MoviesAlex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s Warfare is a masterclass in tension built atop a facts-only foundation Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesColumbia’s True/False Film Festival keeps growing, but remains as special as ever Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesPanic Fest 2025: David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds might just exist for David Cronenberg Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesPanic Fest 2025: R.T. Thorne’s 40 Acres confirms Danielle Deadwyler is the latest iconic star in horror Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesPanic Fest 2025: Addison Heimann’s Touch Me is 31 flavors of weird Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesPanic Fest 2025: Marshmallow isn’t your standard summer camp slasher. It’s the soft launch of several promising careers. Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesPanic Fest 2025: Hell of a Summer blends a teen comedy/throwback slasher to (mostly) satisfying results Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
With The Actor, St. Louis native Duke Johnson makes the jump from directing animation to live-action Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
Movies2025’s Street Trash reimagines the 1987 cult classic for new audiences and broken politics Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesTrue/False 2025: Middletown is the latest story of youthful empowerment from the filmmakers behind Boys State and Girls State Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesTrue/False 2025: Deaf President Now! is a crucial reminder of the power of collective action Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesTrue/False 2025: Charlie Shackleton’s cheeky meta-documentary Zodiac Killer Project wants true crime to do better Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesA Document of Its Own Unmaking: Filmmaker Brian Rose on his reconstruction of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesTimestalker is a disappointing second feature from Prevenge triple-threat Alice Lowe Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesValentine’s slasher Heart Eyes bleeds sincere rom-com adoration across 2025’s first great horror comedy Abby Olcese, November 12, 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, November 12, 2025
MoviesQueer uses Daniel Craig for a lonely and introspective look at William S. Burroughs Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesHallmark’s Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story is less rom-com, more literal love for football merch Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesDisney’s Moana 2 stitches fragments of a cancelled TV show into a lackluster unit-of-entertainment Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
Movies‘Nightmare in the Ozarks’ film fest turned Eureka Springs into a goth Mardi Gras Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesRidley Scott’s Gladiator II returns to a colosseum where spectacle decapitates substance Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesBlockbuster adaptation of Broadway musical Wicked hits most of the right notes Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesScott Beck and Bryan Woods’ holy terror Heretic casts Hugh Grant as a nightmare nihilist Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesAnora’s writer-director Sean Baker on sex work, endings as beginnings, and mainstream acclaim Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesSean Baker’s Anora is a tragicomedy filled with heart and rage, but it’s the little things that matter Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesVenom: The Last Dance forgets its signature moves and drunkenly stumbles through the grand finale Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesEureka Springs projects new screams on screen at ‘Nightmare in the Ozarks’ film fest Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesWill & Harper is a charming, honest look at transitioning and allyship Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesFrancis Ford Coppola’s navel gaze-y epic Megalopolis exists only for the guy who made it Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesTim Burton’s signature style is back for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, but so is his inability to rein it in Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesBlink Twice nearly achieves cutthroat aim of dragging the rich and famous into the abyss Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesEtheria Film Festival wishes it didn’t have to exist. Until more opportunities arise for female filmmakers, they’ll carry the torch. Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesGreg Kwedar’s Sing Sing is 90 percent social realism, 10 percent Hollywood syrup Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesThings keep getting better for homegrown indie horror hit It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesFake Blood, Dish Soap, and Wrestlers: Austin Snell and his ragtag crew’s 16mm labor of lover unspools in They Call Her Death Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesTwisters barely harnesses the gale force wind of 90s summer blockbusters Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesFly Me to the Moon has a perfect takeoff, but a disastrous landing Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesAdrien Beau’s vampiric The Vourdalak is a cult favorite in the making Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesCora Bora is the perfect showcase for Megan Stalter’s powerful personality Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesAnnie Baker’s lovely Janet Planet is a cinematic love letter to your younger self Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesKelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson’s lovely drama Ghostlight tells a familiar tale with refreshing honesty Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesAustin Snell brings 16mm to the 21st century with revenge western They Call Her Death Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesDaina O. Pusić’s modern fairy tale bites off more than it can chew in A24’s Tuesday Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesPixar’s latest sequel Inside Out 2 knows you’re messy and loves you anyway Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesHome Movies: KC Film’s new lead Rachel Kephart wants Hollywood to set up shop in the Heartland Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesPull Some Strings: Simple Mischief Studio’s married puppeteers helped bring IF’S fantastical creatures to life Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
MoviesThe Fall Guy proselytizes for the unsung heroes of cinema: stuntpeople Abby Olcese, November 12, 2025
