointing second feature from Prevenge triple-threat Alice Lowe Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesValentine’s slasher Heart Eyes bleeds sincere rom-com adoration across 2025’s first great horror comedy Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesJames Mangold’s Bob Dylan flick A Complete Unknown will get your dad’s approval, but paints-by-numbers as a music biopic Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesQueer uses Daniel Craig for a lonely and introspective look at William S. Burroughs Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesHallmark’s Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story is less rom-com, more literal love for football merch Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesDisney’s Moana 2 stitches fragments of a cancelled TV show into a lackluster unit-of-entertainment Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
Movies‘Nightmare in the Ozarks’ film fest turned Eureka Springs into a goth Mardi Gras Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesRidley Scott’s Gladiator II returns to a colosseum where spectacle decapitates substance Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesBlockbuster adaptation of Broadway musical Wicked hits most of the right notes Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesScott Beck and Bryan Woods’ holy terror Heretic casts Hugh Grant as a nightmare nihilist Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesAnora’s writer-director Sean Baker on sex work, endings as beginnings, and mainstream acclaim Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesSean Baker’s Anora is a tragicomedy filled with heart and rage, but it’s the little things that matter Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesVenom: The Last Dance forgets its signature moves and drunkenly stumbles through the grand finale Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
MoviesEureka Springs projects new screams on screen at ‘Nightmare in the Ozarks’ film fest Abby Olcese, October 8, 2025
