MoviesSXSW 2024: Things Will Be Different introduces Michael Felker to the Benson & Moorehead stable Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesRose Glass’ Hulked-out Love Lies Bleeding is a gritty, gloriously queer desert noir Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesSXSW 2024: Secret Mall Apartment is an ode to art, community, and imagination Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesTrue/False 2024: Look Into My Eyes reminds us psychics are people, too. Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesTrue/False 2024: Benjamin Ree’s heartwarming documentary Ibelin examines human life through a gamer’s lens Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesTrue/False 2024: Seeking Mavis Beacon looks for the woman who taught us how to type Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesTrue/False 2024: Girls State is an empowering, heartbreaking return to 2022’s most divisive week Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesLittle Gold Men: 2024’s Oscars grapple with strikes and Barbenheimer? In this economy? Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesMadame Web is 2024’s answer to 2004’s disastrous comic book film Catwoman Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesPresent Tense: Randy Bacon freeze-frames our city’s diversity as museum modernity Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesStray Cat partners with Chicago’s Oscarbate Film Collective to bring KC some Video Nasties Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesMake Me Famous examines an overlooked artist and his fascinating environment Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesShould you go for a Night Swim or stay out of the pool? The answer may surprise you. Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesThe Iron Claw is a stunning love letter to—and indictment of—professional wrestling Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
Movies2023’s most important works of cinema were odd ducks, moonshots, horny as hell, and/or bizarre corporate shilling Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesTimothée Chalamet makes Wonka better than expected (but just barely) Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesRidley Scott’s Napoleon is the Thanksgiving trip to the movies you deserve Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesThe Killer returns David Fincher to his cynical roots, and what a glorious return it is Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesTotally Killer delivers DCOM vibes with a side of blood and a smidge of time travel hijinks Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesThe Exorcist: Believer wants you to go to church (but maybe not to mass) Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesFantastic Fest ’23: Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn is razor-sharp, darkly funny, and unabashedly horny Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesFantastic Fest ’23: Neolithic survival thriller Out of Darkness makes the most of limitations Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesFantastic Fest ’23: Macon Blair’s take on the Troma classic The Toxic Avenger is full of blood, guts, and gooey love Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesStop Making Sense re-release brings vitality and new angles to a classic Talking Heads concert film Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesA Haunting in Venice continues Kenneth Branagh’s mysterious descent into lazy filmmaking Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
Culture, MoviesKansas City Underground Film Festival offers its strongest lineup yet Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesIf you like your high school comedies extra bloody you’ll adore how Bottoms fights deliriously dirty Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesRare Exports: The Last Voyage of the Demeter is hearty meat-and-potatoes horror Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesTalk to Me is a merciless, terrifying debut from RackaRacka’s Danny and Michael Philippou Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesMission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One pits Cruise against our collective AI anxiety Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesCeline Song’s Past Lives is a love story for grown-ups, with mature, tender chemistry Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesSav Rodgers on Chasing Chasing Amy’s Tribeca premiere and the multi-year process behind his debut feature Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
CultureWriter-comedian Josh Gondelman talks touring, the WGA strike, and the value of being a Pollyanna Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesMake Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret your priority watch this weekend Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025
MoviesPanic Fest 2023: Abruptio is a Troma movie with puppets, and that’s a neat experiment if nothing more Abby Olcese, March 5, 2025